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Sylvania and immediate neighborhood, 1863. North at top. Detail from Department of Northern Virginia, Chief Engineer’s Office, “Map of Louisa County Virginia from Surveys by B. L. Blackford Assist:Engr C. S. A. … 1863,” Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.