Wrong info about the battle from newspapers

[infomanpa]

This is part of the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer with a map of the First Day of battle. It's my version of "How many things are wrong with this picture?"

 

[PeterT]

About the only thing they got right was the position of North.

 

[rpkennedy]

They got the general locations of the nearby towns correct.

Ryan

 

[JOHN42768]

Well it is priced what it is worth.

 

[infomanpa]

They got the general locations of the nearby towns correct.

Ryan

Do you happen to know which town name that "Petersburg" goes by, today?

 

[rpkennedy]

Do you happen to know which town name that "Petersburg" goes by, today?

The only Petersburg in the area that I know of is modern York Springs. In the 1860s, I've seen it on maps labelled as "Petersburg". If that's the case, that one is way off (it should be at the top edge of the map due north of Hanover.

Ryan