# Re-Imagining the U.S. Civil War: Reconnaissance, Surveying & Cartography (morning session)

Cartographers during the U.S. Civil War invented new techniques and mapped the country--both Union and Confederate territories--more accurately than ever before in the nation's history. The morning session of this day-long conference included presentations on "Hidden Patterns of the Civil War," "Mapping the Strength of the Rebellion" and "We Were Profoundly Ignorant of Our Country: The Struggle to Provide Accurate Maps During the U.S. Civil War."

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2011
- By: Library Of Congress. Geography And Map Division
- Genres: War, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688682/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2021688682?play=1)