Maps illustrating Gen'l Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia
Maps illustrating General Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia
McDowell, Robert M.
(Topographical engineer)
cartographic
atlas
dcu
1865
monographic
[1865?]
eng
1 ms. atlas ([58] leaves) : 51 col. maps (some folded), 20 x 31 cm.
Campaign maps showing positions of 20th Corps on march from Chattanooga, Tenn. to Atlanta, Ga. with dates and Union and Rebel defenses -- Maps showing the campaign of the 20th Corps from Atlanta to Savannah with the dates [and] Union and Rebel defenses, 1864 -- Campaign maps exhibiting the line of march of the 20th Corps from Savannah, Ga. to Goldsboro, N.C. with the plans of the battle fields of Averysboro and Bentonsville, 1865 -- Campaign maps exhibiting the line of march of the Army of Georgia, commanded by Maj. Genl. H.W. Slocum, from Goldsboro, N.C. to Martha's Vineyard, N.C., 1865 -- Maps showing the line of march of the Army of Georgia, commanded by Maj. Genl. H.W. Slocum, from Raleigh, N.C. to Alexandria, Va., 1865.
by Major R.M. McDowell, Chief Topographical Engineer, Left Wing, Army of Georgia.
Relief shown by hachures.
Title from cover.
Pen and ink and colored ink on paper and tracing cloth.
Similar maps printed in the U.S. War Dept.'s Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, 1891-95, pl. 71, no. 1-11; pl. 79., no. 4; pl. 80, no. 1-11; and pl. 101, no 7, 19.
Title pages to sections 2 and 3 not manuscript. All section title pages signed by R.M. McDowell.
On label (6 x 12 cm.) affixed inside front cover: "Presented by Ransom Post no. 131, Grand Army of the Republic, St. Louis, MO."
Lower portion of title page to section 1 wanting.
Conserved Feb. 1988.
Call number revised from that appearing in Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Gift; Ransom Post no. 131, Grand Army of the Republic, St. Louis, Mo.; September 1933. DLC
1864
1865
Scales differ.
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh),
1820-1891
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Maps
Sherman's March to the Sea
Maps
Sherman's March through the Carolinas
Maps
South Atlantic States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
Maps
Atlanta Campaign.
United States
South Atlantic States
G1289.31.S5 M2 1865
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