Price: $120.00
SKU: 66399
PUBLISHER: U.S. War Department's Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington: Gov't. Printing Office, 1891-95. Printed by Julius Bien & Co.
MEDIUM: Multi-stone lithograph,
DATE: 1891-95.
EDITION SIZE: 16 1/2 x 27 1/2" (420 x 696 mm) plus margins.
DESCRIPTION: A detailed map of south eastern Tennessee, north eastern Mississippi, northern Alabama and north western Georgia. Includes the cities of Lexington, Tenn. and Atlanta Georgia. This map appeared in the United States War Department's "Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies." Richard Stephenson in his book "Civil War Maps" wrote, "This is the most detailed atlas yet published on the Civil War. It consists of reproductions of maps compiled by both Union and Confederate soldiers." The maps is this publication are greatly detailed showing topography, troop placements and movements, and other information that deals with the Civil War. Drawn on a scale of ten miles to one inch.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition save for some minore tears along sheet edges. Printed in three colors.
REFERENCE: LC, Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 99.