Map 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

Title

• Maps illustrating Gen'l Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia

Other Title

• Maps illustrating General Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia

Names

• McDowell, Robert M. (Topographical engineer)

Created / Published

• [1865?]

Contents

• 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.

Headings

• -  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
• -  United States--South Atlantic States
• -  Atlanta Campaign

Genre

• Atlases
• Manuscript maps

Notes

• -  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.
• -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 77
• -  LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10658
• -  Gift; Ransom Post no. 131, Grand Army of the Republic, St. Louis, Mo.; September 1933.

Medium

• 1 ms. atlas ([58] leaves) : 51 col. maps (some folded), 20 x 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G1289.31.S5 M2 1865

Repository

• Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3871sm.gcw0077000a
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3871sm.gcw0077000b
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3871sm.gcw0077000c
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3871sm.gcw0077000d
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3871sm.gcw0077000e
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3871sm.gcw0077000f

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2008626930

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2008626930

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