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Map Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, [1865-1879]

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Title

  • Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, [1865-1879]

Names

  • United States. War Department
  • Townsend, C. McD. (Curtis McDonald), 1856-1941

Created / Published

  • [Washington : Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1879]

Headings

  • -  Fortification--United States--History--19th century--Maps
  • -  Military maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Maps
  • -  United States

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures and spot heights on some maps. Depths shown by contours on some maps.
  • -  Title from cover (on mounted label).
  • -  Maps dated from 1865 to 1879.
  • -  Bound collection of maps presented to the Library of Congress by Col. C.M. Townsend on October 22, 1940. Collection includes a map of "Central Virginia showing Lieut. Gen'l. U.S. Grant's campaign and marches of the armies under his command in 1864-5," and maps of the battles and/or fortifications at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, Columbus, Forts Henry and Donelson, Drainsville, Blakely, Carnifex Ferry, Nashville, Spanish Fort, Logan's Cross Roads, Cumberland Gap, Perryville, Pea Ridge, Williamsburg, Shiloh, Roanoke Island, Fort Fisher, Belmont, Iuka, Knoxville, Harpers Ferry, Gauley Bridge, Corinth, Big Black River Bridge, and Hagerstown, Funkstown, Williamsport, and Falling Waters, Maryland.
  • -  For table of contents see C. E. Le Gear's A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Library of Congress, 1973), v. 7, no. 10675.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Front board and some sheets torn detached, title partly illegible on label.
  • -  LC copy annotated in lead pencil to show title information and paginations.
  • -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 100
  • -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 10675

Medium

  • 1 atlas (1 v. (unpaged)) : 27 maps (some col., some folded) ; 61 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G1201.S5 U53 1879

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2009581114

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States War Department, and C. Mcd Townsend. Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, -1879. [Washington: Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1879] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2009581114/.

APA citation style:

United States War Department & Townsend, C. M. (1879) Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, -1879. [Washington: Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2009581114/.

MLA citation style:

United States War Department, and C. Mcd Townsend. Military maps of the war of the Rebellion-miscellaneous, -1879. [Washington: Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1879] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2009581114/>.