Map Campaign maps of the 20th Corps from Atlanta, Ga. to Savannah, Ga. Part 3

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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
  • -  South Atlantic States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Maps
  • -  Sherman's March to the Sea--Maps
  • -  Sherman's March through the Carolinas--Maps
  • -  United States--South Atlantic States
  • -  Atlanta Campaign

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Title from cover.
  • -  Gift; Ransom Post no. 131, Grand Army of the Republic, St. Louis, Mo.; September 1933.
  • -  Pen and ink and colored ink on paper and tracing cloth.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77
  • -  LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10658
  • -  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.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  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.

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

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008626930

Online Format

  • image

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Mcdowell, Robert M. Maps illustrating Gen'l Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia. [?, 1864] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008626930/.

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McDowell, R. M. (1864) Maps illustrating Gen'l Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008626930/.

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Mcdowell, Robert M. Maps illustrating Gen'l Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the Carolinas and Virginia. [?, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008626930/>.