Map [Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn., November 30th, 1864].

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • [Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn., November 30th, 1864].

Names

  • Merrill, W. E. (William Emery), 1837-1891.

Created / Published

  • [1874?]

Headings

  • -  Franklin (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Franklin (Tenn.)--Maps
  • -  Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864--Maps
  • -  United States--Tennessee--Franklin
  • -  Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn

Genre

  • Topographic maps
  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Unfinished topographic map showing troop positions, roads, railroads, buildings, rural householders' names, fences, streams, vegetation, and streets of town of Franklin.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures and form lines.
  • -  Title from R.W. Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989.
  • -  Probable preliminary drawing for the 1874 printed map of the same area which is "Compiled under the direction of Col. W.E. Merrill".
  • -  Pen-and-ink (black/blue/red/brown), wash (brown), and lead pencil.
  • -  Mounted on cloth backing.
  • -  Watermark: J. Whatman 1865.
  • -  Imperfect: Scattered water stains, halved for folding.
  • -  Includes block-lettered lead-pencil annotation at lower right: [Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30/64 1874?].
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 422
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col. ; on sheet 99 x 66 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3964.F7S5 1874 .M4

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2003630453

Online Format

  • image

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Merrill, W. E. Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn., November 30th. [?, 1864] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630453/.

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Merrill, W. E. (1864) Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn., November 30th. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630453/.

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Merrill, W. E. Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tenn., November 30th. [?, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003630453/>.