- Collection:
- Civil War Maps
- Title:
- Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864
- Contributor to Resource:
- Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Molitor, E
Delafield, Richard, 1798-1873
United States. War Department - Publisher:
- [Washington, D.C.] : War Dept., [1865?]
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Maps
Landowners--Georgia--Atlanta Metropolitan Area--Maps
Atlanta Campaign - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- maps (documents)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Description:
- Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in south.
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
Shows troop positions, Union and Confederate works, roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, and names, dates, and sites of battles connected with Atlanta Campaign.
"Note. The red figures indicate elevation at these points above the plan [sic] of reference, which is taken at 50 ft. below the water-table of the City Hall."
LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 137, S39
Annotated in red ink at lower right: Engineer Bureau, War Department, December 28/'65.
Annotated in black ink at lower right: Richd. Delafield, Bvt. Major General Chief Engineer. - Local Identifier:
- 2018-10-04t15:32:33
http://www.loc.gov/item/2002621283
http://www.loc.gov/item/12820799
2002621283
G3924.A8S5 1864 .P6 - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.loc.gov/item/2002621283/
- IIIF manifest:
- https://www.loc.gov/item/2002621283/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 map : hand col. ; 29 x 52 cm.
- Holding Institution:
- Library of Congress
- Rights:
-
