1893
Maker: US War Dept.
Full title: Plate 94. Line of Defenses in the Alleghanies / Valley of Virginia from Staunton to Winchester / Battle-Field about Frederick City and the Monocacy River, MD / plus 6 smaller maps. Antique lithograph by Julius Bien & Co published in the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies published under the direction of the Hon. Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War, 1893. The atlas was published as a companion piece to the Official Records of the American Civil War. It contains maps and other images derived from materials generated by both Union and Confederate military personnel during the American Civil War. The atlas was printed in 35 parts between 1891 and 1895. Printed color indicates topography and Union or Confederate locations. Smaller maps are titled: Position of the Union Hospitals at the Battle of the Wilderness, VA; copy of map furnished to Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren, Commanding the Fifth Army Corps, March 29, 1865; Skirmish at Salineville, Ohio; Position of the Union Hospitals at Cold Harbor, VA; Positions of the Union Hospitals at Spotsylvania Court-House, VA; Field of Operations of March 29, 30, and 31, 1865 of the Fifth Army Corps. Very good condition with mild image transfer, a few minor spots/stains and a touch of foxing, and some staining and wear to the paper edges. Measures approx. 16 x 27 inches to the outer border lines.
Item Number: CIV168