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Map [Map of the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864].

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Title

  • [Map of the battle of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864].

Headings

  • -  Decatur Region (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Maps
  • -  United States--Georgia--Decatur Region
  • -  Atlanta Campaign

Notes

  • -  Shows environs of Decatur, Georgia including the "line of the enemy," the position of a Union battery, and the positions of the 15th and 17th Army Corps.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Similar map appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, 1891-95, pl. 45, no. 3. A note on the printed copy states that "McPherson handed me this sketch a few moments before he was killed, July 22, 1864 (W. T. Sherman)."
  • -  Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989.
  • -  Pencil.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S41, 136
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  In pencil in upper right margin: 47.
  • -  Imperfect: Mounted on paper.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map ; 10 x 11 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3924.D4S5 1864 .M3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006458684

Online Format

  • image

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Map of the battle of Atlanta, Georgia. 1864. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006458684/.

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(1864) Map of the battle of Atlanta, Georgia. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006458684/.

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Map of the battle of Atlanta, Georgia. 1864. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006458684/>.