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Map Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga. : 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 26th, 1864

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Title

  • Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga. : 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 26th, 1864

Names

  • United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
  • Graphic Company.

Created / Published

  • N[ew] Y[ork] : Graphic Co., [1875?]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Shows fortifications, headquarters, and location and dates of battles.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S195, 143
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes list of authorities and names of select landowners.
  • -  Insets keyed to map: A portion of the Confederate defenses of Atlanta -- A portion of the U.S. defensive works erected after the capture of Atlanta.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Sheet in 2 pieces, torn vertically approx. 1/3 from the right edge, 4 minor tears along lower-left margin, 1 minor tear along lower-right margin.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 71 x 77 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3924.A8S5 1864 .U5
  • G3924.A8S5 1864 .U5 Copy 2 CW 143 Sectioned vertically in half, mounted on cloth.
  • G3924.A8S5 1864 .U5 Copy 3 CW 143 Laminated, sectioned vertically in half, mounted on cloth, stamped in blue in lower left margin: "540."
  • G3924.A8S5 1864 .U5 Copy 4 CW 143 Laminated, sectioned vertically in half, mounted on cloth, minor losses along top margin and lower right margin, stamped in blue in lower left margin: "1018B," stamped in blue in lower center margin: "4666."
  • G3924.A8S5 1864 .U5 Copy 5 CW 143 Laminated, sectioned vertically in half, mounted on cloth, stamped in blue in lower left margin: "1016B."

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007626704

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers, and Graphic Company. Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga.: from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication, south of Atlanta, August 26th. [New York: Graphic Co., ?, 1864] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626704/.

APA citation style:

United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers & Graphic Company. (1864) Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga.: from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication, south of Atlanta, August 26th. [New York: Graphic Co., ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2007626704/.

MLA citation style:

United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers, and Graphic Company. Map illustrating the military operations in front of Atlanta, Ga.: from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication, south of Atlanta, August 26th. [New York: Graphic Co., ?, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2007626704/>.