Map Atlas of the war of the Rebellion giving Union and Confederate armies by actual surveys by the Union and Confederate engineers, and approved by the officers in command, of all the maps herein published Rebellion atlas


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Title
Atlas of the war of the Rebellion giving Union and Confederate armies by actual surveys by the Union and Confederate engineers, and approved by the officers in command, of all the maps herein published
Other Title
Rebellion atlas
Contributor Names
United States. War Department.
Davis, George B. (George Breckenridge), 1847-1914.
Cowles, Calvin D. (Calvin Duvall), 1849-
Caldwell, J. A. (John Alexander)
Created / Published
New York : Atlas Pub. Co., 1892.
Subject Headings
-  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
-  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns--Maps
-  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Maps
-  United States
Notes
-  Relief shown by contours, shading, and hachures on some maps.
-  "This volume will contain over seven hundred maps, showing all the battle-fields from 1861-to 1865."
-  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1892, by J.A. Caldwell, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington."
-  This atlas comprises the first 40 plates of the U.S. War Department's Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-5. (Entry no. 99).
-  Listed in C. E. Le Gear's A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Library of Congress, 1973), v. 7, no. 10683.
-  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 98
-  Phillips, 1349
-  Description derived from published bibliography.
-  LC copy imperfect: Torn at some sheet edges.
-  Includes index.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Medium
1 atlas ([3] leaves, 40 folded plates, [14] leaves) : ill., folded col. maps, plans ; 47 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G1201.S5 U59 1892
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3701sm.gcw0098000
Library of Congress Control Number
2009581111
Online Format
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Description
Relief shown by contours, shading, and hachures on some maps. "This volume will contain over seven hundred maps, showing all the battle-fields from 1861-to 1865." "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1892, by J.A. Caldwell, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." This atlas comprises the first 40 plates of the U.S. War Department's Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-5. (Entry no. 99). Listed in C. E. Le Gear's A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington, Library of Congress, 1973), v. 7, no. 10683. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 98 Phillips, 1349 Description derived from published bibliography. LC copy imperfect: Torn at some sheet edges. Includes index. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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United States War Department, George B Davis, Calvin D Cowles, and J. A Caldwell. Atlas of the war of the Rebellion giving Union and Confederate armies by actual surveys by the Union and Confederate engineers, and approved by the officers in command, of all the maps herein published. New York: Atlas Pub. Co, 1892. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009581111/. (Accessed January 20, 2018.)

APA citation style:

United States War Department, Davis, G. B., Cowles, C. D. & Caldwell, J. A. (1892) Atlas of the war of the Rebellion giving Union and Confederate armies by actual surveys by the Union and Confederate engineers, and approved by the officers in command, of all the maps herein published. New York: Atlas Pub. Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2009581111/.

MLA citation style:

United States War Department, et al. Atlas of the war of the Rebellion giving Union and Confederate armies by actual surveys by the Union and Confederate engineers, and approved by the officers in command, of all the maps herein published. New York: Atlas Pub. Co, 1892. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/2009581111/>.