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.
Summary
Scale ca. 1:47,520.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 139
From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer U.S.A. No. 2.
In lower right margin: Bowen & Co., lith., Philada.
Indicates entrenchments, relief by hachures, vegetation, drainage, roads, railroads, towns, and the names of a few residents in the environs of Atlanta.
Other issues in Sherman map coll. nos. 39-40.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Date
01/01/1866
Contributors
Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895.
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Public Domain