Civil War Atlas

Sherman’s Campaign in GA

One of the very visually interesting items in the Rare Book Room is a volume printed by the United States GPO (Government Printing Office) as Vol. 40, part 2 of the House Miscellaneous Documents, 52^nd Congress, 1^st Session, 1891-1892.  Its title is War Atlas, 1861-65, and it is an incredible research tool for anyone who has an interest in the military aspects of the American Civil War.

Large in size (about 46 ½ cm by 39 ½ cm) it contains numerous plates including:

• Campaign maps
• Maps of various cities instrumental to the war
• City occupation maps
• Maps of battlefields
  

  Battlefield of Chickamauga

• Battery maps
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  Defenses of Chattanooga

  Plans for lines of defense

• Territory and state maps
• Topographical maps
• Boundary maps for the Union and the Confederacy
• Reproductions of sketches of forts, surrounding land, bridges, and railroad lines
  

  Flags

  

  Fort Sumter

  

  Uniforms

• Illustrations  of uniforms, including details of chevrons, badges, and buttons

• Illustrations of military equipment and armaments, including details of swords, revolvers, rifles, and flags
  

  Armaments