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English: Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in south. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows troop positions, Union and Confederate works, roads, railroads, vegetation, drainage, and names, dates, and sites of battles connected with Atlanta Campaign. "Note. The red figures indicate elevation at these points above the plan [sic] of reference, which is taken at 50 ft. below the water-table of the City Hall." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 137, S39 Annotated in red ink at lower right: Engineer Bureau, War Department, December 28/'65. Annotated in black ink at lower right: Richd. Delafield, Bvt. Major General Chief Engineer. Annotated in black ink in lower right margin: Proof sheet. Imperfect: Soiled, stained, mounted on paper backing, portions of left and right sides of map cut off. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. |
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| Title | 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 | ||
| Shelf ID | G3924.A8S5 1864 .P6 | ||
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| Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/2002621283/ | ||
| Author | Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe); Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh); Molitor, E.; Delafield, Richard; United States. War Department; Poe, O. M. | ||
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| Location | United States · Atlanta · Georgia · Atlanta Metropolitan Area | ||
| Part of | Military Battles And Campaigns · American Memory · Civil War Maps · Catalog · Geography And Map Division | ||
| Subject | Atlanta Campaign · Georgia · Atlanta Metropolitan Area · United States · Maps · Atlanta · Landowners |
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