(Civil War Atlas- 22 Battle & Campaign Maps): History of the Army of the Cumberland...Atlas (Atlas Only)
by Ruger, Edward (by the request of Major-General George Thomas)
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- Hardcover
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Crozet, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1875. Large 8vo. with very few markings; tiny bookseller sticker at lower end of rear paste-down; some scuffing to spine, but text legible and binding tight. Exterior very good, internally about fine. All 22 maps (many folding out too much larger size) present, and color coded for troop positions: Map...Operations...Armies...Cumberland and Ohio...Generals Anderson, Sherman, and Buell; Map...Logan's Cross-Roads...; Map...Shiloh; Map...lines of Intrenchment...Routes...General Halleck; Map...Perryville, Kentucky; Map...Campaigns...Under...General Rosecrans; Map...Stone River; Map...Chickamauga: Map...Chattanooga...Campaigns...; Map...Batle-Field of Chattanooga; Map...First Epoch...Atlanta Campaign; Map...Second Epoch...; Map...Third Epoch...; Map... Fourth Epoch...; Map...Fifth Epoch...; Map...Operations...General George H. Thomas...; Map...Franklin, Tennessee; Map...Nashville; Map...Selma, Alabama...Defenses; Map...Marches...General Sherman...Georgia and the Carolinas; Map...Bentonville...; Map...All the Campaigns ...Army of the Cumberland...War of the Rebellion. This is an uncommon and very useful atlas, which was prepared by order of Major-General George H. Thomas, a major figure in the military cartography of this era. There is enormous detail here, and this is a very nice copy of this specialized civil war atlas. Thomas' interest and reliance on cartography is discussed in McElfresh's new book: MAPS AND MAPMAKERS OF THE CIVIL WAR.. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3028
- Title
- (Civil War Atlas- 22 Battle & Campaign Maps): History of the Army of the Cumberland...Atlas (Atlas Only)
- Author
- Ruger, Edward (by the request of Major-General George Thomas)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Robert Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Maps, Atlas, Atlases, Map, Mapping, Civil War, General George H. Thomas, Cartography, Geography, Army, Cumberland, Tennessee, Kentucky, Union, Confederacy, War of the Rebellion , Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- E. Books--Atlases;
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The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
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Crozet, Virginia
About The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books
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