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31 sie 2017 · About Our Atlases. In 1938, the predecessors of today's Department of History at the United States Military Academy (USMA) began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, "History of the Military Art."
Search either the American Memory website for Civil War maps from our collections, or access records from the VMHC Online Catalogs. Robert K. Sneden. Private Robert Knox Sneden was a mapmaker in the Union army in Virginia until his capture in 1863. He was in Confederate prison camps for thirteen months.
Shows Civil War battlefields (1861-1865), Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad lines, distinguishing between those which are pre-war and post-war, other railroads during the war, plank roads, turnpikes, other roads and light houses.
7 lis 2024 · The Library's map collection includes over 200 maps related to the Civil War. These include maps accompanying a report to the governor of Virginia; maps published in Confederate imprints; a variety of printed and manuscript maps, mostly of Virginia areas; and a small group of field maps of southwestern Virginia found in books belonging to ...
7 lis 2024 · The Library's collections contain letters and other personal papers of individuals involved with campaigns; battles, maps, and survey reports of battlefields from the Virginia W.P.A. Historical Inventory Project; and an extensive collection of books concerning campaigns and battles in Virginia.
Historical map of Richmond, Virginia. Hare’s Map of the Vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia. Showing also the interesting localities along the James, Chickahominy and York Rivers Compiled from the official maps of the War Department. New York, W. Reid Gould, 1862. Hare, J. Knowles. [New York, 1862] Scale ca. 1:190,080.
Memorable Battles at South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Mine Run, the Overland Campaign, and the grueling fighting around Petersburg. None of these battles compared with the "four long hours" of July 1, 1863, at Gettysburg, where the Iron Brigade was all but wrecked. Kindle Available.
