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Title	Atlanta, Georgia 1864
Full 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 / reduced and engraved in the Engineer Bureau, War Dept., from an original prepared under the directions of Cap. O.M. Poe, Corps of Eng's and senr. engr. on Gen'l. Sherman's staff ; Edw. Molitor, lith.
Creator	Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895
Contributors	Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891 Molitor, E. United States. War Dept.
Publication Date	1865
Map Publisher	United States. War Dept.
Subject	Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Maps Landowners--Georgia--Atlanta Metropolitan Area--Maps
Continent	North and Central America
Country	United States
State/Province	Georgia
City	Atlanta
Notes	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. Differs from other version: Shows US emblem in lower right; lacks "Engraved by the Office of the Chief of Engineers" statement in lower right; lacks US emblem in upper right. "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 copy: Annotated in red ink at lower right: Engineer Bureau, War Department, December 28/'65. LC copy: Annotated in black ink at lower right: Richd. Delafield, Bvt. Major General Chief Engineer. LC copy: Annotated in black ink in lower right margin: Proof sheet. LC copy: Imperfect: Soiled, stained, mounted on paper backing, portions of left and right sides of map cut off. LC copy: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Internet Link(s):http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3924a.cws00039 Indexed in:LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 137, S39
Type	Image
Scale	[1:47,520]. 4 in. = 3 miles
Original Collection	American Geographical Society Library - Maps
Original Item Description	1 map : hand col. ; 29 x 52 cm.
Original Item ID	(AGS)(RARE) 824-c.A84 B-[1865?]
Language	en
Repository	American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Digital Publisher	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
Rights	The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Digital ID	am011308
Digital Format	image/tif; image/jp2
Date.Digitized	2011
Digital Collection	American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

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