Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Title Page: Military maps illustrating operations, Armies of the Potomac & James.

Author: 
U.S. War Department
Author: 
Weyss, John E.
Date: 
1869
Short Title: 
Title Page: Military maps illustrating operations, Armies of the Potomac & James.
Publisher: 
N.Y. Lithographing, Engraving & Printing Co.
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Title Page
Obj Height cm: 
61
Obj Width cm: 
91
Note: 
Cover sheet of a series of 17 maps (see our #3880, #5343-5357).
Reference: 
cfP3688 (same, but lacks Harper's Ferry map); Stephenson 518. Cowell Collection.
State/Province: 
Virginia
Event: 
U.S. Civil War
Subject: 
Military
Full Title: 
(Title Page to) Military Maps Illustrating the Operations of the Armies Of The Potomac & James May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865 including Battlefields of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, The Siege Of Petersburg And Richmond Battle-fields of Five Forks ... Maps partially prepared by order of Lieut. Genl. U.S. Grant ... Surveys and Maps were executed under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Genl. N. Michler ... and Bvt. Lieut. Col. P.S. Michie ... prepared for publication by Bvt. Brig. Genl. N. Michler ... under the authority of the Hon. Secretary of War. The Surveys and Maps relating to the Battle-fields ... under orders of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Genl. A.A. Humphreys ...
List No: 
3881A
Series No: 
1
Engraver or Printer: 
Bien, Julius
Publication Author: 
U.S. War Department
Publication Author: 
Weyss, John E.
Pub Date: 
1869
Pub Title: 
Military Maps Illustrating the Operations of the Armies Of The Potomac & James May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865 including Battlefields of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, The Siege Of Petersburg And Richmond Battle-fields of Five Forks ... Maps partially prepared by order of Lieut. Genl. U.S. Grant ... Surveys and Maps were executed under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Genl. N. Michler ... and Bvt. Lieut. Col. P.S. Michie ... prepared for publication by Bvt. Brig. Genl. N. Michler ... under the authority of the Hon. Secretary of War. The Surveys and Maps relating to the Battle-fields ... under orders of Brig. & Bvt. Maj. Genl. A.A. Humphreys ...
Pub Reference: 
cfP3688 (same, but lacks Harper's Ferry map); Stephenson 518. Cowell Collection.
Pub Note: 
Stephenson states these are a "detailed series of maps indicating fortifications, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, fences, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures." First edition series on heavy paper with printed color background and light browns printed on the rivers, unbound with title page. The maps are the same as the second edition (see our copy dated 1872, #2493) but the South Mountain map is not present (it was added in 1872 to the second edition). The addition of printed color makes the maps much more readable than the second edition maps. See Stephenson 517-520 for the different editions.
Pub List No: 
3881.000
Pub Type: 
Military Atlas
Pub Maps: 
15
Pub Height cm: 
61
Pub Width cm: 
91
Image No: 
3881A
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Authors: 
U.S. War Department ; Weyss, John E.
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection