Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Antietam.

Author: 
U.S. War Department
Author: 
Weyss, John E.
Date: 
1869
Short Title: 
Antietam.
Publisher: 
N.Y. Lithographing, Engraving & Printing Co.
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm: 
58
Obj Width cm: 
66
Scale 1: 
21,120
Note: 
Full printed color.
Reference: 
cfP3688-15 (same, but lacks Harper's Ferry map); Stephenson 518. Cowell Collection.
State/Province: 
Maryland
City: 
Sharpsburg (Md.)
Region: 
Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)
Region: 
Potomac River
Event: 
U.S. Civil War
Subject: 
Military
Full Title: 
Antietam. Prepared by Bvt. Brig. Gen N. Michler, Major of Engineers from Surveys under his direction by order of Brig. Genl. & Bvt. Maj. Genl. A.A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers and under the Authority of the Hon. Secretary of War. 1867. Surveyed & drawn by Maj. J.E. Weyss, assisted by F. Theilkuhl, J. Strasser & G. Thompson. Photolith. by the N.Y. Lithographing, Engraving & Printing Co., Julius Bien, Supt. (under War Department Seal) 1869.
List No: 
3881.015
Series No: 
16
Engraver or Printer: 
Bien, Julius
Engraver or Printer: 
Strasser, J.
Engraver or Printer: 
Theilkuhl, F.
Engraver or Printer: 
Thompson, Gilbert
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: 
3881015
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Authors: 
U.S. War Department ; Weyss, John E.
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection