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Mobile, Ala. rebel defenses. McAlester, Miles D.; McGregory, Samuel E.; United States. War Department, 1895

Mobile, Ala. rebel defenses. / McAlester, Miles D.; McGregory, Samuel E.; United States. War Department / 1895
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Full Title: Rebel defenses, Mobile, Ala., occupied by Union forces under Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby April 12, 1865. Drawn by order of Maj. McAlester, Chief Engineer, Army and Division West Miss. under direction of Lieut. S.E. McGregory ... (with) Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Engineer Dept., June 18th, 1864. This map exhibits the lines of the enemy in our possession up to date. N. Michler. (with) Sketch of affair at Rappahannock Station, Va., March 28th 1862. (with) Position of the 3d Division, 23d Army Corps at Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 24th-29th 1864. (with) Operations from New Berne, N.C. to Kinston, of Provisional Corps under command of Maj. Gen. J.D. Cox, U.S. Army, March 1-20, 1865. (with) Sketch of the battle-field of West Harpeth River, Tenn., December 17th 1864. Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, comdg. (with) E. no. 1. Sketch of the main line of the enemy's works in front of Petersburg, Va., upon the advance of the United States forces, June 1864. Official: N. Michler. (with) Map accompanying the report of Maj. Gen. J.D. Cox ... of operations of the 3d Division, 23d Army Corps and other forces under his command during the operations in front of Wilmington, N.C. in February 1865. (with) Sketch showing the disposition of the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Miss. ... James H. Wilson, commanding, at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864. By F. Tunica, Engineer ... Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (1891-1895)

Author: McAlester, Miles D.; McGregory, Samuel E.; United States. War Department

Date: 1895

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Author: McAlester, Miles D.; McGregory, Samuel E.; United States. War Department

Date: 1895

Short Title: Mobile, Ala. rebel defenses.

Publisher: Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 43

Object Width cm: 70

Scale 1: 26,400

Note: Col. map with 8 ancillary maps. Relief shown by hachures. Includes 15 small plans and sections of redans, forts and redoubts including Fort Jeb Stuart and Fort Sidney Johnston.

State / Province: Alabama ; Virginia ; Tennessee ; North Carolina

City: Mobile (Ala.) ; Columbia (Tenn.)

Event: U.S. Civil War

Subject: Military

Full Title: Rebel defenses, Mobile, Ala., occupied by Union forces under Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby April 12, 1865. Drawn by order of Maj. McAlester, Chief Engineer, Army and Division West Miss. under direction of Lieut. S.E. McGregory ... (with) Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Engineer Dept., June 18th, 1864. This map exhibits the lines of the enemy in our possession up to date. N. Michler. (with) Sketch of affair at Rappahannock Station, Va., March 28th 1862. (with) Position of the 3d Division, 23d Army Corps at Columbia, Tenn., Nov. 24th-29th 1864. (with) Operations from New Berne, N.C. to Kinston, of Provisional Corps under command of Maj. Gen. J.D. Cox, U.S. Army, March 1-20, 1865. (with) Sketch of the battle-field of West Harpeth River, Tenn., December 17th 1864. Bvt. Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, comdg. (with) E. no. 1. Sketch of the main line of the enemy's works in front of Petersburg, Va., upon the advance of the United States forces, June 1864. Official: N. Michler. (with) Map accompanying the report of Maj. Gen. J.D. Cox ... of operations of the 3d Division, 23d Army Corps and other forces under his command during the operations in front of Wilmington, N.C. in February 1865. (with) Sketch showing the disposition of the Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Miss. ... James H. Wilson, commanding, at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864. By F. Tunica, Engineer ... Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (1891-1895)

List No: 1780.105

Page No: pl. CV

Series No: 109

Engraver or Printer: Julius Bien & Co. ; Canby, Edward R. S. ; Michler, Nathaniel ; Wilson, James H. ; Cox, Jacob D. ; Tunica, Francis

Published In: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Published under the direction of the Hons. Redfield Proctor, Stephen B. Elkins and Daniel S. Lamont, secretaries of war, by Maj. George B. Davis, U.S. Army, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, civilian expert, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, civilian expert, Board of Publication. Compiled by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles, 23d U.S. Infantry. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895.

Publication Author: United States. War Department; Davis, George B.; Perry, Leslie J.; Kirkley, JAW.; Cowles, Calvin D.

Publication Date: 1895

Publication Reference: LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 99; Civil War maps in the National Archives, 8; Phillips, 1353; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 266.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 1780.000

Publication Type: Military Atlas

Publication Maps: 158

Publication Height cm: 47

Publication Width cm: 40

Image No: 1780105

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