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Author: United States. War Department

Date: 1895

Short Title: "Iron clads, Engine ""Hero,"" rebel lines, buildings, Atlanta."

Publisher: Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office

Type: View

Obj Height cm: 43

Obj Width cm: 70

Note: Ten sepia-toned lithographs. Some accompany report of Capt. O.M. Poe. U.S. Rolling Mill from original photograph in Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. Iron clads from original in archives of the U.S. Coast Survey. Ships shown: Minnesota, Wabash, Mahopac, Canonicus, Iron Sides, Monadnock, Saugus, Malvern and Brooklyn.

State/Province: Georgia ; North Carolina ; Tennessee

City: Atlanta (Ga.) ; Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Event: U.S. Civil War

Subject: Military ; Railroad

Full Title: "Position of iron clads, January 15th, 1865. Engine ""Hero"" destroyed partially by rebels when avacuating (sic) Atlanta, Ga. (with) Rebel lines, Atlanta, Ga. looking across Augusta R.R. to the southward. (with) Rebel line on Augusta R.R. ... looking south. (with) Rebel lines on west side of Atlanta, Ga. looking southward. (with) Rebel lines, Atlanta, Ga. (with) U.S. Rolling Mill at Chattanooga, Tenn. (with) Ruins of rolling mill and cars destroyed by rebels on evacuation of Atlanta, Ga. (with) Round-house, Chattanooga R.R. at Atlanta, Ga. (with) Potter House, Atlanta, Ga. showing effects of bombardment. Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (1891-1895)"

List No: 1780.129

Page No: pl. CXXIX

Series No: 133

Engraver or Printer: Julius Bien & Co. ; Poe, Orlando M. ; United States Coast Survey

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

Pub Date: 1895

Pub Title: 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.

Pub 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.

Pub Note: See note field above.

Pub List No: 1780.000

Pub Type: Military Atlas

Pub Maps: 158

Pub Height cm: 47

Pub Width cm: 40

Image No: 1780129

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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