Savannah, Ga. and vicinity. Poe, Orlando M.; United States. War Department, 1895


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Full Title: Map of Savannah, Ga. and vicinity. Illustrating the operations of the army under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman resulting in the fall of that city December 21, 1864. Compiled under the direction of ... O.M. Poe ... from captured maps, Coast Survey maps and surveys made during the progress of the siege. Drawn by Maj. E.F. Hoffman, A.D.C. and Capt. H.A. Ulffers, A.A.G. ... Sept. 17, 1881. (with) Map showing the route of march of the 2d Division, 15th Army Corps from November 12th to December 21st 1864. (with) Rebel defenses in front of the 14th and 20th Army Corps before the evacuation of Savannah, Ga. John Rziha, Capt. 19th U.S. Infty. (with) Map of the city of Selma, Ala. and its defenses. Captured by assault by the Cavalry Corps, M.D.M., April 2d. 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. J.H. Wilson, com'd'g. Surveyed and drawn by Capt. H.E. Noyes ... Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (1891-1895)

Author: Poe, Orlando M.; United States. War Department

Date: 1895

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Author: Poe, Orlando M.; United States. War Department

Date: 1895

Short Title: Savannah, Ga. and vicinity.

Publisher: Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 43

Object Width cm: 70

Scale 1: 135,000

Note: Col. map with 3 ancillary maps. Inset maps: Fort Thunderbolt, Fort Tattnall -- Bastion on the line of defense across Whitemarsh Island -- Battery on Turner's Rocks -- Works at eastern point of Whitemarsh Island -- Fort McAllister -- Causten's Bluff, Fort Lee. Accompany documents of O.M. Poe, W.B. Hazen, H.W. Slocum and J.H. Wilson.

State / Province: Georgia ; South Carolina ; Alabama

City: Selma (Ala.)

Event: U.S. Civil War

Subject: Military

Full Title: Map of Savannah, Ga. and vicinity. Illustrating the operations of the army under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman resulting in the fall of that city December 21, 1864. Compiled under the direction of ... O.M. Poe ... from captured maps, Coast Survey maps and surveys made during the progress of the siege. Drawn by Maj. E.F. Hoffman, A.D.C. and Capt. H.A. Ulffers, A.A.G. ... Sept. 17, 1881. (with) Map showing the route of march of the 2d Division, 15th Army Corps from November 12th to December 21st 1864. (with) Rebel defenses in front of the 14th and 20th Army Corps before the evacuation of Savannah, Ga. John Rziha, Capt. 19th U.S. Infty. (with) Map of the city of Selma, Ala. and its defenses. Captured by assault by the Cavalry Corps, M.D.M., April 2d. 1865. Bvt. Maj. Gen. J.H. Wilson, com'd'g. Surveyed and drawn by Capt. H.E. Noyes ... Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (1891-1895)

List No: 1780.070

Page No: pl. LXX

Series No: 74

Engraver or Printer: Julius Bien & Co. ; Sherman, William T. ; Hoffmann, Ernest F. ; Ullfers, Herman. A. ; Wilson, James H. ; Noyes, Henry E. ; Hazen, William B. ; Slocum, Henry W.

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: 1780070

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