First edition of Bachelder’s set of three maps depicting the topography and disposition of forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, detailing with great authority the battle often described as the turning point of the Civil War. Having spent a year with the Army of the Potomac documenting various battles, John.....
A news map of southeast Virginia showing the locations of the rebel military along the coast and in Richmond, created by publisher Casimir Bohn and lithographer Edward Sachse, who frequently collaborated. This map shows a number of important rebel cities and towns, including the Confederate capital of Richmond and Petersburg.....
H. H. Lloyd’s scarce and richly detailed two-strip map of the Mississippi River, likely based on competitor James T. Lloyd’s larger strip map published in 1863. This map covers some 1000 miles of the Mississippi River. The strip on the left extends from a portion of Kentucky at the top.....
An extensively annotated manuscript map documenting an aspect of the Union operations against Confederate defenses shortly before the end of the Siege of Port Hudson, attesting to the remarkable effort and peril involved in the Union’s construction of “covered ways” and an associated tunnel made to plant explosives beneath Confederate.....
A scarce Civil War news map showing the positions of Union and Confederate troops the day before the Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Fall of Petersburg. After the Union victory at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1st, 1865, which saw Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s forces.....
An impressive map showing the disposition of the Union and Confederate forces during the Siege of Vicksburg, published shortly after the Union victory there—a major turning point of the Civil War. This map shows the city of Vicksburg, situated near a sharp bend in the Mississippi River, various buildings both.....
An engaging news map of the important rebel-held Charleston Harbor in South Carolina published as the Union blockade grew more effective in 1862. The second-largest city in the Confederacy after New Orleans, Charleston played a crucial role for the Confederacy. Its political significance as the “cradle of secession” and the.....