‎Guerre‎

‎Civil War Semi-Centennial Society‎

‎The Civil War Through the Camera Hundreds of Vivid Photographs Actually Taken in Civil War Times Together With Elson's New History Vol. 1 of 16 Classic Reprint‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0666421110.G ISBN : 0666421110 9780666421111

‎Civil War Torken Society‎

‎The Civil War Token Journal Volume 39 Number 1‎

‎Civil War Token Society. Paperback. New. . Civil War Token Society paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 40-16456

‎Civil War Society Staff‎

‎The Civil War Society's Encyclopedia of the Civil War‎

‎Random House Value Publishing. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Random House Value Publishing unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 604979-6 ISBN : 0517149834 9780517149836

‎Civil War Trust‎

‎The Civil War Discovery Trail Official Guidebook‎

‎Washington DC: The Civil War Trust 1995. good. 99 wraps illus. maps sticker residue on cover. Cover title is "The Civil War Trust's Official Guidebook to the Discovery Trail. " Advertisers include the History Channel the U.S. Mint and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Includes information on fifteen states and the District of Columbia. The Civil War Trust paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51184

‎Civil War Trust‎

‎The Civil War Trusts Official Guide to the Civil War Discovery Trail‎

‎1996-07-01. Expanded. paperback. New. 0.75x5.25x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : DADAX0028612094 ISBN : 0028612094 9780028612096

‎Civil War Trust‎

‎The Civil War Trusts Official Guide to the Civil War Discovery Trail‎

‎1996-07-01. Expanded. paperback. Used: Good. 0.75x5.25x8.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : SONG0028612094 ISBN : 0028612094 9780028612096

‎Civil War Prints‎

‎The Kennedy Quarterly : Vol. 2 No. 2 part I. Artists of the Civil War‎

‎New York: Kennedy Galleries Inc. 1961. Part I of a two-part magazine issued in observance of the Civil War Centennial the other part concerning Civil War Prints. Includes more than sixty black and white images of Civil War art for sale by Kennedy Gallery as well as commentary. Printed softcover 51 pages. Some light surface soil to the covers internally very clean with no names or other markings. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kennedy Galleries, Inc. Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003660

‎CIVIL WAR PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPER‎

‎The Philadelphia Inquirer. Thursday February 6 1862‎

‎Philadelphia 1862. unbound. very good. 8pp. Elephant Folio front page has some small tears across the folded middle with a small loss of text several small tears in center margin of the whole newspaper very small hole to text of last page most pages with crease or fold lines. Philadelphia 1862.<br/> <br/> On the front page in the first one and half columns on the left and concluding in two full columns on the last page is an article on the February 5 1862 United States Senate vote to expel Senator Jesse Bright of Indiana who was the most senior Democrat in the Senate. On March 1 1861 Senator Bright wrote a letter of introduction for Thomas B. Lincoln a Texas arms dealer. The letter was addressed to Jefferson Davis. In July 1861 Lincoln was captured with the letter by Union troops as he attempted to enter the Confederacy. Senator Bright was accused of being a traitor because of the letter. The proceedings of the Senate and impressions of the vote by Senators are included in the article. Senator Bright was expelled by a vote of 32 to 14. The yeas and nays votes with each Senator listed are on the front page. Jesse Bright was the fourth Senator from a Union state to be expelled during the Civil War.<br/> <br/> unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 278075

‎Civil War Society Staff‎

‎The Shenandoah in Flames : The Valley Campaign of 1864‎

‎Time-Life Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Time-Life, Incorporated unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4032403-75 ISBN : 0809447843 9780809447848

‎Civil War Society Staff‎

‎The Shenandoah in Flames : The Valley Campaign of 1864‎

‎Time-Life Incorporated. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean average condition without any missing pages. Time-Life, Incorporated unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : GRP21382764 ISBN : 0809447843 9780809447848

‎Civil War Times Eds.‎

‎The Siege of Petersburg!-vol IX-#5‎

‎San Francisco CA: Civil War Times 1970. Soft C: Very slight bumping & wear on the corners spine & edges. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Civil War Times Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 105715

‎Civil War Centennial Commission‎

‎the symbol and the sword - washington dc 1860-1865‎

‎Civil War Centennial Commission 1962. Paperback. Good. 72 pages. box 18 Paperback. No internal markings. Clean pages. Edge wear. Light creasing to covers. Out of print. Civil War Centennial Commission paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 57764

‎Civil War Times‎

‎U.S. Grant Eastern Acorn Press‎

‎EASTERN ACORN PRESS 1981. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. EASTERN ACORN PRESS paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : GB000CDWGGQI5N00

‎Civil War Times‎

‎Wilderness and Spotsylvania Civil War Times Special Edition‎

‎Eastern Acorn Press 1990. Very Good softcover . Softcover. Very Good. Eastern Acorn Press Paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 210210-MB52

‎CIVIL WAR Horatio Gouverneur Wright‎

‎Autographed letter signed "H.G. Wright" by the Major-General of the Union Army‎

‎Galveston 1866. unbound. very good. Autographed letter signed "H.G. Wright" by the Major-General of the Union Army sent from his headquarter in Texas to a colleague in New Orleans regarding an update on an Inspection report. 1 page on lined Headquarters District of Texas letterhead. 4to. Galveston Aug. 25 1866.<br/><br/> ".The report for June was forwarded.two or three days ago; its completion having been delayed for the correction of certain discrepancies in the reports of Dist. Inspectors."<br/><br/> unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 215411

‎CIVIL WAR Amiel Weeks WHIPPLE 1818 1863‎

‎Copy of an Unfinished Map of a Portion of the Military Department of North Eastern Virginia and Fort Monroe compiled in the Bureau of Topographical Engineers War Department from the best and latest authorities .‎

‎Washington: Bureau of Topographical Engineers 1861. Sun printed i.e. photozincographed map after the original manuscript routes of railroads and canals hand-coloured 44 x 51 1/2 inches dissected into 24 sections and linen-backed as issued. Manuscript annotations in pencil by J. J. Young. Modern blue morocco-backed box. Provenance: Descendants of Amiel Weeks Whipple. Incredible Civil War map of Virginia produced by the Corps of Topographical Engineers for use by Union officers in the field.<br/> <br/>A highly important military map of Northern Virginia made for the use of the Union Army in the early days of the Civil War by an important military cartographer. The present map depicts Virginia as far north as Fredericksburg as far south as the North Carolina border and as far west as Charlottesville with detail including towns roads waterways and railroads. A statement on the map cites the U.S. Coast surveys and the Boye map of Virginia as sources in addition to surveys conducted by the Corps of Topographical Engineers. The map was completed within a month of the first major battle of the war the Battle of Bull Run fought on July 21 1861. The failure of the Union forces there made it clear that the war was not going to be resolved easily and quickly. Although not named as the cartographer the present map can be attributed to Amiel Weeks Whipple. During the 1850s Whipple became one of the most accomplished surveyors in the Corps of Topographical Engineers leading explorations for the transcontinental railroad. Captain Whipple was immediately ordered to report to the Chief of Topographical Engineers in Washington. There was then a dearth of maps giving any but the most meagre of information concerning the State of Virginia and to him as Chief of Topographical Engineers of the defenses of Washington South of the Potomac was entrusted the very challenging duty of making armed reconnaissances to collect the topographical details required. It was hazardous work in a country thickly wooded in places where small bodies of men could be concealed with absolute impunity; and the first skirmishes of the war such as that at Fairfax Court House were fought during its continuance. The work however was successfully and very quickly done and reliable maps were soon in possession of the Union commanders" Stoddard. Attribution of this map to Whipple can also be determined by a very similar map though focussed on Fairfax Loudoun and Prince William Counties which identifies Whipple as the source for the manuscript drawn by Civil Engineer J. J. Young see Stephenson 536.6. That map is in essence the companion to the present map i.e. showing the northern regions of Virginia not shown on this map. The handwriting of the manuscript used for that map and the present map are identical suggesting both to have been drawn by Young. Interestingly the present map includes pencil annotations again in the same hand see for example the naming of the branches of the Elizabeth River near Norfolk. That this map was done specifically for use in the field is suggested by the hurried process of its production. Rather than taking the time to have the map lithographed or engraved a sun print process was used to duplicate the original manuscript. Sun prints also called photozincography were developed in Great Britain in the mid-19th century to reproduce maps created during the Ordnance Survey. In this photographic process a negative is made of the original using a wet plate collodion method which is then exposed onto a thin sheet coated with a saturated potassium bichromate solution and transferred to a zinc plate coated in ink and put through a press. The present copy descended in the family of Whipple and includes a manuscript presentation below the cartouche "To accompany letter to / dated Bureau of Topogl. Eng.s Augt 1861." The name of the recipient is not filled in suggesting that Whipple kept this copy for himself. The map is very rare with OCLC citing but three known examples.<br/> <br/>Stephenson Civil War Maps 451.6; Francis R. Stoddard "Amiel Weeks Whipple" in Chronicles of Oklahoma vol. 28 Autumn 1950. Bureau of Topographical Engineers unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26345

‎CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR‎

‎A Union Soldier Writes Home To His Family After The Cold Harbor Defeat – “I Never Saw So Many Men Killed In My Lifeâ€‎

‎CIVIL WAR - BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR. The Battle of Cold Harbor was a Civil War battle that took place in Mechanicsville Virginia from May 31 – June 12 1864. A major Union defeat in which thousands of Union soldier died it was one of the bloodiest battles in American history. ALS. 2pgs. June 25 1864. Camp near Petersburg Virginia in a field near a Barn. An autograph letter signed “Charles†by a Union soldier. Charles wrote home to his family shortly after the disastrous Union defeat at Cold Harbor and references the carnage he saw: “My Dear Parents Brothers and Sisters Once more I write you a few lines. I am still alive and well more than every line that reaches parents will read. So think you all ought to feel thankful if you read a line from me these days. I never saw so many men killed in my life as have seen through this campaign awful hard fighting so far harder than ever was known I think. Did you get my box or rather my things I sent with Johnsons box if you did keep my coat for I shall want to see it when I come home. I got Harrisons letter he says you are having quite dry times there cannot be any moreso than we have had no rain since we came into the field dusty as can be. I wish we could have a little rain for it would be much more pleasant marching thru so much dust. Our Regiment still stays at the front only a few of them left – 2 of our musicians have gone one wounded and one killed. I am glad to learn of you all being well. Mother have you not written me since I left Point Lookout have not had any from you. I hope you will write me soon and often tell Georgey to write me often and also Father you know I cannot write so often as I could last winter. I will not write to any one only you. Tell Lizzie and Addison to write me I will not write any more this time write soon and often goodby sic from your true son. Charles I think I shall not be able to come home until next spring as the Colonel is wounded and gone home and cannot help me.†The letter is in fair condition; the writing is very light and there is a part of the blank third page missing that affects no text. A typed transcript is included. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5084

‎Civil War Cavalry Button "C‎

‎Civil War Gilted Eagle Cavalry Button‎

‎One Dug Civil War Gilted Eagle "C" Cavalry Button with shank in Coat size. Nice smooth chocolate brown patina with no dents pushes or repairs with nice upright shank . Gold Gilt outlining design. It does have some ground action but still a nice looking Cavalry button. Dug at battle site. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8440

‎Civil War Congress‎

‎Group of 5 Congressional War Date Resolutions Some with Good Content‎

‎Group of 5 Congressional documents all war-date octavo some multi-paged most with good content in small part: regiments that have not been paid and the expenses of the military establishment. A nice grouping of U.S. government documents pertaining to the War. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12715

‎Civil War Documents‎

‎2 Civil War Documents: Pay order & Descriptive List of Deserters‎

‎2 Civil War Documents. General Orders No. 2 signed by Leander Blanden "L. Blanden" as Col. 95th Ill. Infty "Head Qrs. 2nd Brig. 3rd Div.Camp 'Battle field' Near New Orleans" Feb. 24 1865. regarding reports to be sent to headquarters including "Descriptive List of Deserters." Show-through from mounting strip on verso. Second document is a pay order from U.S. A. Genl. Hospital Readville Jan. 28 1865 to Col. William Fitch Paymaster-General of Connecticut to pay $10 to Charles S. Higgins of Co. B. 2nd Reg. Ct. Vols. In excellent condition. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 10556

‎CIVIL WAR GETTYSBURG‎

‎A Union Officer's Commission and Field Report from the 17th Connecticut Regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg‎

‎<p>A field report from the Battle of Gettysburg by Major Allen G. Brady commander of the 17th Connecticut Regiment written on the 4th of July 1863 the day after the battle ended in a great victory for the Union.</p><p><i>"We had not more than time to form before the enemy were discovered advancing rapidly upon us on our right & a full Brigade obliquely towards our left….our fire was so destructive it checked their advance the troops on our left giving way the enemy came in behind us but we still remained firmly at the stone wall until the rebels were driven back."</i></p> <b>CIVIL WAR – GETTYSBURG.</b>Allen G. Brady Autograph Manuscript Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 4 1863. 6 pp. in pencil an unsigned draft or retained copy.<p>With: <b>ANDREW JOHNSON.</b> Officer's commission of brevet Lieutenant Colonel to Allen G. Brady <i>"for gallant conduct at the Battle of Chancellorsville Va to date from March 13 1865"</i> March 20 1866 signed with stamp not in ink; and</p><p>With: <b>ALLEN G. BRADY.</b>Autograph Letter Signed to the Adjutant General U.S. Army May 19 1877 seeking a copy of the military record of General Hugh Brady who had fought in the War of 1812; and</p><p>With: <b>WHARTON J. GREEN.</b> Autograph Letter Signed to Allen G. Brady December 13 1885.</p><p><b>Complete Transcript</b></p><p><i>Head Quarters 17 Regt Conn Vol. </i></p><p><i>July 4 1863</i></p><p><i>Lieut. H. Whitney Chatfield </i></p><p><i>A.A.A.G. 2d Brig. 1st Div. 11 Corps</i>.</p><p><i>Lieut.</i></p><p><i> In compliance with instructions from head quarters I have the honor to make the following report the part taken by the 17 Conn Vol in the engagement of the 1st 2d & 3d inst. The Regt. arrived in Gettysburgh between one & two O'Clock & were marched with the other Regt. of the Brigade to the lower end of the town & halted for a moment. Four companies were immediately ordered out under Maj Brady </i>2 <i>two of the four Companys under Maj. Brady were deployed from the bridge to the right as skirmishers the other two held in reserve. The remainder of the Regt under the Command of Lieut Col. Fowler advance with the rest of the Brigade to the front & left of the village. Directly in rear of the 107 Ohio Vol. - who were closed in mass by Division & were ordered to the front Deployed & advanced at Double quick our men held their ground notwithstanding they rushed to the rear of troops directly in advance until ordered by the Brigade Commander to fall back. </i></p><p><i>This order was obeyed the men loading & firing as they were retreating it was <b>about this time Lieut Col. Fowler was killed. Upon reaching the village the four companys</b> </i>3 <b><i>still skirmishing briskley with the enemy </i></b><i>& retiring in good order & ordered by the Comdg Genl to rejoin the Regt. <b>Maj. Brady immediately taking command after deploying & firing in several streets running to the left of the main street of the town on account of the rapid advance of the enemy we were ordered to fall back out of the town & while retreating through the main street the Regt was halted & faced to the rear & poured several destructive vollys into the enemy.</b> We then fell back out of the town & formed in front of the battery <b>pursuant to order from Maj. Genl. </b></i>Oliver Otis <b><i>Howard we then advanced to the stone wall in rear of the village </i></b><i>& remained a few moments there again advanced to a rail fence still further to the front & then remained until </i>4 <i>late in the evening when the whole Regt was sent out on picket & performed that duty <b>until late in the afternoon of 2d when we were relieved & took our old position behind the rail fence w</b></i>h<b><i>ere we remained exposed to fire of the enemy's battery & sharp shooters until about 7 o'clock P.M. were ordered to the extreme right of the Brigade behind a stone wall on each side of the lane below the battery opposite the cemetery entrance one company was advanced to the grain field near the woods we covered the wall on each side of the land by compelling 200 straggling soldiers to fall into our line. We had not more than time to form before the enemy were discovered advancing rapidly upon us on our right & a full Brigade obliquely towards our left. The Regt were ordered to fire obliquely to the left upon the Brigade our fire was so destructive it checked their advance the troops on our left giving way the enemy came in behind us but we still remained firmly at the stone wall until the rebels were driven back.</i></b></p><p><i>It was during this engagement that Maj. Brady was wounded </i>5 <i>by a fragment of shell hitting his right shoulder blade. </i></p><p><i>After the enemy had been driven back & the firing ceased except occasional shots from their sharpshooters. We were relieved by the 4 Ohio Vol. and were ordered to change front to the left behind a wall running at right angles with the fence we had occupied and fronting the town where the rebels entered on our left. During that night & the 3d inst. exposed to a cross fire of the rebel batterys & to the fire of the sharp shooters who were watching our movements. </i></p><p><b><i>When the Regt entered the engagement on the 1st inst it numbered 17 officers & 369 enlisted men. We report at the present time 9 officers & 120 enlisted men. </i></b><i>Capt. Wilson French is the </i>6 <i>only officer known to have been taken prisoner he was wounded in the engagement of the first inst & we are not aware of his being paroled</i>"</p><p><b>Historical Background </b></p><p>The Battle of Gettysburg fought July 1-3 1863 was a major turning point in the Civil War. Over the course of three grueling days Union Major General George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac beat back desperate attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia including the ill-fated "Pickett's Charge" on July 3. The Union victory ended Lee's short-lived invasion of the North.</p><p>Many soldiers of the 17th Connecticut had been stung by criticisms leveled at their unit after the Battle of Chancellorsville where the corps was surprised and driven from the field with a flank attack by Stonewall Jackson. As Brady reports here events on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg were eerily similar to Chancellorsville. On July 1 their regiment was again divided outnumbered and outflanked by the same Confederate unit as it had been at Chancellorsville although this time under command of Richard Ewell. As he drove the Connecticut soldiers from the field and through the streets of Gettysburg on the first day of fighting Union Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Fowler was killed. In a disciplined retreat that evening the 17th Connecticut fell back and was posted near the center of the Union line on Cemetery Hill near a stone wall. Their position where the Union lines' "fishhook" curved southeastward toward Culp's Hill exposed them to murderous crossfire from Confederate artillery on three sides. The unit sustained high casualties for the next two days; of the unit's 386 men at Gettysburg 20 were killed 81 wounded and 96 reported missing. Brady himself was wounded by a shell fragment on July 2.</p><p>The regiment performed heroic service on the second day of the battle protecting Cemetery Hill from the attacks of Jubal Early's division specifically Harry Hays's brigade of "Louisiana Tigers." The 17th Connecticut then withstood the Confederate bombardment of July 3 spending much of the day trading shots with sharpshooters in town. Brady's report in slightly revised and expanded form is reprinted in <i>Official Records</i> Series 1 Vol. 27 Chap. 39 Part 1 pp. 716-719. In closing there Brady said "The regiment behaved gallantly. No troops in the world behaved better. Both officers and men are deserving of great credit for their coolness and bravery throughout the entire three days' battle."</p><p><b>Allen G. Brady </b>1822-1905 was from Torrington Connecticut. He enlisted in May 1861 as part of the 3rd Connecticut Infantry Regiment. In August 1862 he was commissioned into the 17thConnecticut Volunteers. Brady was brevetted Lieutenant Colonel for his valor at the Battle of Chancellorsville just two months before Gettysburg. There Brady assumed command after the colonel and lieutenant colonel of his regiment each fell. Brigadier General Charles Devens commended Brady in his official report stating "The Seventeenth Connecticut under command of Major Brady – its colonel having been wounded and lieutenant-colonel killed – was in fact rallied and reformed in their positions." In October 1863 Brady was discharged for disability presumably from his wound suffered at Gettysburg three months previous. He was mustered into the Veteran Reserve Corps and served as Provost-General at the Point Lookout Union Prison Camp in 1864. He was brevetted Colonel in August 1865.</p> books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 21808

‎Civil War Letter‎

‎1864 Civil War dated letter " the union folks will give the rebels such a thraching that they never will need an other.‎

‎Civil War dated letter from Grizzly Bear HouseCA from Northern sympathizer who writes to his sister in Michigan in July of 1864. He writes on the civil war but also learns of his father's death. He writes in part : "The news from the war is verry good but some what to slow to suit me but I don't know as I ought to complain for the hart I take in it is not very hard just pay taxes and stay at home well taxes is one necessary part of the war and some one has to fight while others pay but I do hope our folks that is the union folks will give the rebels such a thrashing that they never will need an other and then there will be peace at home and abroad" The Letter is signed: "From your Brother John." The letter has a few splits at folds also minor creases otherwise in very good condition. Original Envelope with stampis included. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12729

‎CIVIL WAR MOBILE ALABAMA‎

‎An Alabama Grocery Store Opens Shortly After The Civil War‎

‎ADS. 1pg. 8†x 10â€. June 24 1865. Mobile AL. A document signed “J.R. Groves†and “J. W. Keesco†regarding the opening of a grocery store in Mobile AL shortly after the end of the Civil War: “For and in consideration of services rendered I mail the following agreement with J.R. Groves to wit; I am to furnish a cash capital of not less than $10000 ten thousand dollars to be increased as the business increases to do a commission and grocery business in the City of Mobile Alabama Terms of business; I am neither to advance money nor accept bills unless the produce is in hand or on its way with the bill of lading attached consigning it to me 2nd. After paying interest upon capital stock and expenses and losses the profits if any are to be divided equally between myself and J. R. Groves. Signed in duplicate this 24th June 1865 each retaining copy. This agreement may be set aside by either party.†The document is in good condition with slight fold separations and toning throughout. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2059

‎Civil War photographs‎

‎Gettysburg Stereoview‎

‎Civil War related Stereoview photograph of an oil painting. Stereoview card bearing a double 7" x 4" sepia toned photograph of wounded soldiers in trenches "From the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg. 1st headquarters of Gen. Geo. G Mead July 2nd". Part of a series of stereoviews representing different sections of an oil painting of the Cyclorama of Gettysburg by French artist Paul Dominique Phillipoteaux. From Bennett's series "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Beauties of Western Scenery." In excellent condition. unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 11300

‎CIVIL WAR READ Joseph Corson‎

‎Southern Mississippi and Alabama Showing the Approaches to Mobile‎

‎Washington: Coastal Survey Office 1863. Folding map 24 x 25 1/2 inches mounted in twenty-four sections on linen. Original card covers with printed paper label. Contemporary ownership inscription on label. Light wear. Minor foxing and wear to map. Rare field operations map of Mississippi.<br/> <br/>This rare Civil War map was created by the Coast Survey office the main cartographic arm of the Union Army for use in the Union campaigns into the South. This copy was owned and used by Colonel Joseph Corson Read the Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland. In November 1863 the Union armies captured Chattanooga the "Gateway to the South" enabling them to stage a prolonged offensive into the Southern heartland. Grant moved very quickly to overwhelm the South and immediately ordered Sherman to move against Atlanta and its vital railroad supply lines at the same time as he sent Nathaniel Banks to attack Mobile Alabama. Joseph Corson Read 1831-1889 was one of the first wave of men to take up Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion in April 1861. He remained continuously in the army serving first on General Jesse Reno's staff and rising to the rank of Chief Commissary for the Army of the Cumberland commanded by George H. Thomas. Thomas was impressed with Read and on May 1 1864 with the spring campaign against Atlanta imminent Thomas named Read Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland in the Field. This meant that although Colonel A.P. Porter was the Army's overall chief Read would serve alongside Thomas in the field and had the responsibility to supply the entire army as it moved South. During the long and arduous Atlanta campaign he was the man on the ground making the supply side work. Read developed a close relationship with Thomas one with both personal and professional aspects. This map scaled at ten miles to the inch shows Mississippi and Alabama from Jackson to Montgomery starting about fifty miles north of those two points and continuing south to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. Rivers roads and rail lines and all the towns they connect are detailed with waterways printed in blue. Two of the railroads the Mobile & Pensacola and the Mobile & Great Northern construction and removal dates during the war. An important map that would have been used by the Union Army in the field specifically by the Chief Commissary of the Army of the Cumberland.<br/> <br/>Library of Congress Civil War Maps 260.1; Library of Congress Railroad Maps 140. Coastal Survey Office unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27010