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One complete, uncut, ORIGINAL Civil War Atlas map sheet...18" by 29"...from the 1890s US Government limited issue ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

Plate number 29, in Near Mint original condition, contains two large Civil War maps.

1. MAP OF THE BATTLE-FIELDS OF HARPER'S FERRY AND SHARPSBURG; SEPTEMBER 13 TO 17, 1862. This incredible map was drawn by Confederate hands and was to accompany the report by General Robert E. Lee!

2. ANTIETAM. This map shows the greater Sharpsburg area and includes Bakersville, Keedysville, Rohrersville, Mercerville...and is bordered on the west by the Potomac River. It contains three perspectives of the Confederate lines of battle, and the Confederate line of retreat.

The incredible details on these two maps include: mills, iron works, schools, roads and bridges, hospitals, shops and hundreds of property markers with the owner's names.

THE OFFICIAL ATLAS, as it is called, represents the culmination of decades of research after The War, and was contributed to by the military leaders of The War, civil engineers and cartographers, and was intended to be THE companion to The OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CIVIL WAR.

The Atlas contains 178 large sheets, mostly with individual maps tracing events from before Fort Sumter and through to Appomattox, mostly with key battle-grounds and key regions detailed in topographical format. This regional topographical map pair with Army detail is an outstanding example. It is THE Antietam / Harper's Ferry map and its appearance is striking!

The complete ATLASES were not available to the public, rather they were sent in a series of five sheets at a time to the three branches of government and to federal and state agencies and libraries.

When THE OFFICIAL ATLAS was printed, over a century ago, each large map sheet was folded once, neatly, left side over right and this beautiful example has been preserved perfectly, and has retained its original sharp, bold, crisp character. The map has a complete one inch border all the way around.

Please note, and this is important. This is an ENTIRE Atlas map sheet. It is NOT a part of a plate nor is it a cut piece, but it is the whole plate as it was lithographed over a century ago. I will never cut pieces from these rare antique map sheets and sell the smaller slips of paper separately. Besides the obvious beauty and historic charm of this piece, a very large part of its long term investment value is in its entirety.

$6.00 will cover your insured shipping in the USA

Map will be rolled carefully, packed extremely well into a rigid tube, and sent to you in a Priority mailer. Scan shows, of course, just a portion of this complete, Full, Original Civil War Atlas map sheet. The scanned pictures show smaller than actual. This is a nice, large, clean: extremely interesting and important original Civil War Atlas map sheet.

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