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A fine adornment of Texas History. Great for Genealogy. Handsome & Creative Gift. Impressive on any Home or Office Wall. Map of 1857 Texas & P arts of New Mexico of The Official Atlas of Union & Confederate Armies An Original Plate of The Atlas of the Union & Confederate Armies. Part 11. Plate LIV. Original 1893. 115-yrs-old. Map is in Excellent (A, A+) condition: No marks, writing, tears, fraying, or foxing. Single fold as issued. Not a Reproduction. Original Plate LIV (#54) of the Original 175 Plates Issued of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of The Union and Confederate Armies, published under the direction of the Hon. Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, by Maj. George B. Davis, U.S.A., Mr. Leslie J. Perry, and Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Board of Publication. Compiled by Calvin D. Cowles, 23rd Infantry. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office, 1893; a copy of the title page of which is included. Julius Bien & Co. Lithographers. I sell only original maps: No copies or reproductions. View my other auctions for more antique maps. Map dimensions: 18" x 29.5" So Large It Makes Itself The Conversation of Any Room. The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies was published with an act of Congress by the United States Government Printing Office between the years of 1891 and 1895 as a history of the Civil War (or War Between the States), and constitutes 175 plates, of which this map is one, portraying a wealth of information on battle lines, topography, and military strategy. All maps were printed between 1891 and 1895 in lithograph color, primarily green, blue, brown, with the Union Army represented in blue, and the Confederate positions in red. Map Reads: "Map of Texas and part of New Mexico complied in the Bureau of Topographic Engrs. chiefly for military purposes, 1857. List of Authorities: Military Survey and Reconnaissances by Lieut Col. J.E. Johnston, T.E., Lieuts. F.T. Bryan, M.J. SMith, W.F. SMith, N. Michler, T.E., up to 1851. Map of the Rio Del Norte Section of the Boundary between the United States and Mexico, under the direction of Major W.H. Emory, T.E., 1857. Major Emory's Reconnaissance of the Rio del Norte, from above Albuquerque to Fra Cristobal, as connected with the march to California of Brig. Gen. S.W. Kearny's Command, 1847. Surveys and Reconnaissances along the Candian River by Lieuts J.W. Abert, W.G. Peck, J.H. Simpson, A.W. Whipple, Topl. Engrs., up to 1856. U.S. Coast Survey from Mouth of Sabine River to Matagorda Military Reconnaissance (of Upper Part) of Pecos by R.H. Kern, 1852. Sketch Map by Lieut. I.N. Moore of a portion of New Mexico showing the position of Fort Stanton, Fort Craig and Fort Thorn, 1857. Capt. R.B. Marcy's Maps in 1852 for that portion of Red River above the mouth of the LIttle Witchita. Survey of Sabine River from the mouth to Logan's Ferry by Major J.D. Graham, T.E., and others 1840. Survey of the Due North Line from the intersection of the 32nd Parallel of N.L. with the Sabine to Red River by Lieut.. Col. as. Kearney, Top. Engineer in 1841. Survey of Matagorda Bay by Capt. J.U. Mackay, T.E., in 1847. Map of the line of march of the command under Brig. General Je. E. Wool from San Antonio de Bexar Texas, to Saltillo, Mexico by Capt. G.W. Hughes in 1846. The principal Rivers, positions of Towns, in the Eastern Part of the State are sketched in from "De Cordora's Map of Texas." The principal Latitudes and Longitudes, astronomically determined, which have been used as a basis for the construction of the map will be found to the list on right hand side of map. Two Inset Maps Include: The Battlefield of New Creek, West Virginia, and the Battlefield at Pleasant Hills in Cumberland, Maryland. Shows Exploration Routes, Railroads, Cities, Towns, Camps, Forts. Some of the Railroads, Exploration Routes, Cities, Towns, Camps, Forts, and Other Points of Interest shown on the map: Dallas, Galveston, Fredericksburg, Bellville, Wha...
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