Maps Showing the Campaign of the 20th Corps from Atlanta to Savannah with the Dates

Harris, Rodney E., fl. 1862-1865 Maps Showing the Campaign of the 20th Corps from Atlanta to Savannah with the Dates

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GLC#
GLC01888
Type
Maps
Date
November 15,1864-December 21, 1864
Author/Creator
Harris, Rodney E., fl. 1862-1865
Title
Maps Showing the Campaign of the 20th Corps from Atlanta to Savannah with the Dates
Place Written
Georgia
Pagination
10 maps, 1 p. : col. Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Disbound booklet of ten chronological watercolor maps documenting the towns and cities General William T. Sherman passed through on his march to the sea, from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. At the end is a large manuscript account of the march documenting cities they passed through and what they destroyed enroute, such as "passed through Social Circle and Rutledge. Burned R.R. buildings at both places...Laid siege to Savannah...Ft McAllister captured...captured Confed steamer 'Resolute'...Flag of Truce demanding surrender of Savannah...Savannah evacuated in the night." Harris served with the 107th New York Volunteers.

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