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- GLC#
- GLC04498.03-View header record
- Type
- Maps
- Date
- 27 July 1864
- Author/Creator
- Snell, J.P., fl. 1864
- Title
- [Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Atlanta]
- Place Written
- Georgia
- Pagination
- 1 map : col. Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Presented by Snell to Asbury Stephens, "one of the participants this 23d. day of Sept. 1864, at Eastpoint, Ga." Shows where the 2nd Brigade crossed the railroad, moved into battle, position at the works, and its efforts to repulse the Confederates. It also shows where Colonel August Mersy was wounded. The battle was part of General William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign. Colored ink on paper , drawn at the Headquarters of the 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps.
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