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Bacon & Co. (fl. 1864) Bacon's Large Print War Map Showing 50 Miles round Washington and Richmond

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04175 Author/Creator: Bacon & Co. (fl. 1864) Place Written: London, England Type: Map Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 map : col. ; 90 x 61 cm. Order a Copy

Shows major towns, waterways, and railroads. Concentric circles with intervals of ten miles each surround both Washington and Richmond. A red line shows General Ulysses S. Grant's route from Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Virginia, and a blue line shows General Robert E. Lee's movements. Crossed swords along the routes indicate battle sites.

G.W. Bacon & Co.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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