No. 5. Map of Chattanooga and Vicinity

by Civil War, William Emery Merrill, and Capt. Preston

$9,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

Signed

Printed field map, on four joined sheets of blue paper, with manuscript annotations in red by Captain Preston C. F. West. Signed by West below the cartouche. 25x38-3/4 inches. Archival repairs on verso to folds. Not in Stephenson. Item #377677 The urgent need for Union military purposes of detailed maps of the interior of the southern states in rebellion quickly became evident after the events at Fort Sumter. While the Army Corps of Engineers had

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