Military Maps Illustrating the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James, May 4th, 1864, to April 9th, 1865, Including Battlefields of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, the Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, Battlefield of Five Forks, Jetersville & Sailor's Creek, Highbridge, Farmville & Appomattox Court-House
(Washington, DC): U.S. War Department, 1869. First edition. Double-folio. Lithographed title page and 17 double-page lithographed maps, some with hand-coloring for topographical features or troop emplacements. Gilt-stamped leather label cover title: "Military Maps of the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James." The lithography was executed by Julius Bien of New York. Stephenson and McKee "Virginia in Maps," p. 194: "Topographers had already surveyed more than 1300 miles and issued more than 1200 maps prior to the army's passage over the Rapidan River on the night of 3-4 May, 1864, the beginning of U.S. Grant's major offensive in Virginia that led from the Battle of the Wilderness on 5 and 6 May to the ten-month siege of Petersburg beginning in mid-June and finally to R.E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. [Bvt. Brig.-Gen. Nathaniel] Michler's men made more than 1600 photographic sketches between the time of the river crossing and 30 July 1864. The vast number of surveys that Michler directed led to the publication [of this atlas]." Spine ends worn, corners bumped, the maps in fine condition. Contemporary half-leather and cloth (rubbed and soiled), gilt-stamped leather title label on upper board. (#5352). Item #58315
Price: $4,500.00