ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ATLAS MAPS; VIRGINIA; DINWIDDIE C.H., RICHMOND, CENTRAL VA.

Description

One complete, uncut, ORIGINAL Civil War Atlas map sheet...18" by 29"...from the 1890's U.S. Government limited issue
ATLAS TO ACCOMPANY THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
Plate number 74, in immaculate original condition, contains two large maps and three smaller maps.
1. CENTRAL VIRGINIA; 1864, 1865...SHOWING GENERAL SHERIDAN'S CAMPAIGNS AND MARCHES TO INCLUDE:  WASHINGTON, CHARLOTTESVILLE, FREDERICKSBURG, LYNCHBURG, RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG.
2. BATTLE-FIELD OF DINWIDDIE C.H. MARCH 31st, 1865.
3. Map of defenses of Montgomery Alabama.
4. Columbus Georgia defenses.
5. Battle-field: Ebenezer Church. Alabama.
THE OFFICIAL ATLAS, as it is called, represents the culmination of decades of research after The War, and was contributed to by the military leaders of The War, civil engineers and cartographers, and was intended to be THE companion to The OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
The complete ATLASES were not available to the public, rather they were sent in a series of five sheets at a time, 178 sheets in total, to the three branches of government and to federal and state agencies and libraries.
When THE OFFICIAL ATLAS was printed, over 120 years ago, each large map sheet was folded once, neatly, left side over right and this plate has been preserved well,
and has retained its original sharp, bold, crisp character.  The map is immaculate. T
he plate has a complete  one inch border all the way around.
Please note, and this is important.  This is an ENTIRE Atlas map sheet.  It is NOT  part of a plate nor is it a cut piece, but it is a whole plate, as it was lithographed over a century ago.  I will never cut pieces from these rare antique map sheets and sell the smaller slips of paper separately.  Besides the obvious beauty and historic charm of these pieces, a very large part of their long term investment value is in their entirety.
.00 will cover your
fully insured Priority mailing
.
Map will be rolled carefully, packed extremely well into a rigid tube, and sent to you in a Priority mailer.
This is one exceptional Virginia piece!