RARE CIVIL WAR map HAGERSTOWN MARYLAND from 1891 Atlas Union CONFEDERATE Armies

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RARE CIVIL WAR map HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND and Harper's Ferry, West Virginia after the BATTLE of GETTYSBURG, from the 1891 Atlas of Union &  CONFEDERATE Armies
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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MAP, from the
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from the 1st volume of the ATLAS to ACCOMPANY the OFFICIAL RECORDS of the UNION and CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
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This historic map depicts the troop dispositions of both armies after Gettysburg from the records of Union Commander George Meade. This map also has three smaller vignettes depicting the Battles of
Cold Harbor
, Cross Keys and Slaughter's Mountain.
Perfect for framing and display, this beautiful piece measures 29" X 18" and would look GREAT hanging with any fine CIVIL WAR collection!
The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought during the American Civil War near Mechanicsville, Virginia, from May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified positions of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army.
On May 31, as Grant's army once again swung around the right flank of Lee's army, Union cavalry seized the crossroads of Old Cold Harbor, about 10 miles northeast of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, holding it against Confederate attacks until the Union infantry arrived. Both Grant and Lee, whose armies had suffered enormous casualties in the Overland Campaign, received reinforcements. On the evening of June 1, the Union VI Corps and XVIII Corps arrived and assaulted the Confederate works to the west of the crossroads with some success.
On June 2, the remainder of both armies arrived and the Confederates built an elaborate series of fortifications 7 miles long. At dawn on June 3, three Union corps attacked the Confederate works on the southern end of the line and were easily repulsed with heavy casualties. Attempts to assault the northern end of the line and to resume the assaults on the southern were unsuccessful.
Grant said of the battle in his Personal Memoirs, "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made. ... No advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained." The armies confronted each other on these lines until the night of June 12, when Grant again advanced by his left flank, marching to the James River. In the final stage, Lee entrenched himself within besieged Petersburg before finally retreating westward across Virginia.
Very Good Condition.
This listing includes the complete entire original map.
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