Civil War manuscript map collection, 1861-1865.

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Civil War manuscript map collection, 1861-1865.

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Sketch maps from the Civil War period representing geographic areas in Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana. These maps chiefly depict roads, waterways, mountain ranges, fortifications, counties, cities, and towns. Battlefield maps are not present. Most maps are unsigned, however there are maps drawn by A.M. Thornton, as well as Confederate Army engineers, A.B. DeSaulles and Jeremy F. Gilmer. Primarily drawn in ink on paper or linen cloth. Sizes of maps vary between 24 x 20 cm. and 63 x 60 cm.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7289774

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Thornton, A. M.

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Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883

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Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in 1818 and died in 1883 in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from West Point and was an engineer in the United States Army. Gilmer married Louise Frederika Alexander of Savannah in 1850. In 1861, he was appointed colonel in the Confederate States Army and Chief Engineer to Major General Albert Sidney Johnston. Gilmer was later appointed Major General, Chief Engineer of the Department of Northern Virginia and Chief Engineer of the War Department. He assisted in setti...

De Saulles, A. B.

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