1894 The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
DESCRIPTION
Complete three volume 1st edition set of The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. by: Government Printing Office, 1894
This example was formerly owned by Charles Newell Fowler a New Jersey Congressman in the House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911. It is in excellent condition, which is difficult to find as most examples come with brittle paper and separated spines.
An important historical work with regards to an unabridged cartographic and visual documentation of of the American Civil War. The atlas is a compilation of reproduced maps by the U.S. Government Printing Office from those that had been drawn during the war by engineers, draftsmen, and sometimes even generals themselves for actual military use. Only a few maps, drawn later by cartographers, were added for historical purposes. Additionally, the three-volume work contains hundreds of photographic plates taken directly from government archives of the war.
Consisting of 175 plates spanning 3 volumes this atlas is by far the most complete and earliest published recollection of the America Civil War by the United States government, not to be produced again until 1958.
CONDITION
This is about as good as they come, with contemporary covers and all plates securely attached without paper discoloration, tears, or chipping. There are a number of these floating around at any given time, but they often falling apart or incomplete.
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