ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ATLAS MAPS; VIRGINIA; JED HOTCHKISS DRAWN, CONFEDERATE MAPS

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ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR ATLAS MAPS; VIRGINIA; JED HOTCHKISS DRAWN, CONFEDERATE MAPS:
$50.00

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 85, in immaculate original condition contains 33 incredible Virginia Civil War battle-field maps...all drawn by the best topographical engineer perhaps of all time, Jed Hotchkiss!

There are five larger maps, and the balance of 28 small maps support the larger ones.

Maps include: CEDAR RUN, WINCHESTER, PORT REPUBLIC, WAYNESBOROUGH, CEDAR CREEK, WEYER\'S CAVE, FISHER\'S HILL, NEW MARKET.

THE OFFICIAL ATLAS, as it is called, represents the culmination of decades of research after The War, and wascontributed to by the military leaders of The War, civil engineers andcartographers, and was intended to be THEcompanion 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. Theplate 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 wholeplate, 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 oftheir long term investment value is intheir entirety.

I 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 piece, and one of the most beautiful, informative and important plates from within The Official Atlas.