Name: American Civil War Maps Scrapbook

Barcode: 50295

Image Number: 50295

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/50295.0001

Notes: Geography textbook from 1831 converted into a scrapbook of American Civil War maps from 1862 to 1865. Includes maps of battlefields, detailed articles on the troop movements mainly of the Army of the Potomac. Also included is a fragment from the Philadelphia Inquirer (now the Daily News) describing the funeral of Abraham Lincoln dated April 22, 1865. One of the articles includes a partial list of those soldiers killed at the battle of Gettysburg. The clippings are from the Philadelphia Inquirer and other newspapers in the area.

Author: Anonymous / Unknown Author

Date Produced: 1865

Language: English

Type: Scrapbooks

Dimensions: cover: 29 x 22 cm  pages: various sizes.

Physical Description: Very fragile. Many of the clippings are loose or torn. Binding is loose.

LC Call Number: G3701.S5 P4 1865

Accession Number: OML-1865-35

Subjects: Civil War