Texas State Archives Map Collection



Map of the Field of Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, Showing the Positions of the U.S. Forces under the command of Major General Grant, U.S. Volunteers, and Major General D.C. Buell, U.S. Volunteers on the 6th and 7th of April 1862.
Date: 1862
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1891-1895. Surveyed under the direction of Colonel Geo. Thom., Chief of Topographical Engineers.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 2500 feet
Size: 23 cm x 31 cm
Type of Map: military
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 03259
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Map of the Field of Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, Showing the Positions of the U.S. Forces under the command of Major General Grant, U.S. Volunteers, and Major General D.C. Buell, U.S. Volunteers on the 6th and 7th of April 1862. Image:
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Description:
Shows the Tennessee River, creeks, terrain, fields, roads, buildings, and a Union hospital, gunboat, and troops. This map accompanies the report of Major General H.W. Halleck, U.S. Army. This map and report are part of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, compiled by Captain Calvin D. Cowles, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891-1895, plate XII. Title page, table of contents, and index to maps in the atlas are filed under map #3209. A reprint of this atlas can be found in the Archive's Texana book collection. 9/13/84

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