Maps

[Lady Spitfire]

anyone got any old maps that they dont mind sharing with me? Looking for maps for north west georgia area. Mainly Cassville and Adairsville and Calhoun. Thanks

 

[bobinwmass]

From the 1941 "Civil War Atlas to Accompany Steele's American Campaigns" used for instruction at West Point.

 

[gjpratt]

Robert Jenkins new book on Cassville contains an entire set of the contemporaneous maps around that area.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Library of Congress

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[Lady Spitfire]

Its been over a year now since my last post. Cuz its taken me that long to learn I should be researching 'McDowell' and not 'McDow'. A lot of years Ive been trying to learn more about the 2 'Mcdow' brothers who owned plantations on each side of the railroad, in Bartow/Cass Co. but finding very limited information. Now I know why! Smh smh.

 

[Rhea Cole]

Its been over a year now since my last post. Cuz its taken me that long to learn I should be researching 'McDowell' and not 'McDow'. A lot of years Ive been trying to learn more about the 2 'Mcdow' brothers who owned plantations on each side of the railroad, in Bartow/Cass Co. but finding very limited information. Now I know why! Smh smh.

If you are still looking for maps, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War is the mother load.

Lady Spitfire, This collection of books about the Tullahoma Campaign will give you an idea of the scale of the maps in the Official Atlas. The pink Postits correspond with pages in the other books.

The cartography unit of the Army of the Cumberland was arguably the most advanced in the world at that time. Sherman added it to his staff for the Atlanta Campaign. The granular nature of the data on the maps is quite impressive. The names owners & locations of houses are a boon to researchers such as yourself.

This is a detail of the approaches to Shelbyville TN from a previous CWT post. As you can see, springs, mills & geographical features are included.

I have no idea what you are pursuing, however, knowing the names of close neighbors who might be relations can come in handy.

Sherman's map of Georgia that was absolutely essential for the Atlanta Campaign was only issued to Corps commanders. It was a closely guarded secret. For example, the road that Sherman ordered the advance against Rocky Face Ridge was not on Johnston's map.

In the fine print below the legend is an order for officers to note information onto maps & return them to Capt. Merrill's unit. The new information was correlated & included in the next edition. During the advance on Chattanooga (+/-) 20,000 three color maps were issued using a solar copying machine.

Very few of those maps exist. This one is valued at over $14,000. See it here.

Link:

Jasper and Vicinity from General Information by Capt. W.E. Merrill, Chief of Topographical Engineers Printed in the Field by Capt. William Margedant's Quick Method for Field Map Printing. July 24, 1863

Early Photography & Battlefield Mapmaking Technology!Produced behind the lines using a revolutionary mobile darkroom, providing Union commanders with near real-time topographical intelligence.Prep...

raremaps.com

Can you imagine the notoriously impatient Sherman calmly "… wait[ing] five days so that Sgt. Finegan & his motley crew can finish their work…"? The extreme accuracy of the maps was used during the Atlanta Campaign were in part, due to an artist / architect from Ohio. Finegan & his motley crew that included itinerant preachers, peddlers & drovers, sought out local knowledge. Anybody coming through the lines from Georgia could find themselves having a casual but highly focused chat with some improbable individuals.

The Official Military Atlas is available online used for modest sums. It is a resource that everyone who has an interest in the Civil War should have at hand.

 

[Lady Spitfire]

If you are still looking for maps, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War is the mother load.

View attachment 578446

Lady Spitfire, This collection of books about the Tullahoma Campaign will give you an idea of the scale of the maps in the Official Atlas. The pink Postits correspond with pages in the other books.

The cartography unit of the Army of the Cumberland was arguably the most advanced in the world at that time. Sherman added it to his staff for the Atlanta Campaign. The granular nature of the data on the maps is quite impressive. The names owners & locations of houses are a boon to researchers such as yourself.

View attachment 578447
This is a detail of the approaches to Shelbyville TN from a previous CWT post. As you can see, springs, mills & geographical features are included.

I have no idea what you are pursuing, however, knowing the names of close neighbors who might be relations can come in handy.

Sherman's map of Georgia that was absolutely essential for the Atlanta Campaign was only issued to Corps commanders. It was a closely guarded secret. For example, the road that Sherman ordered the advance against Rocky Face Ridge was not on Johnston's map.

View attachment 578452
In the fine print below the legend is an order for officers to note information onto maps & return them to Capt. Merrill's unit. The new information was correlated & included in the next edition. During the advance on Chattanooga (+/-) 20,000 three color maps were issued using a solar copying machine.

Very few of those maps exist. This one is valued at over $14,000. See it here.

Link:

Jasper and Vicinity from General Information by Capt. W.E. Merrill, Chief of Topographical Engineers Printed in the Field by Capt. William Margedant's Quick Method for Field Map Printing. July 24, 1863

Early Photography & Battlefield Mapmaking Technology!Produced behind the lines using a revolutionary mobile darkroom, providing Union commanders with near real-time topographical intelligence.Prep...

raremaps.com

Can you imagine the notoriously impatient Sherman calmly "… wait[ing] five days so that Sgt. Finegan & his motley crew can finish their work…"? The extreme accuracy of the maps was used during the Atlanta Campaign were in part, due to an artist / architect from Ohio. Finegan & his motley crew that included itinerant preachers, peddlers & drovers, sought out local knowledge. Anybody coming through the lines from Georgia could find themselves having a casual but highly focused chat with some improbable individuals.

The Official Military Atlas is available online used for modest sums. It is a resource that everyone who has an interest in the Civil War should have at hand.

nice! thank you very much! Idk what im looking for neither. Just know 1 of the 3 directs Johnston's men traveled is in my front yard. and where the McDow/McDowell home used to sit about 500 yards from my home. I like reading more details about this evening Johnston's and his men stayed at the Mcdow home. I found a 3 ring bulet in my yard once, w/o detector. It had washed up where water runs off the house. So now I have a detector, imagine!! But maybe I can find more written about it if I look for personal accts from some of the divisions that were w/ Johnston. Also theres a creek nearby, so i imagine they used it.

 

[Lady Spitfire]

And ive yet to learn if they had already split 3 ways before or after staying at McDows. If I bet on it, Id say after. Cuz of how it splits today. If it was after, Id love to be a fly on that wall!! Imagine the energy!

 

[Lady Spitfire]

If you are still looking for maps, The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War is the mother load.

View attachment 578446

Lady Spitfire, This collection of books about the Tullahoma Campaign will give you an idea of the scale of the maps in the Official Atlas. The pink Postits correspond with pages in the other books.

The cartography unit of the Army of the Cumberland was arguably the most advanced in the world at that time. Sherman added it to his staff for the Atlanta Campaign. The granular nature of the data on the maps is quite impressive. The names owners & locations of houses are a boon to researchers such as yourself.

View attachment 578447
This is a detail of the approaches to Shelbyville TN from a previous CWT post. As you can see, springs, mills & geographical features are included.

I have no idea what you are pursuing, however, knowing the names of close neighbors who might be relations can come in handy.

Sherman's map of Georgia that was absolutely essential for the Atlanta Campaign was only issued to Corps commanders. It was a closely guarded secret. For example, the road that Sherman ordered the advance against Rocky Face Ridge was not on Johnston's map.

View attachment 578452
In the fine print below the legend is an order for officers to note information onto maps & return them to Capt. Merrill's unit. The new information was correlated & included in the next edition. During the advance on Chattanooga (+/-) 20,000 three color maps were issued using a solar copying machine.

Very few of those maps exist. This one is valued at over $14,000. See it here.

Link:

Jasper and Vicinity from General Information by Capt. W.E. Merrill, Chief of Topographical Engineers Printed in the Field by Capt. William Margedant's Quick Method for Field Map Printing. July 24, 1863

Early Photography & Battlefield Mapmaking Technology!Produced behind the lines using a revolutionary mobile darkroom, providing Union commanders with near real-time topographical intelligence.Prep...

raremaps.com

Can you imagine the notoriously impatient Sherman calmly "… wait[ing] five days so that Sgt. Finegan & his motley crew can finish their work…"? The extreme accuracy of the maps was used during the Atlanta Campaign were in part, due to an artist / architect from Ohio. Finegan & his motley crew that included itinerant preachers, peddlers & drovers, sought out local knowledge. Anybody coming through the lines from Georgia could find themselves having a casual but highly focused chat with some improbable individuals.

The Official Military Atlas is available online used for modest sums. It is a resource that everyone who has an interest in the Civil War should have at hand.

Map II has one name incorrectly spelled, so maybe Mcdow could be as well. Its the name "Lovelace" near Mcdows farm. That's the Loveless Family. Always has been. Has 2 graves in the Loveless Cemetery.

 

[Lady Spitfire]

This whole time I was mistakenly thinking the Rebels were the ones here. At the Mcdow Home. Thats probably cuz the most material Ive read was written by locals. Thats all Im interested in, tbh. Local history. Like O.P. Hargis and Watkins. Or Civilians, like The Howard's and their perception. Historians like Lucy Josephine Cunyus or Topsy Howard, Keith Herbert. Local history. I cant get enuff. I need to find info from the Yankees point of views as they move thru here. any similar reference material by Union Soldiers?