[Map of Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee, showing the Confederate assault of Nov. 29, 1863].
Summary
Detailed city map showing streets, railroads, all buildings (major ones identified), larger land tracts with owners' names, and streams.
Title adapted from title in R.W. Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989.
On verso in lead pencil: Drawn by John G. Orth (Arcadia, Ohio). Went with Army 8/22/1862 for 3 yrs. Mustered out with Company 6/24/1865.
Pen-and-ink (black/red) and lead pencil.
Mounted under rice-paper covering, fold-lined.
Includes pictorial drawing of "Union" flag.
Ink handwritten index to points of interest and misc. lead-pencil notes on verso.
LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 426.4
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Gift; Gene M. Crawford; Mar. 31, 1964.
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