Civil War Maps

Abstract:

This site features detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for General Lee and General Sherman, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts -- all available for the first time in one place. An essay, History of Mapping the Civil War, looks at Union maps, Confederate maps, battlefield maps, commercial maps, and others.

Subject:

Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Collection:

Library of Congress