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Map of the battlefield of Perryville, Ky. Major General Don Carlos Buell commanding the U.S. forces, General Braxton Bragg commanding the Confederate forces. October 8th 1862. Surveyed and compiled by order of Major General George H. Thomas U.S.A., by Edward Ruger and Anton Kilp.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[S.l.] Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary of War in the office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army. 1877.
NOTES
Scale ca. 1:48,000.
Reference: LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 227
"Authorities: surveys by Edward Ruger and Anton Kilp [and] official reports of officers of both armies."
Map gives "position of General Gilbert's corps on the evening of October 7th" and the positions of both the Union and Confederate troops "on the 8th before being brought into action," "while engaged," and "after dark on the evening of the 8th." Roads, the railroad from Lebanon to Stanford, drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and the names of residents are also represented.
Description derived from published bibliography.
SUBJECTS
Perryville, Battle of, Perryville, Ky., 1862--Maps.
Perryville (Ky.)--Maps.
United States--Kentucky--Perryville.
RELATED NAMES
Kilp, Anton.
MEDIUM
1 map col. 29 x 32 cm.
CALL NUMBER
G3954.P45S5 1862 .R8 CW 227
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650
DIGITAL ID
g3954p cw0227000 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3954p.cw0227000
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