The Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (also referred to as the War of the Rebellion Atlas) was published as a companion piece to the Official Records of the American Civil War . It contains maps and other images derived from materials generated by both Union and Confederate military personnel during the American Civil War. [1]
The Atlas was published by the United States Department of War in 1895. It features maps of engagements large and small including Gettysburg, the Siege of Vicksburg, Shiloh and the various epochs of the Atlanta campaign.
The Atlas is composed of 178 plates containing more than 1,050 individual graphic elements. [2] Graphic elements include maps, line art illustrations derived from photographs, technical drawings, and other illustrations. [3]
The Atlas contains three general types of illustrations: maps, illustrations based on photographs, and illustrations/technical drawings. [1]
| Plate name (Roman) | Plate number (Arabic) | Digital image no. (page) | Title | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pl. CXXI | Plate 121 | 146 | Views of forts in Charleston Harbor (SC) | View of Terre Plein on the Gorge of Fort Sumter - Parade of Fort Moultrie - Northwestern Angle of Fort Moultrie - View of Terre Plein and Parapet of Eastern Flank of Fort Sumter - Barracks on North Face of Parade, Fort Moultrie - Southwestern Angle and Face of Fort Moultrie - Officers Quarters, Eastern Portion of Parade, Fort Moultrie - Western Barracks, Fort Moultrie - Channel Face and Southwestern Angle of the Ramparts of Fort Moultrie |
| Pl. CXXII | Plate 122 | 147 | Views of forts in Charleston Harbor (SC) | Exterior View of the Gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1865 (x4) - Channel Face of Fort Moultrie with Bomb Proof Shelter and Flag Staff - Fort Sumter, December 9th, 1863 - Sullivan's Island Battery, Beauregard 1864 - Fort Sumter, December 9th, 1863 - Fort Sumter, December 9th, 1863, View from Southwest Angle - Sullivan's Island, Fort Moultrie, 1864 - Fort Sumter, December 9th, 1863, View of Entrance to Three-Gun Battery |
| Pl. CXXIII | Plate 123 | 148 | Views of Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge (TN) | Chattanooga, Tenn. from Cameron Hill - U.S. Military Bridge Over the Tennessee at Chattanooga - Part of Missionary Ridge, Tenn. (x2) - Govt. Wagon Yard at Chattanooga, Tenn. - Blockhouse for Defense of Railroad Yard at Chattanooga, Tenn. - The Suck _ Tenn. River Below Chattanooga (x2) |
| Pl. CXXIV | Plate 124 | 149 | Views of Nashville (TN), Lookout Mountain (TN), Rossville Gap (GA), Buzzard Roost Gap and Rocky Face Ridge (GA), Dutch Gap (VA), Broadway (VA), Spofford (VA) | |
| Pl. CXXV | Plate 125 | 150 | Views defenses in Sawyer (VA), Pruyn (VA), Carpenter (VA), Anderson (VA), McConihe (VA), Dutton (VA), Drake (VA), Richmond (VA), Pontoon bridge, James River (VA) | |
| Pl. CXXVI | Plate 126 | 151 | Views in Richmond (VA), City Point (VA), Atlanta (GA) | |
| Pl. CXXVII | Plate 127 | 152 | Views in Atlanta (GA) | |
| Pl. CXXVIII | Plate 128 | 153 | Views in Atlanta (GA) | |
| Pl. CXXIX | Plate 129 | 154 | Views of Atlanta (GA), Chattanooga (TN), Position of the Iron clads | Rebel lines, Atlanta - Rebel line on Augusta, R.R. Atlanta, Ga. - Rebel lines on west side of Atlanta, Ga. - Rebel lines, Atlanta, Ga. - U.S. rolling mill at Chattanooga, Tenn. - Ruins of rolling mill and cars - Round-house Chattanooga R.R. at Atlanta, Ga. - Engine "Hero" - Position of Iron Clads, January 15th, 1865 |
| Pl. CXXX | Plate 130 | 155 | Views of Knoxville (TN), Chattanooga (TN) | |
In the fall of 2010, the Digitization Projects Group of the Baylor University Electronic Library digitized an extremely high quality copy of the Atlas and placed the plates online via their Digital Collections site. The collection is searchable by keywords including state, city, military personnel and battle name, among others. [4]
The siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi, led by Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton, into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, leading to the successful siege and Confederate surrender.
The siege of Port Hudson was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, General Nathaniel Banks was ordered to capture the lower Mississippi Confederate stronghold of Port Hudson, Louisiana, to go to Grant's aid. When his assault failed, Banks settled into a 48-day siege, the longest in US military history up to that point. A second attack also failed, and it was only after the fall of Vicksburg that the Confederate commander, General Franklin Gardner, surrendered the port. The Union gained control of the river and navigation from the Gulf of Mexico through the Deep South and to the river's upper reaches.
The Vicksburg campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Major General Ulysses S. Grant gained control of the river by capturing this stronghold and defeating Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's forces stationed there.
Port Hudson is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Baton Rouge, it is known primarily as the location of an American Civil War battle, the siege of Port Hudson, in 1863.
The Battle of Champion Hill of May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Union Army commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee pursued the retreating Confederate States Army under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton and defeated it twenty miles to the east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, leading inevitably to the siege of Vicksburg and surrender. The battle is also known as Baker's Creek.
The Battle of Milliken's Bend was fought on June 7, 1863, as part of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Major General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army had placed the strategic Mississippi River city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, under siege in mid-1863. Confederate leadership erroneously believed that Grant's supply line still ran through Milliken's Bend in Louisiana, and Major General Richard Taylor was tasked with disrupting it to aid the defense of Vicksburg. Taylor sent Brigadier General Henry E. McCulloch with a brigade of Texans to attack Milliken's Bend, which was held by a brigade of newly-recruited African American soldiers. McCulloch's attack struck early on the morning of June 7, and was initially successful in close-quarters fighting. Fire from the Union gunboat USS Choctaw halted the Confederate attack, and McCulloch later withdrew after the arrival of a second gunboat. The attempt to relieve Vicksburg was unsuccessful. One of the first actions in which African American soldiers fought, Milliken's Bend demonstrated the value of African American soldiers as part of the Union Army.
Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863. The park, located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign which led up to the battle. Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the 47-day siege that ended in the surrender of the city. Victory here and at Port Hudson, farther south in Louisiana, gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
The siege of Corinth was an American Civil War engagement lasting from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. A collection of Union forces under the overall command of Major General Henry Halleck engaged in a month-long siege of the city, whose Confederate occupants were commanded by General P.G.T. Beauregard. The siege resulted in the capture of the town by Federal forces.
The Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion, commonly known as the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies or Official Records, is the most extensive collection of American Civil War land warfare records available to the general public. It includes selected first-hand accounts, orders, reports, maps, diagrams, and correspondence drawn from official records of both Union and Confederate armies.
The 8th Missouri Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Union army during the American Civil War. Among its early leaders were Morgan Lewis Smith and Giles Alexander Smith, both of whom later became generals.
Mississippi was the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States, doing so on January 9, 1861. It joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy on February 4, 1861. Mississippi's location along the lengthy Mississippi River made it strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy; dozens of battles were fought in the state as armies repeatedly clashed near key towns and transportation nodes.
Franklin Kitchell Gardner was a Confederate major general in the American Civil War, noted for his service at the Siege of Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. Gardner built extensive fortifications at this important garrison, 16,000 strong at its peak. At the mercy of conflicting orders, he found himself besieged and greatly outnumbered. His achievement at holding out for 47 days and inflicting severe losses on the enemy before surrendering has been praised by military historians.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Siege of Vicksburg of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign.
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles (1861–1865) was a Confederate States Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War. The unit was formed as a mounted infantry regiment, but was dismounted in the spring of 1862 and remained dismounted for the remainder of the war. The unit participated in the earliest battles in the western theater at Wilson's Creek and surrendered with the remnants of the Army of Tennessee in North Carolina in April 1865.
The 83rd Indiana Infantry Regiment, sometimes called 83rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Elisha Johns was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863. The surname is sometimes spelled Jones.
James Henry (1833–1911) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
The 5th Arkansas Field Battery (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. The unit was originally referred to as the 'Appeal Artillery or the Memphis Appeal Battery. Battlefield markers at the National Vicksburg Military Park describe the unit as Appeal (Arkansas) Battery. The unit served east of the Mississippi River until it surrendered at the end of the Vicksburg Campaign. After being exchanged, the battery re-organized and served the remainder of the war in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi.
The 1st Arkansas Field Battery (1861–1865) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. Also known as: the "John D. Adams Artillery," or usually just "Adams Artillery"; Gaines' Battery; McNally's Battery. The battery made the crossing of the Mississippi River in April 1862 with Major General Earl Van Dorn's Army of the West. After being surrendered at the conclusion of the Vicksburg Campaign, the battery was reorganized in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi and served there for the remainder of the war.
Company B, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery (1861-1864) was a Confederate Army artillery battery during the American Civil War. While the unit was assigned to a Tennessee Artillery Regiment, it was originally organized as the McCown Guards or the McCown Guards Artillery, a volunteer company organized in Lafayette County, Arkansas. Also known as: Company A, 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery and/or Dismukes' Battery.