Comments on: Civil War Maps

Civil War Maps

kirkaracha — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:00:24 -0800

Civil War Maps The Library of Congress just published an online collection of approximately 2,240 Civil War maps, with information about the collection and a History of Mapping the Civil War.

By: thisisdrew

thisisdrew — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:31:16 -0800

i'm still looking for a way to get a big jpg without using the viewer. ...anybody?

By: bardic

bardic — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:07:32 -0800

It's neat how the south named battles after towns (Manassas, Sharpsburg) and the north named them after geographic features, usually rivers (Bull Run, Antietam). Cool links.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:26:38 -0800

This is cool.

By: fluffycreature

fluffycreature — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:34:54 -0800

Blessings upon you and the people who put these online.

By: cedar

cedar — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:34:16 -0800

Great stuff, thanks for pointing it out. If you have the chance these are worth viewing in the Mr. Sid format. There is an IE plugin available available from Lizard Tech, there are also plugins for other image editors and a couple of freestanding applications out there (self-link).

By: Frank Grimes

Frank Grimes — Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:09:05 -0800

I couldn't get the plug-in to work, but I want to get the battlefield map of Atlanta with the current roads drawn over it. As Lewis Grizzard used to say, "After they burned Atlanta, the Yankees were headed out of town on I-20..."