Antique Civil War Map:Fredericksburg Confederate Lines w/old family homes &mills

Description

Original Antique Map
of
Fredericksburg, VA
showing
Confederate Lines
&
Locations of long gone family homes, mills and businesses
This map is a original, antique map No.1 (not a reproduction) from a section of a folio page of maps from the
"Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies"
Commissioned by Resolution of Congress May 19, 1864,
in accordance to serve as the official historical record of the war.
(It was published between 1891-1895)
Size:
13 1/4" x 18.0"
The atlas from which this map was taken still remains the definitive source of Civil War information available.
The Atlas was never publicly sold but exclusively distributed to federal depositories, universities, museums and various public institutions until they were withdrawn from these institutions and entered the public domain years later.
The map comes from the large folio plate XXXIII
(see photo-not part of sale)