McElfresh Map Company, LLC – Complete 7 Civil War Maps & 2 Post Cards

Description: McElfresh Map Company, LLC – Complete 7 Civil War Maps & 2 Post CardsThe map collection comes with a box containing 8 maps from the civil war and 2 post cards of the Chancellorsville Battlefield. The maps are A Civil War Watercolor Map Series. McElfresh Map Co. researches, draws, watercolors, and publishes historical base maps of Civil War Battlefields. The McElfresh maps are acclaimed by experts for their accuracy, comprehensiveness and artistry. Shiloh Battlefield, Tennessee 1862 – copyright 1993 and 1997ISBN 1-885294-11-5The battle where U.S. Grant nearly came to grief but where William Tecumseh Sherman came to life. Watercolor and colored pencil map showing crops, fences, houses, farms, watercourses, woods and significant terrain. No troop movements depicted. Reverse side: Profile of Confederate Topographical Engineer Leon J. Fremaux, and reproductions of his maps. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland 1962 – copyright 1994ISBN 0-7834-1671-7The true watershed battle of the Civil War. Had Robert E. Lee won, foreign intervention might have resulted in Confederate independence. Watercolor and colored pencil map showing crops, fences, houses, farms, watercourses, woods and significant terrain. No troop movements depicted. One side of the map features Morning Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland, 1862 and represents the northern half of the field. The reverse side features: Afternoon Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland 1862 and represents the southern half of the field. Text: The text includes a monograph describing the Maryland campaign and its Battle of Antietam. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. Chancellorsville Battlefield (includes Frederiksberg and Salem Church), Spotsylvania County, Virginia 1863 – copyright 1996ISBN 1-885294-10-7Robert E. Lee's great Pyrrhic victory: he won the battle but lost Stonewall Jackson. Watercolor and colored pencil map showing crops, fences, houses, farms, watercourses, woods and significant terrain. No troop movements depicted. Reverse side: Text includes an account of Jedadiah Hotchkiss's mapping of the Chancellorsville Battlefield after the May 1863 confederate victory. Reproductions include Hotchkiss's map in full color, three pages from his sketchbook, and a photograph of some of his surveying instruments. Also reproduced is a map by fellow Confederate mapmaker, W.W. Blackford. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. The Manassas Battlefields, Manassas, Virginia 1861-1862 – copyright 1996ISBN 1-885294-12-3The first real battle of the Civil War and the second of Robert E. Lee’s victories. The text includes a monograph of the unfinished railroad, the principal tactical feature of the Second Manassas battle. A detailed sketch map of the unfinished railroad is reproduced, inset with modern photographs of the existing remnants of the unfinished railroad including the massive stone abutments at Cub Run and Bull Run. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. Cedar Mountain Battlefield, Culpeper County, Virginia 1862 – copyright 1997ISBN 1-885294-13-1Thomas J. "Stonewall " Jackson considered this battle his greatest exploit as a military commander during the Civil War. Style: Watercolor and colored pencil map showing crops, fences, houses, farms, watercourses, woods and significant terrain. No troop movements depicted. Reverse side: Profile of Union Topographical Engineer John S. Clark, of General Nathaniel Banks's staff and reproductions of his previously unpublished maps. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia 1864 – copyright 2000ISBN 1-885294-17-4The site of Robert E. Lees and his army of Northern Virginias last Civil War Victory. The most complete and accurate map of the approaches to and battle of Cold Harbor ever published. Watercolor and colored pencil map showing farms, mills, entrenchments, watercourses, woods, fields and residences. Reverse side includes an account of Union mapping at Cold Harbor; full color reproduction of an Army of the Potomac theater map of the Overland Campaign; and photographs of two prominent Union topographical engineers, W. H. Paine and W.A. Roebling. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. Gettysburg Battlefield (The first day’s battlefield), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863 – copyright 1994. ISBN 1-885294-05-0Gettysburg Battlefield (The second and third day’s battlefield), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863 – copyright 1994. ISBN 1-885294-06-9This vintage 1994 watercolor map by McElfresh Map Co showcases the historic Gettysburg Battlefield of 1863. With stunning attention to detail, this map is a must-have for collectors of militaria and Civil War enthusiasts alike. The map is a rare find for those interested in the Civil War (1861-65) era, and its intricate details and beautiful watercolor design make it a true piece of art. It would be a great conversation starter and would look wonderful displayed in a home or office. Packaged in a reusable sleeve. 2 Chancellorsville Battlefield postcards1 Fences During the Civil War – A flyer places in the box which states Prominent as they are in the maps, fences played an almost equally important role in the Civil War. For the soldiers of both sides, the fences along a line of march were a godsend. One soldier wrote, “They give us comfortable fires, hot coffee, and sometime shelter itself. I can hardly conceive how we could live without them. The fences could make a comfortable bed.”Excellent condition, like new in packaging, made in USA Notes: Great effort is made to ensure the item is described as accurately as possible. 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