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- GLC#
- GLC00849.03-View header record
- Type
- Maps
- Date
- December 25, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Tower, Zealous Bates, 1819-1900
- Title
- Battles before Nashville December 15 & 16, 1864 between U. S. Army commanded by Major Gen'l G. H. Thomas and Rebel Forces under Gen'l Hood
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 map : col. : docket ; Height: 41.3 cm, Width: 43.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Autograph (lithograph) map entitled "Battles before Nashville 15 & 16 December 1864 between U. S. Army commanded by Major Gen'l G. H. Thomas and Rebel Forces under Gen'l Hood." Tower, chief engineer of Union defenses at Nashville, possibly transmitted this map with a letter (refer to GLC00849.01) to William P. Fessenden, Secretary of the Treasury. The date of the map in the records corresponds to the date of this letter. Depicts the position of troops, hand colored to signify different days of the battle and generals participating in the fight. Documents rebel forces and the location of batteries. A neatly drawn scale indicates that one inch equals one mile. Author of print unknown. Docketed in pencil.
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