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General Buell's map of the battle-field of Shiloh. [April 6-7, 1862].This map is an enlarged copy of the one accompanying General D. C. Buell's article, 'Shiloh Reviewed,' in The Century for March, 1886." -Â "This edition includes a few corrections which do not appear in the map as printed in The Century for March, 1886." -Â Detailed map showing the positions of the armies of the Ohio and Tennessee, Confederate lines, headquarters, "regimental camps at the date of the battle," roads, houses, drainage, vegetation, fields, and relief by hachures. The letters A-W identify Union divisions and batteries. "Numbers indicate hours of the day, or periods of the battles . . . "

Eicher's Ultimate Gettysburg order of battle The most complete Order of Battle for both sides at Gettysburg. Extremely detailed, and often goes down to the commanders of platoons.

William W. Blackford, War Years with Jeb Stuart. A citizen-soldier of honest mind, a “gentleman unafraid.” Although opposed to secession, in 1861, shortly after Virginia broke away from the Union, Blackford nevertheless enlisted in the First Regiment of Virginia Cavalry. A Civil Engineer by profession, by war’s end Blackford had risen from a Lieutenant of Cavalry to Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers. His skills were valuable in both of these branches of the army, and as a result War Years is unusually filled with the day-to-day accomplishments of the Engineer Troops. From Jeb Stuart’s side, Blackford observed nearly all the operations of mounted troops from June, 1861, to the end of January, 1864, when he was transferred to other responsibilities. Brought into contact with a number of legendary figures, in April, 1865, Blackford was at Appomattox when General Lee surrendered. Alongside descriptions of battles, raids and sieges are the stories of army life — little details and incidents that walk hand-in-hand with soldiering — in a thrilling yet eye-opening memoir of the American Civil War. Lieut.-Colonel William Willis Blackford (1831-1905) was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. It was his mother who encouraged him to write down his experiences while they were still fresh in his mind, and War Years with Jeb Stuart was the result.

Sketch of Vicinity of Fort Fisher surveyed under the direction of Brvt. Brig. Gen. C.B. Comstock Chief Engineer by Otto Julian Schultze Private 15th N.Y.V. Eng. Engraved at the Engineer Bureau, War Dept. Ft. Fisher Feb 9th 1865 Forwarded to Engineer Dept. with letter of this date. C.B. Comstock, Lt. Col. A.D.C. & Brvt. Brig. Gen. E. Molitor, lith.

Plan and Sections of Fort Fisher Carried by assault by the U.S. Forces, Maj. Gen. A.H. Terry Commanding Jan 15th, 1865. Head Qurtrs. U.S. Forces Fort Fisher, Jan. 27th 1865. Forwarded to Engineer Dept. with letter of this date. C.B. Comstock, Lt. Col. A.D.C. & Brvt. Brig. Gen. Engraved in the Engineer Bureau, War Dept. E. Molitor, lith.