CIVIL WAR ERA MAPS
Featured on this page are original, hand drawn maps from the Civil War era drawn from manuscript and memorabilia acquired by Special Collections and University Archives. Click on the images below to view a larger version of the image.
Map of the area around Shiloh and Corinth, Mississippi. 1863. The Battle
of Corinth, an important transportation center, was fought October 3-4, 1862.
Union forces successfully defended Corinth and ultimately defeated the Confederate
Army at Hatchie Bridge, Tennessee.
[From the Robert A. McGaw Tennessee Map Collection.]
Map of Middle Tennessee by Edward B. Sayers, 1863. Created on oilcloth, this
map shows Confederate signal stations, depots, and other sites from Franklin
to Shelbyville, Tennessee. Sayers was Captain and Chief Engineer, Polk's Corps,
C.S.A. The map was drawn at Headquarters, Engineers Department, Shelbyville,
May 6, 1863.
[From the Robert A. McGaw Tennessee Map Collection.]
Rough plan of part of the Battle of Waukatchie, Tennessee, 1863. Drawn from
memory by H. T., presumably a Union soldier.
[From the Robert A. McGaw Tennessee Map Collection.]
Plan of Fort Henry, Tennessee, 1862. Drawn by Alex Simplot.
[From the Robert A. McGaw Tennessee Map Collection.]