National Archives – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:56:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg National Archives – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Confederate Maps at the U.S. National Archives https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/11/confederate-maps-at-the-u-s-national-archives/ Fri, 24 Nov 2017 17:00:01 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=6167 More]]>
Map of the Battlefield of Shiloh; Tennessee; Confederate Maps, 1861-1876; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, 1825-1927, RG 109; NACP—Cartographic (RDSC).

The Unwritten Record, a blog by staff at the U.S. National Archives’s Special Media Archives Services Division, announced last month: “Civil War maps are always popular at the National Archives, and the Cartographic Branch is pleased to announce the digitization of over 100 Confederate maps from Record Group (RG) 109.  All are now available to view or download through our online catalog.” [Texas Map Society]

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