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Title: Military Maps illustrating the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James, May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865, including Battlefields of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Northanna, Totopotomoy, Cold Harbor, the Siege of Petersburg and Richmond. Battle-fields of Five Forks, Jetersville & Sailor's Creek, Highbridge, Farmville & Appomattox Court-House. [Maps only] Author: Michler, Nathaniel and John E. Weyss Place: [Washington] Publisher: War Department, Office of the Chief of Engineers Date: 1869 Description: Comprises 16 (of 17) lithographed maps (15 are double-page), plus title page. 24x17¾". Loose maps. The rare and important Michler-Weyss survey maps that were begun by War Department engineers of the Armies of the Potomac and James during the last year of the American Civil War. Michler had served as head of the topographical department of the Army of the Potomac and was directly involved with the production of many of the wartime campaign and battlefield maps used in the postwar surveys. Under his direction a broader survey was initiated in 1866 to map the major battlefields of the eastern theater. Maj. John E. Weyss headed the fieldwork in Virginia for this endeavor, which was concluded in December 1867. Many of these maps were later rescaled for inclusion in the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (published in folios 1891-1895). Bound atlas volumes sell for $2000 or more. Lacks only one map. Lot Amendments Condition: Some with edge tears, scattered finger-soiling, title page foxed, other light wear; mostly very good or better. Scarce. Item number: 161735