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Here for your consideration is a rare chart of Battlefields in front of Nashville where the United States forces commanded by Major General George H. Thomas defeated and routed the Rebel army under General Hood, December 15th & 16th 1864 / surveyed and drawn under the direction of Gen: Tower by M. Peseux ; reduced and engraved in the Engineer Bureau. It was taken in 1864.
Nashville (Tenn.).
From "39th Cong., 1st Sess. 1866-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A." Legend in the upper left corner contains a brief resume of each day's action while the map shows troop positions, roads, railroads, drainage, vegetation, and rural houses.
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