Map - Battlefield Near Belmont MO (Civil War)
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Battlefield Near Belmont, Missouri
The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861 in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the future Union Army general in chief and eventual U.S. president, who was fighting Major General Leonidas Polk. Grant's troops in this battle were the "nucleus" of what would become the Union Army of the Tennessee.
Type: Engraving
Dimensions: 5 x 9"
Notes & Literature: Extracted from Personal Memoirs of U S Grant. Similar map is held by the Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/resource/glva01.lva00212/
Condition Report Text on verso. Toning. Tear top left. Good.
Subject References: 105F
The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861 in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the future Union Army general in chief and eventual U.S. president, who was fighting Major General Leonidas Polk. Grant's troops in this battle were the "nucleus" of what would become the Union Army of the Tennessee.
Type: Engraving
Dimensions: 5 x 9"
Notes & Literature: Extracted from Personal Memoirs of U S Grant. Similar map is held by the Library of Congress - https://www.loc.gov/resource/glva01.lva00212/
Condition Report Text on verso. Toning. Tear top left. Good.
Subject References: 105F
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Map - Battlefield Near Belmont MO (Civil War)
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