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File Name	shades_loc_0025.jp2
Creator	Rockwell, Cleveland and R. H. Talcott
Title	Map of the Approaches and Defences of Knoxville Showing the Positions Occupied by the United States and Confederate Forces During the Siege
Alternate Title	Knoxville, TN, map showing locations of forces in 1863
Date	1863-12
Genre	Maps
Description	Additional text: "surveyed by direction of Capt. O. M. Poe, Chief Engr Dept of the Ohio, during Dec. Jan. and Feb. 1863-4."
Historical note	In Tennessee, many sons of prominent Tennessee families had prepared for life as professional soldiers by attending military preparatory academies or obtaining commissions to West Point. When war was declared, they were automatically given rank in whichever army they chose to join. Those who trained at West Point had studied engineering and historical military tactics. The Union army purposely recruited skilled tradesmen into the Corps of Engineers to help build bridges, buildings, boats, and fortifications. Plans from both sides for fortifications and detailed maps and drawings have survived. Much of the military strategy targeted railroads and rivers.
Subject	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps; Fortifications
Theme	Visualizing the War
Story	Orlando Poe
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Knoxville
Time period	1860-1869
Language	eng
Contributing Institution	Library of Congress
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Library of Congress.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,103
Archival file	shades11/shades_loc_0025.jp2