"Isometric View of General Grants Virginia Campaign", Harper's Weekly

This is a bird's-eye view centered over the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers, showing Union and Confederate lines at Petersburg and General Butler's lines (Union) at Bermuda Hundred. Richmond is at the far right. Railroads were a vital part of the transportation net during the Civil War and are prominently shown, along with thirty-two points of interest keyed to a legend printed in the lower margin.

General Butler was defeated in May by General Beauregard at Drewry's Bluff overlooking the James River and was bottled up at Bermuda Hundred until Grant crossed the James in June. After Butler failed to take Fort Fisher on the tip of the peninsula south of Wilmington, NC in Dec. 1864, he was removed from active command. Grant's forces went on to capture Petersburg and Richmond in early April 1865, and General Lee surrendered all Confederate armies at Appomattox on April 9, 1865.

References: Stephenson #488.4.

Condition: B+

The left margin has a small chip with remnants of hinge tape on verso.