Research Roadmap: Military Maps

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The Civil War led to the creation of an unprecedented number of US maps—during the war for planning troop movements, and after for documenting battles. These military, or battle, maps depict an area before or during a conflict. They display information such as road and bridge locations, terrain descriptions, troop positions and defensive arrangements. Military View Website VIP Subscription