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Civil War

CAT search Keywords:

  • United States Civil War Battlefield Maps
  • [specific battlefield] maps example: Gettysburg Battlefield Maps
  • Military History Maps

Sample of Resources Available for Checkout:

Atlases

Maps of the Civil War - G1201.S5P5 1998

This atlas documents year by year the background of each battle as well as maps created by cartographers from the era.  In addition, the book has many pictures and sketches to give faces to many men who fought these battles. Includes an Index.

Civil War Battles: The Maps of Jedediah Hotchkiss - G101.S5H4 2008

More than an Atlas of Civil War maps, this volume presents a personal account of a cartographer, Jedediah Hotchkiss.  Included are reproductions of his hand drawn maps of several battles accompanied with stories that explain how Hotchkiss was able to create the maps.

Maps

The Second and Third Day's Battlefield Gettysburg Pennsylvania 1863 - G3824.G3G4 1863.M24 - Maps Library

A Civil War Watercolor map series. Antietam Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland 1862 - G3842.A6G4 1862.M3 - Maps Library

Maryland-Virginia Civil War Trails - G3841.E635 2005.C6 - Maps Library

Online Content Available

Battlefield of Manassas, VA close of the action August 29th, 1862 [online content]

Battlefields of Fisher's Hill [22 Sept. 1864 and Cedar Creek [19 Oct 1864], Virginia [online content]

David Rumsey Map Collection

A historical map collection of over 27,800 maps and images online. U.S. Civil War maps are one of their popular collection categories.  These maps have been extensively cataloged and thus are searchable.  Also the items have been scanned with high-resolution. The site provides variety of tools allow users to compare, analyze and view items

World War I

Search the CAT Keywords

  • World war, 1914-1918 campaign maps
  • World war, 1914-1918 maps
  • Military history maps
  • World history maps


Sample of Resources Available for Checkout:

Atlases

Atlas of World War I - G1037.G5 1994

Military Atlas of the First World War - G1037.B35 1975

Historical Maps of World War I - G1037.F678 2002

Reproductions of maps with hand written arrows and notes. Hand copied maps.  Charts of troop numbers and movements, specific divisions were marked out on a location of a map. Sure would be interesting to know a specific division of an ancestor.   Maps that show tanks area of petrol (116,117p) also notes that by Aug 12, 1918 there were only six working tanks left.

There are also Atlases that do not focus on World War I but have a chapter about it:

Atlas of Twentieth Century World History - G1035.D63 1991 (pages 36-69)

Recent History Atlas: 1870 to the Present Day - G1035.G5 1969 (pages 22-56)

Atlas of Military Strategy - G1035.C49 1980 (pages 168-171)

Maps

European area World War I – G5701.S1 1990.R352 MAP

[Austro-Hungarian Empire topographic map series]. [map]  Yugoslavia. – G6840 s200

Literary Digest Liberty Map of the Western Front G5701.S65 1918.F8

World War II

Search the CAT Keywords

  • World war 1939-1945 maps
  • World war 1939-1945 campaigns
  • Historical geography maps
  • World war, 1939-1945 territorial questions
  • Military history maps
  • World history maps

Sample of Resources Available for Checkout:

Atlases

The Historical Atlas of World War II - G1038.P55 1995

Atlas of World War II: over 160 Detailed battle and Campaign Maps - G1038.J6 2004

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Second World War - G1038.F6 2004

Seekriegsatlas: Mittelmeer - Schwarzes Meer (Naval War Atlas) - G1038.F43 1972

There are also Atlases that do not focus on World War II but have a chapter that covers it:

Atlas of Twentieth Century World History - G1035.D63 1991 (pages 70-91)

Recent History Atlas: 1870 to the Present Day - G1035.G5 1969 (pages 57-94)

Maps

Europe ; Europe in transition – G5700 2005.N3 - G5700 2005.N3

Transition map created to show three time periods, and thus three maps, which are "1920 Post War I, Empires to nations," "1960 Post World War II, Europe Divided" and "2005 Post-Cold War, Toward one Europe.

World War II – G3201.S7 1991.N3

Lowell Thomas' war map of the world. [cartographic material] – G3201.S7 1944.R3

Berlin Allied intelligence map of key buildings - G6299.B3S65 1944.G7

Online Resources

Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum – An animated map with pictures and stories

Pearl Harbor – from the War Time Journal

Cold War

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Sample of Resources Available for Checkout:

Atlases
  • The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Cold War - G1035.S9 2003
  • Historický atlas revolučního hnutí - G1035.C9 1956 suppl
  • The World Atlas of Military History 1945-1984 - G1030.B27 1973b v.4
  • Atlas of Twenthieth Century World History - G1035.D63 1991 (pages 96-137)
  • Recent History Atlas: 1870 to the Present Day - G1035.G5 1969 (pages 95-121)
  • Historical Atlas of Empires - G1030.F37 2002 (pages 174-187)

Online Resources

Maps of War

Animated maps to show the changes over time, including the March of Democracy, History of Religion, Leadership and War, Imperial History.

World-ology

Interative Maps of WWI, WWII, Cold War, Dark Ages, Pre-World War, Inter-War Period

Maps ECT

Historic maps for students and Teachers. Include many from all over the globe.

 

More Wars and More Resources

 

War Atlas

Search the CAT Keywords

  • Military history modern maps
  • World history modern maps
  • Historical geography maps

OR

  • Search by topic and limit material by Atlas

Sample of Resources Available for Checkout:

Atlases

The World Atlas of Revolutions - G1035.W5 1983

Recent History Atlas: 1870 to the Present Day - G1035.G5 1969

Atlas of Military Strategy - G1035.C49 1980 (wars between 1618-1877)

 

Ancient Wars

Search the CAT Keywords

  • History ancient maps
  • Historical geography maps
  • Civilization ancient maps
  • Antiquities maps
  • Archaeology maps


Sample of Resources Available for Checkout:

Atlases

Ancient War Atlas available in the Maps Library

World Atlas of Military History Volume One to 1500 - G1030.B27 1973b v.1

Historical Atlas of Empires - G1030.F37 2002

The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History - G1034.M2 1992

Cambridge Illustrated Atlas Warfare: The Middle Ages - G1034.H6 1995

Atlas of Classical Geography - G1033.H88 1856

Ancient History Atlas - G1033.G65 1972

 

Arab-Israeli Wars

Search the CAT Keywords

  • Arab-Israeli conflict maps
  • Palestine Historical geography maps
  • Jewish-Arab relations maps

Here is a sample of the Resources Available for Checkout

Atlases

The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization - G1030.G48 1990

The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History - G1030.G45 2003

Atlas of Modern Jewish History - G1030.F6513 1990

Trouble Spots: The World Atlas of Strategic Information - G1046.R1D8 2000

The State of War and Peace Atlas - G1046.R1S65 1997

Maps

Atlas for the Arab-Israeli Wars, the Chinese Civil War (1900-1949), and the Korean War (1950-1953) – G1035.A8 1986 F

The State of the Middle East [cartographic material] : an atlas of conflict and resolution – G2205.S6 2008

 

 

Napoleonic Wars

Search the CAT Keywords

  • Napoleon maps
  • Napoleonic war maps
  • World history maps
  • Military history maps

Here is a sample of the Resources Available for Checkout

Atlases

Historical Maps of the Napoleonic Wars - DC226.4.F67 2003

An Atlas of the Peninsular War 1808-1814 – G1797.S1R6 2010

Maps

Napoleonic Empire 1812 – G5691.S52 1812.K2

Europe at the time of Napoleon 1812 – G5701.S53 1967.H3

Online Content