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Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864.

Devaux Neck is a peninsula formed by the Tulfinney and Coosawatchie rivers as they branch off the Broad River. The peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. This map, in closer detail than the one on p. 196, shows the skirmish between Confederate forces protecting the railroad and Union forces (the 127th New York Regiment under Gen. E. E. Potter) hoping to secure it.

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Georgia.

Shows railroad lines emanating south and east of Atlanta going toward Macon and Columbus, Ga., with a notation "125 miles from Atlanta to Andersonville [Prison]."

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Plan of the battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1st 1865 : fought by 5th Army corps Genl Warren.

This map depicts the Five Forks area of Dinwiddie County, Va., where Confederate forces under Gen. George E. Pickett tried to hold off the Union advance on Petersburg and the important South Side Railroad. Included are Hatcher's Run, the Appomattox River, Petersburg, Dinwiddie Court House, and the Weldon Railroad. Union forces involved included Warren's Fifth Corps infantry and Sheridan's cavalry. Accused by Sheridan of insubordination and failure to cooperate, Warren was removed from command during the height of battle.

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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In three parts. Part III

Francis Preston Blair, Jr., U.S. Representative, Missouri. General Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army. General Benjamin F. Butler, U.S. Army. General Irvin McDonald, U.S. Army. General James B. Ricketts, U.S. Army. General John C. Fremont, U.S. Army. General Lewis Wallace, U.S. Army. General T.W. Sherman, U.S. Army. Index to Part III follows p. 656. List of documents relating to trade in military districts, p. 559. Notable witnesses include: Testimony on miscellaneous subjects relating to the war, p. 280. William A. Hammond, U.S. Surgeon General. William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island.

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