From the American Battlefield Trust comes the collection of their
popular maps of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
"I just love those maps that you guys send to me." It is a phrase that
the staff of the American Battlefield Trust hears on a weekly basis. The
expression refers to one of the cornerstone initiatives of the
organization--mapping the battlefields of the Revolutionary War, War of
1812, and the American Civil War.
The American Battlefield Trust is the premier battlefield preservation
organization in the United States. Over the last thirty years, the
American Battlefield Trust and its members have preserved more than
52,000 acres of battlefield land across 143 battlefields in twenty-four
states--at sites such as Antietam, Vicksburg, Chancellorsville, Shiloh,
and Gettysburg. Outside of physically walking across the hallowed battle
grounds that the American Battlefield Trust preserves, the best way to
illustrate the importance of the parcels of land that they preserve is
through their battle maps.
Through the decades, the American Battlefield Trust has created dozens
of maps detailing the action of hundreds of battles. Now, for the first
time in book form, they have collected the maps of some of the most
iconic battles of the Eastern Theater of the Civil War into one volume.
From First Bull Run to the Surrender at Appomattox Court House, you can
follow the major actions of the Eastern Theater from start to finish
utilizing this unparalleled collection.
