Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Civil War Maps" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
map, miles, Civil War, battle, battlefield, operations
It is useful to search using battle and location names
James River, Richmond, Yorktown, Virginia, Sugar Creek, Potomac, Gettysburg
Narrow the search to specific newspaper publications:
New-York Daily Tribune
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"The Position in Western Virginia"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), July 13, 1861, Page 8, Image 8, col. 2-3.
"The Battlefield"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), July 26, 1861, Page 6, Image 6, col. 5-6.
"The Atlantic Coast, from Beaufort, N.C. to St. Augustine, Fla."
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), October 31, 1861, Page 8, Image 8, col. 3.
"Scene of the Merrimac's exploits"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), March 10, 1862, Page 5, Image 5, col. 4-5.
"Sugar Creek--The Battle Field"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), March 20, 1862, Page 6, Image 6, col. 3-4.
"The Position Before Yorktown"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY) April 10, 1862, Image 1, col. 2-5.
"The Seat of War in the South-West"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), May 31, 1862, Image 1, col. 2-5
"The Battle-Fields Before Richmond"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), July 1, 1862, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"The Great Battle of Sharpsburg"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), September 20, 1862, Image 1, col. 2-5.
"Vicksburg and the Surrounding Country"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), July 8, 1863, Image 1, col. 2-5.
"The Battle-Field Around Gettysburg"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), July 7, 1863, Image 1, col. 2-5.
The Rebel "Confederacy as claimed in 1861 and as it is now"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), August 10, 1863, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"Operations Around Knoxville"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), December 5, 1863, Image 1, col. 2-5.
"Scene of Sherman's operations"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), May 25, 1864, Image 1, col. 3.
"Grant's Great Campaign--the Approaches to Richmond"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), May 30, 1864, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"The War in Georgia--Gen. Sherman's approach to Atlanta"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), June 2, 1864, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"From Richmond to Petersburg"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), June 23, 1864, Image 1, col. 3-4.
"Flanking of General Hood's Army and Capture of Atlanta"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), September 19, 1864, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"The Field of Operations in Virginia"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), April 4, 1865, Image 1, col. 2-5.
"Richmond, and Thirty Miles Around It"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), April 4, 1865, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1-6.

Civil War Maps (New-York Daily Tribune): Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America