Show A war atlas As vast and important as is the war record series now publishing by the government there is to follow a war atlas that will transcend anything of the kind ever undertaken by the government ern ment says the chicago inter ocean there is just completed the plate for the first battle of bull run one of the most perfect in detail ever made in fact it is all but a photograph of the field it is prepared from a carefully finished map by gen beauregard and one by gen mcdowell the big atlas will contain about one hundred maps the war record is published at a phenomenal rate A one thousand page volume appears every three weeks sixty five volumes are now out all relating to battles and campaigns A second series will follow containing all correspondence between the states and the federal government a third wil treat of prisoners of war |