This map shows the positions of Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Iuka on September 19, 1862. It accompanied the report of Maj. Gen. Rosencrans, whose Army of the Mississippi defeated the Confederate Army of the West, under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, in the battle. The map was published by the Office of the Chief of Engineers of the U.S. Army.
It is one of several maps collected or created by the Confederate States of America that were acquired by the U.S. War Department by capture or surrender during the Civil War, or by donation or purchase after the War.
