Digital History Center - Atlases

Digital History Center - Atlases

About Our Atlases

In 1938, the predecessors of today's Department of History at the United States Military Academy (USMA) began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, "History of the Military Art." Since then, the department has produced over six atlases and more than 1,000 maps, encompassing not only America’s wars but global conflicts as well.

In keeping abreast with today's technology, the Department of History provides these maps on the internet as part of the department's outreach program. The maps were created by USMA's Department of History and are in most cases digital versions of maps in the atlases printed by the United States Defense Printing Agency.

We gratefully acknowledge the accomplishments of the department's current and former cartographers, Mr. Edward J. Krasnoborski, Mr. Frank Martini, Mr. Raymond Hrinko, and Mr. Jeff Goldberg. For permission to reprint these maps, please contact Mr. Jeff Goldberg at (845) 938-2264 or by email

Conflict Atlases

Animations are provided courtesy of the Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army. 

1776SaratogaSouthern Campaigns
*  Battle of Bunker Hill  *  The West Point Saratoga Staff Ride Atlas

Napoleonic Map Symbology

The Italian Campaigns

The Egyptian Campaigns

The Marengo Campaign

The Expansion of France

The ULM Campaign

The Austerlitz Campaign

The Expansion of the Empire

The Jena Campaign

The Eylau and Friedland Campaigns

The Treaty of Tilst and the Continental System

Defending the Grande Empire

The Campaign in Spain

The Danube Campaign

The War in the Peninsula

The Napoleon Family System

The Russian Campaign

The Leipzig Campaign

The Campaign in France

The Waterloo Campaign

Europe 1810 - 1815

Symbology for the Civil War

First Bull Run Campaign

Henry and Donelson Campaign

Shiloh Campaign

Eastern Theater, 1862

Jackson's Valley Campaign

Campaigns Around Richmond

Antietam Campaign

War in the West

War At Sea

Vicksburg Campaign

Fredericksburg Campaign 

Chancellorsville Campaign

Gettysburg Campaign

Tennessee Campaign

Southeastern United States, 1864

Road to Richmond

Road to Atlanta

Franklin and Nashville Campaign

Southeastern United States, 1864-65

Siege of Petersburg

Northern Virginia, 1864-65

Animations are provided courtesy of the Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army 

World War I Map Symbols

World War II European Theater Overview

Leadup to the War

Opening German Offensive

Campaign in the West

The Winter War

Campaign in the Balkans

Operation Barbarossa

Soviet Counter-Offensive

North Africa

The World in World War II

Allied Invasion of Italy

Allied Landing in Northern France

Liberation of France

Allied Advance to the Rhine

Battle of the Bulge

Invasion of Germany

These maps are a result of a collaboration between USMA and the U.S. Air Force Academy:

Animations are provided courtesy of the Combat Studies Institute, United States Army. 

Course-Specific Maps

Ancient Warfare

1: Sennacherib's Campaign

2: Battle of Plataea

3-5: Siege of Syracuse, Phases I-III

6-8: Siege of Syracuse, Phases IV-VI

9-11: Siege of Syracuse, Phases VII-IX

12-13: Siege of Syracuse, Phases X-XI

14: Approach to Issus

15: Battle of the Granicus

16: Roman Expansion in Italy

17: Battle of Cynoscephalae, Phase I

18: Battle of Cynoscephalae, Phase II

19: Battle of Cynoscephalae, Phase III

20: Battle of Cynoscephalae, Phase IV

21: Battle of Cynoscephalae, Phase V

22: Hannibal in Italy: Overview

23: Battle of Cannae

24: Roman Control of Italy

25: Expansion of Rome, 2nd Century B.C.

26: Macedonia and the Aegean World, c. 200 B.C.

27: Jugurthan War: Numidia and North Africa

28: Jugurthan War: The Battle of Muthul River, Phase I

29: Jugurthan War: The Battle of Muthul River, Phase II

30: Jugurthan War: The Battle of Muthul River, Phase III

31: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Campaign against the Helvetii

32: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Campaign against Ariovistus

33: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Campaign against the Belgae: Initial Operations

34: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Campaign against the Belgae: Against the Nervii

35: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Outbreak of the Gallic Revolt

36: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gallic Revolt through Gergovia and Siege of Bourges

37: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gergovia

38: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gergovia: Caesar’s Feint

39: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gergovia: Caesar’s Attack

40: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gergovia: Gallic Counterattack

41: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gergovia: Romans Reform

42: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Gergovia to Alesia

43: Caesar’s Gallic Wars: Siege of Alesia, 52 B.C.

44: Caesar's Civil War: Overview

45: Caesar vs. Pompey: Opening Moves

46: Caesar vs. Pompey: Antony Arrives

47: Caesar vs. Pompey: Caesar Secures Allies and Scipio Arrives

48: Caesar vs. Pompey: Movements During April

49: Caesar vs. Pompey: Operations Around Durazzo

50: Caesar vs. Pompey: Battle of Lesnikia River

51: Caesar vs. Pompey: Movements to Pharsalus

52: Battle of Pharsalus, 48 B.C.: Caesar Creates a Fourth Line

53: Battle of Pharsalus, 48 B.C.: Initial Movements

54: Battle of Pharsalus, 48 B.C.: Pompey’s Breakthrough

55: Battle of Pharsalus, 48 B.C.: Caesar’s Counterattack

Medieval Warfare

56: Italy in 1000

57: Calabria at the time of Robert Guiscard

58: War of 1173-4: First Scottish Invasion

59: War of 1173-4: De Lucy’s Response

60: War of 1173-4: Leicester’s Invasion

61: War of 1173-4: Second Scottish Invasion

62: War of 1173-4: Strike against William’s Siege Force

63: Crown of Aragón and the Conquest of Minorca

64:The Catalan Company

65: Maneuvering prior to the Battle of Poitiers, 13-18 September 1356

66: Battle of Poitiers, 1356: Terrain

67: Battle of Poitiers, 1356: Variou Interpretations

Additional Maps

The following maps are those created for a purpose other than cadet academic use (i.e., dissertations, publications, staff rides/AIADs) or otherwise do not fit in a category listed above.

The following maps were developed in conjunction with MAJ Alex Humes, focusing on Pre-Revolutionary fortifications and battles: