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Eastern portion of the military department of North Carolina

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LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 306

(Fillmore map coll. no. 259)

Signed in ms: Millard Fillmore, March 12, 1865.

"Engraved in the Engineer Bureau, War Dept."

Annotated on verso in black ink: Eastern portion of North Carolina, May 1862.

Indicates coastal fortifications, roads, railroads, drainage, canals, swamps, and towns.

Insets: Entrances to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. 29 x 20 cm.-[View of] Rebel works for the defense of the New Inlet entrance to Cape Fear River. 6 x 36 cm.

In this issue, the Corps of Engineer's insignia printed to the left of the map title is framed by a single line, an eagle is on a perch looking to the left, and a banner below the insignia is labeled "Essayons."

Description derived from published bibliography.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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01/01/1862
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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
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