Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

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Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

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Scale 1:5,702,400.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 36.8
"Federal free states" are outlined in red, "Federal slave states" are yellow, "Federal territories (free)" are orange, and "Confederate states (slave)" are green.
Inset: Outline of England on the same scale. 13 x 10 cm.
Includes population tables, "Extracts from the official census report of 1860," a brief description of the Federal navy, a table listing the "Positions of the American forts, North and South," a brief "politcal" overview, and a "Record of important events of the war, [battle fields herein named are underlined with red on the map]." The "Record" includes information from November 6, 1860, to July 15, 1863.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Date

01/01/1863
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Bacon & Co.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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