Subject: Missouri - Civil War
Period: 1862 (published)
Publication: Report of Maj. Gen. Pope to the Committee on the Conduct of the War
Color: Black & White
Size:
17 x 20 inches
43.2 x 50.8 cm
A key Civil War map that details the operations involved in the capture of New Madrid and Island No. 10 in the early months of 1862. The detailed map shows the troop locations, roads, houses, batteries and gunboats in the Mississippi. It includes skeleton town plans of New Madrid, Pt. Pleasant, Riddle's Point, and Tiptonville. Very fancy Victorian titling. Lithography by Bowen & Co. Lith., Philadelphia.
References: Stephenson (CW) #299-8.
Condition: C
Folding, as issued. Map has full margins and dark impression. Toned along folds with some fold splits closed on verso with archival tape.