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Auction 202, Lot 111

"Johnson's New Military Map of the United States Showing the Forts, Military Posts &c. with Enlarged Plans of Southern Harbors...", Johnson & Ward

Subject: United States, Civil War

Period: 1861 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.7 x 17.2 inches
60.2 x 43.7 cm
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This is the more desirable issue of this Civil War period map, with the state and territory borders instead of the Military Districts. The large western territories include Dakota, which incorporates present-day Montana and part of Wyoming, Nebraska with its western border on Washington and Utah, Washington with the inverted "L" shape encompassing present-day Idaho, a very narrow Nevada, and Arizona located below New Mexico Territory. Hundreds of military forts are located. Below and to the right of the map are nine inset plans of the major towns and harbors including Hampton Roads, Charleston Harbor, Key West, Baltimore and Washington. Copyright date 1861, but published circa 1862.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary color with a bit of faint offsetting, a couple spots, and minor creasing in two corners.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $180

Closed on 2/12/2025

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