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MAP #: 370H5

CARTOGRAPHER : HARE, J. KNOWLES

DATE: 1870

SHORT TITLE : JOHNSON'S MAP OF THE VICINITY OF RICHMOND,

REMAINING TITLE & ID : AND PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA. SHOWING ALSO THE INTERESTING LOCALITIES ALONG THE JAMES, CHICKAHOMINY AND YORK RIVERS. COMPILED FROM THE OFFICIAL MAPS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT. BY A J. JOHNSON, NEW YORK. (TOP RIGHT CORNER). "49" (TOP LEFT CORNER). "50" (TOP RIGHT CORNER, TO RIGHT OF TITLE). "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR 1862 BY J. KNOWLES HARE, IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK." (ABOVE BOTTOM NEAT LINE FROM THE CENTER TO THE RIGHT). SCALE OF 9 MILES (BELOW TITLE). ON THE REVERSE SIDE ARE PAGES 50 AND 51 OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX, OR READY REFERENCE, STARTING WITH "BRUCEVILLE, CARROLL, MD." TO "COLD SPRING ELDORADO, CAL." THE MAP HAS ONE LIGHT AND ONE HEAVY NEAT LINE. LONGITUDE FROM WASHINGTON (TOP BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT BORDER).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1870 (1862)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : NEW YORK CITY
PUBLISHER : A. J. JOHNSON
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 45.0 X 67.5 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 190,080
SCALE - OTHER DATA : 9 MILES = 7.6 CM.
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : G1019 .J5 1870 FOL.
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-547
# 2 : MSA SC1399-546 (1864 STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : SW015-DNH
# 2 : SW015-DNG (1864 STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : DETAILED MAP OF PART OF THE MD/CHESAPEAKE AREA (2)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CIVIL WAR MAP (3)
: VIRGINIA MAP PRIMARILY (13)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : SOUNDINGS ARE SHOWN IN FEET.
: SHOALS ARE SHOWN BY DOTTED LINE.
CARTOUCHE : CURLED LINES (19)
BORDER : SIMPLE FUNCTIONAL (5)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : WASHINGTON (5)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 362H2, 364H5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH DICK STEPHENSON OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WAS THE MOST HELPFUL.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP IS INTERESTING IN THAT IT IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT APPEARED IN AN ATLAS DURING THE CIVIL WAR THAT ACTUALLY CONTAINS INFORMATION ON THE WAR. THE MAP COVERS THE AREA FROM PIANKATANK RIVER IN THE NORTH TO SOUTH OF THE JAMES RIVER. COUNTIES ARE SHOWN IN COLOR, WITH COUNTY COURT HOUSES NOTED. IT SHOWS THE LINES OF ADVANCE AND RETREAT FOR THE OPPOSING ARMIES AND LOCATES THE MAJOR BATTLES OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. THOSE BATTLES ARE DATED ON THE MAP AND MARKED BY CROSSED SWORD SYMBOLS. THE ROADS AND RAILROADS OF THE AREA ARE SHOWN. BLUFFS ARE PORTRAYED BY SYMBOLS AS ARE THE MILITARY BATTERIES. BRIDGES, FERRIES, CANALS, LIGHT HOUSES, FORTS, MILITARY CAMPS AND NAVAL YARDS AND HOSPITALS ARE INDICATED. SOUNDINGS IN FEET ARE SHOWN FOR THE JAMES AND YORK RIVERS. THE SHIP CHANNEL IS GIVEN IN THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA. SEVERAL SHOALS ARE INDICATED BY DOTTED LINES. THE WATER AREAS ARE FILLED WITH SHORE-CONFORMING PARALLEL LINES.

JOHNSON'S MAP IS A SLIGHTLY CROPPED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL MAP ENTITLED "HARE'S MAP OF THE VICINITY OF RICHMOND, AND PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA .... NEW YORK, W. REID GOULD, 1862." THE HARE'S MAP HAD A DIFFERENT BORDER AND AN INSET OF "A GENERAL MAP OF THE SEAT OF WAR" (COVERING EASTERN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA, 17.8 X 15.2 CM., SCALE 1-2,800,000). IT WAS 50.8 X 83.8 CM. TO FIT THE MAP INTO THE JOHNSON FAMILY ATLASES, THE HARE MAP WAS CUT DOWN, A SIMPLER BORDER PUT ON AND THE MARGINS WERE MADE VERY SMALL. THE RESULT OF THE CROPPING IS SEEN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, WHERE THE "WA" IN SWAMP WAS DELETED, BUT STILL SHOWS THROUGH, AND A PERIOD PUT AFTER THE "S". OTHER WORDS ARE CUT OFF ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT. HOWEVER, THE 1870 STATE HAS THE CROPPED WORDS AT THE EDGE OF THE MAP NOT AS WELL DELETED AS THE 1864 STATE.

THE FIRST STATE OF THE HARE MAP WAS COPYRIGHTED ON JANUARY 22, 1863 AND THE COPYRIGHT COPY IS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. THE "ENTERED" STATEMENT REMAINED THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE PUBLICATION SERIES, WHICH BEGAN WITH RICHARD S. FISHER'S A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, NEW YORK: JOHNSON AND WARD, 1863 AND CONTINUED IN JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS FROM 1864 THROUGH 1885. THE 1863 EDITION DOES NOT CONTAIN THE MAP.

AS WE UNDERSTAND THE SEQUENCE OF PUBLISHERS, IN 1860 JOHNSON & BROWNING WERE SUCCESSORS TO J.H. COLTON & CO. IN 1862, JOHNSON AND WARD SUCCEEDED JOHNSON & BROWNING. IN 1866, A.J. JOHNSON TOOK OVER FROM JOHNSON AND WARD.

DATA IS PRIMARILY FROM A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH DICK STEPHENSON. THE MAP IS NUMBERED 602.6 IN HIS CIVIL WAR MAPS. PHILLIPS ATLASES WAS ALSO HELPFUL.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THIS SERIES IS BASED ON THE J. KNOWLES HARE MAP DATED 1862, THAT WAS PROBABLY FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1863, POSSIBLY IN RICHARD S. FISHER'S A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. VARIOUS STATES OF THE MAP WERE PUBLISHED THROUGH 1885. WRITER HAS SEEN ONLY THE 1864 AND 1870 STATES, SO THE OTHER DATA IS BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM DICK STEPHENSON OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

1ST STATE - (1862) - ENTITLED "HARE'S MAP OF THE VICINITY OF RICHMOND... NEW YORK, W. REID GOULD, 1862". SCALE IS ca. 1-190,080, SIZE 50.8 X 83.8 CM. HAS AN INSET 17.8 X 15.2 CM. OF "A GENERAL MAPS OF THE SEAT OF WAR", SHOWING EASTERN VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, AND NORTH CAROLINA THE ENTERED STATEMENT SHOWS 1862 BY J. KNOWLES HARE IN NEW YORK. ON THE REVERSE SIDE ARE PAGES 42 AND 43. A MAP OF THIS EXACT DESCRIPTION APPEARS IN RICHARD S. FISHER'S A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA, NEW YORK: JOHNSON AND WARD, 1863. IT IS THOUGHT BUT NOT KNOWN FOR CERTAIN THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE MAP. SEE MAP # 362H2.

ANOTHER STATE - (1862) - ENTITLED "JOHNSON'S MAP OF THE VICINITY OF RICHMOND, AND PENINSULA CAMPAIGNS IN VIRGINIA". "GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OR READY REFERENCE" AND PAGES 42 AND 43 ARE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. THE MAP IS A SEPARATE AND LACKS PRINTED MAP NUMBERS. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # IS G3882 .V5S5 1862 .J6.

ANOTHER STATE - (1864) - ENTITLED "JOHNSON'S MAP...NEW YORK. IT HAS PAGE NUMBERS 35 AND 36 ON THE MAP. THE MAP APPEARED IN THE 1864 AND 1865 EDITIONS OF JOHNSON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED (STEEL PLATE) FAMILY ATLAS, NEW YORK: JOHNSON & WARD, 1864. THE ENTERED STATEMENT IS UNCHANGED. THERE ARE NO CHANGES IN THE 1864 AND 1865 ISSUES. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # OF THE 1864 ISSUE IS G1019 .J5 1864 FOL. AND THE 1865 ISSUE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # IS G1019 .J5 1865 FOL. SEE MAP # 364H5.

ANOTHER STATE - (1866) - HAS THE SAME TITLE, SAME ENTERED STATEMENT, BUT THE PAGE NUMBERS ARE NOW 36 AND 37. IT APPEARED IN THE 1866 AND 1867 EDITIONS OF JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS. BOTH ISSUES HAD "GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OR READY REFERENCE" AND PAGES 48 AND 49 ON THE REVERSE SIDE. THE RESPECTIVE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS #S FOR THE 1866 AND 1867 ISSUES ARE G1019 .J5 1866 FOL. AND G1019 .J5 1867 FOL.

ANOTHER STATE - (1868) - HAS THE SAME TITLE AND ENTERED STATEMENT, BUT THE PAGE NUMBERS ON THE MAP ARE NOW 37 AND 38. IT APPEARED IN JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS, 1868 EDITION. IT HAS "GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OR READY REFERENCE", PAGE 49, AND "APPENDIX TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX" AND PAGE [50] ON THE REVERSE SIDE. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # IS G1019 .J5 1868 FOL.

ANOTHER STATE - (1869) - THE PAGE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO 35 AND 36. "GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OR READY REFERENCE" AND PAGES 35 AND 36 ARE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # IS G1019 .J5 1869 FOL.

ANOTHER STATE - (1870) - THE PAGE NUMBERS ARE 49 AND 50. THE MAP WAS PUBLISHED BY A.J. JOHNSON IN THE 1870 EDITION OF JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS. "GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OR READY REFERENCE AND PAGES 50 AND 51 ARE ON THE REVERSE SIDE. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # IS G1019 .J5 1870 FOL. THIS IS THE MAP DESCRIBED HEREIN.

ANOTHER STATE - (1870-1883) - THIS STATE IS SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR MAP BUT LACKS THE "GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX OR READY REFERENCE" ON THE REVERSE SIDE. IT IS FROM AN EDITION OF JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS BETWEEN 1870 AND 1883. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS # IS G3882 .V5S5 187- .J6.

ANOTHER STATE - (1883) - SIMILAR TO THE PRIOR STATE. THE REVERSE SIDE IS STILL BLANK. IT APPEARED IN THE JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS OF 1883, COPYRIGHTED IN 1882 AS MAP # 49-50. THE SAME MAP ALSO WAS IN THE 1884 AND 1885 EDITIONS OF JOHNSON'S FAMILY ATLAS, WITH THE REVERSE SIDE BLANK. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES IN THE LATTER TWO ISSUES. THE 1883, 1884 AND 1885 ISSUES HAVE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS #S OF g1019 .J5 1883 FOL., G1019 .J5 1884 FOL., AND G1019 .J5 1885 FOL., RESPECTIVELY.

DATA IS PRIMARILY FROM A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH DICK STEPHENSON.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO STATES OF THIS COLORED MAP, BOTH IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH THE MARGINS CLOSE CROPPED ON ALL SIDES, AS ISSUED. BOTH HAVE AN "ENTERED" DATE OF 1862. THE ACQ. # IS SW015-DNG AND THE MDHR # IS MSA SC1399-546. THE OTHER STATE IN THE COLLECTION IS THE 1870 STATE. THE 1870 STATE HAS AN ACQ. # OF SW015-DNH AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-547.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : PHILLIPS, PHILIP LEE, A LIST OF GEOGRAPHICAL ATLASES IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AMSTERDAM: THEATRVM ORBIS TERRARVM, LTD., A 1971 REPRINT OF A 1909 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATION, # 1350 (1863 FISHER HISTORY), # 843 (1864), # 4345 (1865), # 4346 (1866), # 4349 (1868), # 913 (1883); STEPHENSON, RICHARD W., CIVIL WAR MAPS AN ANNOTATED LIST OF MAPS AND ATLASES IN THE MAP COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 1989 (2ND ED.), 263, ITEMS 602, 602.2, 602.25, 602.3, 602.35, 602.4, 602.45, 602.5, 602.55, 602.6, 602.65, 602.7, 602.75, 602.8, AND 602.85.

January 20, 1992


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