Huntingfield Map Collection

Return to Huntingfield Map Collection homepage

MAP #: 362H4

CARTOGRAPHER : HARPER'S WEEKLY [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1862

SHORT TITLE : MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES, SHOWING THE STRATEGIC POINTS

REMAINING TITLE & ID : AND THEIR RAILROAD CONNECTIONS, THE PRINCIPAL RIVERS, AND THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE UNION AND REBEL FORCES. (TYPESET ACROSS THE BOTTOM MARGIN). THE MAP IS ORIENTED WITH THE SOUTH TO THE LEFT. "MARCH 29, 1862]" (BOTTOM LEFT MARGIN, WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTERS TO THE RIGHT). "HARPER'S WEEKLY." (CENTER LEFT MARGIN, WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE LETTERS TO THE RIGHT). "199" (TOP LEFT, WITH BOTTOM OF NUMBERS TO THE RIGHT). SCALE OF 100 MILES (BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). SYMBOLS SHOWING UNION AND REBEL FORCES (BELOW SCALE). ON THE REVERSE SIDE IS A TWO PAGE DRAWING BY MR. A.R. WAUD SHOWING MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN, MAJOR-GENERAL M'DOWELL, AND STAFFS, ESCORTED BY THE FIFTH CAVALRY, CROSSING BULL RUN AT BLACKBURN'S FORD. BELOW, ON THE LEFT, IS A SKETCH OF THE EVACUATION AND FIRING OF MANASSAS JUNCTION BY THE REBELS. LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE (NOT SHOWN).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : S1862
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : BOSTON [?]
PUBLISHER : HARPER'S WEEKLY
LANGUAGE(S) : EN
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 23.2 X 35.0 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 4,400,000
LIB. OF CONGRESS # :
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-555
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : SW015-DDF
REGION CATEGORY : THIS MAP IS NOT IMPORTANT TO A MD./CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (9)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) : CIVIL WAR (3)
: VIRGINIA MAP PRIMARILY (13)
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : PLAIN (2)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : NONE
SEE ALSO MAP #s :
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.

DESCRIPTION : THIS REGIONAL MAP COVERS FROM DELAWARE IN THE NORTH AND EAST TO SHREVEPORT, LA. IN THE WEST AND NEW ORLEANS IN THE SOUTH. THE MAP IS CRUDELY DRAWN, BUT SHOWS THE MOUNTAINS IN THE REGION BY SYMBOLS. THE MAJOR ROADS AND RAILROADS ARE SHOWN. THE LOCATION OF THE CONTENDING FORCES IS INCLUDED. THE MAP SHOWS MOST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA, BUT IS ON SUCH A SMALL SCALE THAT THE REGION IS NOT SIGNIFICANT. THE MAP WAS INCLUDED ON PAGE 199 OF THE MARCH 29, 1862 ISSUE OF HARPER'S WEEKLY.

NO REFERENCES TO THIS MAP HAVE BEEN FOUND.

EDITION & STATE INFO : WRITER KNOWS OF ONLY THIS SINGLE ISSUE DESCRIBED HEREIN. IT IS NOT LISTED IN STEPHENSON.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS A SLIGHTLY BROWNED COPY OF THIS MAP WITH FULL MARGINS ON ACIDIC PAPER WITH SOME MARGINAL TEARS. IT HAS AN ACQ. # OF SW015-DDF AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-555.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE FOUND. January 1, 1992