American Civil War “Seat of War” Map, Published Just After Bull Run, 1861

Name: American Civil War “Seat of War” Map, Published Just After Bull Run, 1861
Brand: American Maps and Prints
SKU: BG-14355
Price: 2170 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1861
Kind: Maps
Size: 61.3 × 71.5 cm (24.1 × 28.1 in)
Condition: Good. Wear consistent with age and use. Good antique condition consistent with age and use. Folding in sections and mounted on linen as issued. General toning, soiling, mottling, handling marks and wear are present, with some discoloration along the folds and margins.
Period: Westward Expansion & Civil War
Places: Canada
Reference: BG-14355

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

"Stanford's Map of the Seat of War in America", published in London by Edward Stanford on 21 August 1861, a few weeks after the First Battle of Bull Run. It is a lithographed map with hand-colored state boundaries, issued folding in sections and mounted on linen. The sheet is lettered "Sheet I".

This sheet covers the northeastern part of the war theater. Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario and the settled southern part of Canada West fill the top left, with Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence at the head of New York State. Below them are Pennsylvania in the center, with New Jersey and Delaware to the east, Ohio at the left and Maryland and Virginia across the bottom, down to Chesapeake Bay and the Virginia coast. Roads, railways, rivers and county seats are marked throughout, and the state outlines are picked out in pink, yellow and green.

The map was issued for a British readership following the outbreak of hostilities, when newspapers in Britain were carrying daily reports from Virginia, and it shows the ground between Washington and the Union heartland. The linen backing and folding panels were the usual format for a working campaign map.

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