Old Military Map of American Civil War, 1862: Washington DC, Richmond, Mississippi, Forts, Railroads Size:18x24in (45x60cm) including Saltash

including Saltash

and classical artistic elements

from its rugged mountains to its flowing rivers

Part of the influential Times Atlas series

renowned for their precision and artistry in cartography

Old Military Map of American Civil War, 1862: Washington DC, Richmond, Mississippi, Forts, Railroads Size:18x24in (45x60cm) including SaltashBacons Military Map of America, issued by Bacon & Co. in 1862 and entered at Stationers Hall that August, distills the American Civil Wars sprawling theater into a legible, at a glance narrative. At a sweeping scale of approximately 1: 8,000,000, it charts the United States with state and territorial boundaries crisply defined and a lucid legend that decodes symbols and colors. The maps most arresting feature is its tri chromatic political key: free