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| Keywords: 1862 Colton Pocket Map of the United States ( Civil War ) - Geographicus - UnitedStates-colton-1862.jpg A scarce and extremely attractive pocket map of the United States by J H Colton This map was issued in 1862 in the midst of the Civil War for inclusion in Victor ™s History of the Southern Rebellion Depicts the United States as far west as Texas and Colorado Features a distended Nebraska no Wyoming and a large Dakota Territory Virginia is undivided Extends south as far as the Bahamas and the Florida Keys Shows the Pony Express Route the U S Mail Route and the tracks of various Civil War military campaigns Forts are indicated with little flags Four sailing/steam ships decorate the seas An attractive decorative border surrounds the map Colton based this map with updates to reflect the changes of the Civil War on the 1855 Map of the United States that appeared in his 1855 issue of Colton ™s Atlas of the World Dated and copyrighted Entered according to the Act of Congress in the Year of 1855 by J H Colton Co in the Clerk ™s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York Published from Colton ™s 172 William Str Office in New York City Exceedingly rare 1862 dated Size in 17 15 object history credit line accession number UnitedStates-colton-1862 Victor Orville J <i>The History Civil Political and Military of the Southern Rebellion </i> 1862 edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Joseph Hutchins Colton Old maps of the American Civil War 1862 maps | ||||
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