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  • Colton's New Topographical Map of The States Of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, Showing Also Eastern Tennessee & Parts Of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads and other Internal Improvements Compiled

Colton's New Topographical Map of The States Of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, Showing Also Eastern Tennessee & Parts Of Other Adjoining States, All the Fortifications, Military Stations, Rail Roads, Common Roads and other Internal Improvements Compiled

  • ARTIST: J. H. Colton

  • PUBLISHER: Published by J.H. Colton, No. 172 William St. New York.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving handcolored,

    DATE: 1862 - 64.

  • EDITION SIZE: 27 1/2 x 41 3/8" (70 x 104.5 cm) plus decorative border.

  • DESCRIPTION: A detailed and quite scarce large scale folding pocket map of Virginia and the neighboring states shown during the Civil War.. General map showing state and county boundaries, roads and railroads, fortifications, and place names. Images of ships offshore depict the Union blockade of the coast. Includes population charts for Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Delaware. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. "Printed by H.P. Cooper 117 Fulton St.N.Y." appears in the lower left corner. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." Drawn on a scale of twelve miles to the inch.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Retains original embossed covers

  • CONDITION: Good condition, original coloring.

  • REFERENCE: Stephenson, "Civil War Maps" #48.22