Format Map
Contributors Colton, J. H.
Dates 1861
Location Southern States
United States
Language English
Subjects Southern States
United States
Title
Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r. r. stations, & other internal improvements.
Contributor Names
Colton, J. H.
Created Published
New York, J. H. Colton, 1861.
Subject Headings
-  Southern States
-  United States--Southern States.
Notes
-  Scale ca. 1:1,520,640.
-  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.5
-  "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 185[5?] by J.H. Colton & Co."
-  Inset: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 19 cm.
-  Includes tables of population based on the "United States Census for 1860."
-  General map.
-  Title printed to right of map.
-  "No. 6" in upper left corner.
-  Map is reproduced from the steel plates used to print J. Calvin Smith's "Map of the United States of America including Canada and a large portion of Texas" (New York, Sherman &Smith, 1843).
-  1862 editions listed as items 25.5-25.6; 1863 edition listed as Civil War Maps item 37.6.
-  Description derived from published bibliography.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Medium
1 Map On 2 Sheets, Col., Each 94 X 68 Cm.
Call Number
G3860 1861 .C6
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu
Digital Id
g3860 cw0006500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3860.cw0006500
Library of Congress Catalog Number
99447011
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