MILITARY MAP OF THE STATES OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, WITHIN ELEVEN MILES OF THE 35th PARALLEL OF LATITUDE OR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF TENNESSEE; COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL MAPS, VARIOUS DOCUMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS LATEST SOURCES OF INFORMATION, COMMENCED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF MAJOR GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL….

[Civil War]: Simpson, James H.; Nathaniel Michler; and Lorenzo Sitgreaves:

Edité par Cincinnati: Ehrgott, Forbriger & Company, 1863.

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The first state of this rare and important Civil War map of Kentucky and Tennessee, and still one of the largest maps of those two states ever produced. Completed by accomplished engineer James Hervey Simpson (surveyor for the Abert expedition, among many other accolades) and lithographed by Cincinnati's own Ehrgott, Forbriger & Company, this map was commenced under Don Carlos Buell and finished under Ambrose Burnside for the express use of the Union army. Maps of the southeastern United States were scarce and of generally poor quality at the outbreak of the Civil War veteran surveyors Michler, Sitgreaves, and Simpson spent two years compiling the present work, at the time the largest and most accurate depiction of the region (despite a note on the Library of Congress copy declaring it "Full of errors" and "worthless so far as the 5 northern counties are concerned"). By the time the map was actually issued in 1863, however, Tennessee was more or less firmly under Union control. Kentucky remained the site of considerable action in early 1863, but was relatively quiet in the second half of the year. In addition to military encampments (many of them placed incorrectly, though whether by accident or as intentional obfuscation is unclear), the map goes to great lengths to record infrastructure, including current and future railroads, highways, iron works and mills, post offices, and coal fields. These maps were valuable military intelligence, and closely guarded for that reason a manuscript note in the lower left corner of this copy reads: "Officers to whom the Maps are sent will hold them useful for the public service and be careful to transmit to their successors in command." This important map is present here in its first state, with the lithographers' name printed in an arc and the "out line of coal field" added to the later issue unmarked. Interestingly, the location of Camp Burnside on the Cumberland River (not present in the first state but added for the second) has been appended in red ink at the appropriate location. A rare production, great in both size and significance. OCLC records fewer than ten copies of this first state. LC CIVIL WAR MAPS 216.7. RUMSEY 5384A. OCLC 71228867. Folds into original cloth covers, gilt label, map backed on linen as issued. Covers rubbed and stained. Map tanned, scattered stains, minor wear at edges of panels without loss. About very good.

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• Titre: MILITARY MAP OF THE STATES OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, WITHIN ELEVEN MILES OF THE 35th PARALLEL OF LATITUDE OR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF TENNESSEE; COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL MAPS, VARIOUS DOCUMENTS, AND MISCELLANEOUS LATEST SOURCES OF INFORMATION, COMMENCED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF MAJOR GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL….
• Éditeur: Cincinnati: Ehrgott, Forbriger & Company, 1863.
• Édition: Edition originale