Rail Road Map of the Southern States Shewing the Southern & Southwestern Railway Connections with Philadelphia 1862.: large map showing connections between North & South
by Kimber, Thomas, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Cloth-backed color map. Some staining to cloth, which shows lightly through to the map.> 31" x 52.5"
This map "was specifically commissioned by the War Department to provide current information about southern railroads. The map's significance for military intelligence was recorded in a note written by the cartographer's widow...She recalled that the map was displayed in Secretary Stanton's War Office, where black and red pins were used to locate the varying positions of the two armies, and that the map proved very useful to General Sherman in his march through Georgia to the sea. Mrs. Kimber concluded by stating her husband was a Quaker 'and to ease his conscience for having prepared such a map at all he declined any payment for it.'" (Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center.)>
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- Seller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- VBF2403g
- Title
- Rail Road Map of the Southern States Shewing the Southern & Southwestern Railway Connections with Philadelphia 1862.
- Author
- Kimber, Thomas, Jr
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- P.S. Duval & Son
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1862
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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