Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins) (1800-1893) Colton's Plans Of U.S. Harbors Showing The Position & Vicinities Of The Most Important Fortifications On The Sea-Board And In The Interior. From U.S. Surveys and other authentic sources.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #:
GLC06157.06
Author/Creator:
Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins) (1800-1893)
Place Written:
New York, New York
Type:
Map
Date:
1861
Pagination:
1 folding map : col. ; 50.5 x 82 cm.
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Printed and folded twenty one panel Civil War map marked "No. 5." Bound in a booklet listing major administration officials and generals on the inside cover, both Union and Confederate. Shows the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Cairo, Missouri. Also shows twenty one major inland and coastal harbors, mostly in the south (including New York, New Orleans, Washington D.C., Richmond, Cairo, Mobile, Key West, and others). Hand colored.
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