Map Bacon's military map of the United States shewing the forts & fortifications.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Bacon's military map of the United States shewing the forts & fortifications.

Names

  • Bacon & Co.

Created / Published

  • London 1862.

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:8,000,000.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 24
  • -  Ent. Sta. Hall: Aug. 182 , 1862.
  • -  At top of map: 1s. Bacon's military map of America. 1s.
  • -  Forts are named and marked by small flags. Map also includes towns, railroads, names and boundaries of states and territories, and relief by hachures.
  • -  "Free or non-slaveholding states" are colored green, "border slave states" are yellow, and "seceded or Confederate States" are pink.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map col. 39 x 67 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.S5 1862 .B3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447070

Online Format

  • image

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Bacon & Co. Bacon's military map of the United States shewing the forts & fortifications. London, 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447070/.

APA citation style:

Bacon & Co. (1862) Bacon's military map of the United States shewing the forts & fortifications. London. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447070/.

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Bacon & Co. Bacon's military map of the United States shewing the forts & fortifications. London, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447070/>.