1862 "Johnson's New Military Map of the United States" by Johnson & Ward

Presented is an original 1862 "Johnson's New Military Map of the United States Showing the Forts, Military Posts &c., with Enlarged Plans of Southern Harbors.” The map was issued as page 20 and 21 from “Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas.” The map is engraved with attractive hand coloring and a decorative strapwork border. 

A large military map of the United States, this map was first issued in 1861. This present example is the updated 1862 map, issued during the Civil War. It is colored by state and includes the states succeeded from the Union. The large western territories include Dakota, which incorporates present-day Montana and part of Wyoming, Nebraska with its western border on Washington and Utah, Washington with the inverted "L" shape encompassing present-day Idaho, a very narrow Nevada, and Arizona located below New Mexico Territory. Hundreds of military forts are located. The map is beautifully detailed, with rivers, roads, towns, and important geographical markers all identified “From Authentic Data Obtained at the War Department, Washington.” 

Nine inset maps are engraved along the right side border and bottom border, and show the importance of the southern harbors during the war. From right top to the bottom left, these inset maps are: "Baltimore and Vicinity," "Washington and Vicinity," "Hampton Roads and Norfolk Harbor, Virginia," "New Orleans and Delta of Mississippi, Louisiana," "Mobile Bay Alabama," "Entrance to Pensacola Bay Florida," "Key West Florida," "Savannah River," and "Charleston Harbor S. Carolina." The Charleston Harbor inset map has its own inset plan of "Fort Sumter." 

The publishing company of Johnson and Ward was a successor to Johnson and Browning, themselves a successor to the famous publishing company, J. H. Colton and Company. A combination of both new plates and older, updated ones, all of the maps in this atlas were compiled, drawn, and engraved under the supervision of J. H. Colton and A. J. Johnson. The new plates, copyrighted by A.J. Johnson, were made exclusively for Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Others are the same as used in "Colton's General Atlas." 

This early 1862 issued map offered a really unique and timely snapshot of the United States during the Civil War. 

CONDITION:

Good condition overall. Page 20 and 21 from Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas. Copyright line at bottom of the US map: "Entered, according to the Act of Congress in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred & Sixty One, by Johnson & Browning in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Strapwork border along the whole double sheet. Page numbers along the top. Contemporary color with a bit of faint offsetting, a couple spots, and minor creasing in two corners.

Map has been artfully and archivally framed with acid-free mats, UV conservation clear glass, and a custom-built wooden frame. 

Framed Dimensions: 26"H x 31 3/4"W x 1 1/4"D. 

Accompanied by our company's letter of authenticity.