Decorative Historic Civil War Large Pocket Map.
Phelps & Watson (fl. 1860's).
Phelps & Watson's Historical and Military Map of the Border & Southern States.
Lithographed map with orignal hand color.
Phelps & Watson, 1863.
25½" x 35½"
Map showing from PA to NE and south with inset of FL peninsula. Shows towns, railroads, forts (Ft. Pillow directly north of Memphis), distances from town to town on railroads, etc. Battlefields marked in red and blue. Folds into orange wrappers with booklet describing 100 battles and skirmishes of the war. Wrapper fresh and in near new condition. Map has fold tears, booklet slightly foxed. Stamped note of price increase: "Price 50 cts. For the benefit of a ONE ARMED SOLDIER." Hand colored issue.
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Phelps & Watson (fl. 1860's).
Phelps & Watson's Historical and Military Map of the Border & Southern States.
Lithographed map with orignal hand color.
Phelps & Watson, 1863.
25½" x 35½"
Map showing from PA to NE and south with inset of FL peninsula. Shows towns, railroads, forts (Ft. Pillow directly north of Memphis), distances from town to town on railroads, etc. Battlefields marked in red and blue. Folds into orange wrappers with booklet describing 100 battles and skirmishes of the war. Wrapper fresh and in near new condition. Map has fold tears, booklet slightly foxed. Stamped note of price increase: "Price 50 cts. For the benefit of a ONE ARMED SOLDIER." Hand colored issue.