Wonderful Front Page ‘Divided America’ Map.
A complete and authentic issue of ‘The Weekly Herald’, NYC, May 25, 1861, 8pp., disbound. Front page displays the divided country with a shaded map, “Birds Eye View of the United States”, 9-1/2” x 6”, with the seceded states in black. The 3 column explanation provides ‘Fighting Me’n by Union States (3,776,000) vs Seceded States (1,116,000), followed by a background of each seceding state. The excitement is seen through the dozens of brief updates throughout the nation; Jefferson Davis, President Lincoln, Troops movements,
A complete and authentic issue of ‘The Weekly Herald’, NYC, May 25, 1861, 8pp., disbound. Front page displays the divided country with a shaded map, “Birds Eye View of the United States”, 9-1/2” x 6”, with the seceded states in black. The 3 column explanation provides ‘Fighting Me’n by Union States (3,776,000) vs Seceded States (1,116,000), followed by a background of each seceding state. The excitement is seen through the dozens of brief updates throughout the nation; Jefferson Davis, President Lincoln, Troops movements,
