Maps, 1864-1865 and 1870

Page 1 in New-York Tribune. Vol. XXIV. No. Gen. Grant’s Advance to Richmond. Engraver: G. Woolworth Colton N.Y. Scale: 5 cm = 5 miles. 28 x 30 cm. Page 1 in New-York Tribune. Vol. XXIV. New-York. Monday, May 16, 1864. [Only upper half of front page is present]. Bosse no. 1608.

Map of the Seat of War in Virginia. 33 x 28 cm. [Broadsheet (part of text below map torn away) newspaper supplement]: Morning Leader. Supplement. Cleveland, Monday Morning, May 16, 1864. Not listed in Bosse.

The War in Georgia – Gen. Sherman Approach to Atlanta. Engraver: G. Woolworth Colton, N.Y. Scale: 6.2 cm = 50 miles. 31 x 36 cm. 7,226. New-York. Thursday, June 2, 1864. [Only front page present]. Bosse 1612.

A Carefully Prepared Map of the Battle-fields around Richmond, Virginia. Scale: 7.8 cm = 10 miles. 28 x 23 cm. Page 398 in Harper’s Weekly. June 18, 1864. Not listed in Bosse.

Map of Atlanta and its Defenses. Engraver: G. Woolworth Colton, N.Y. Scale consisting of circles giving distances from map center: 15 cm = 3 miles. 33 x 24 cm. Page 1 in New-York Tribune. Vol. XXIV. No. 7,315. New-York, Thursday, September 15, 1864. [Only front page present]. Bosse no. 1618.

The Attack on Mobile. The Harbor Defences of the City---What Admiral Farragut Has to Overcome. Scale: 6 cm = 40 miles. 30 x 24 cm. Page 1 in The New York Herald. Whole No. 10,185. New York, Saturday, August 6, 1864. [Two folios (pages 1-8) present]. Bosse no. 1252.

Sherman’s Christmas Gift. The Capture of Savannah---Scene of Sherman’s Present Operations---The Route of Hardee’s Retreat. Scale: 8.5 cm = 20 miles. 49 x 24 cm. Page 8 in New York Herald, Tuesday, December 27, 1864 [only pages 7-8 present]. Bosse no. 1292.

The Capture of Fort Fisher. Scene of Admiral Porter’s and General Terry’s Brilliant Operations on Saturday and Sunday Last. Scale: 9 cm = 10 miles. 50 x 25 cm. Page 1 in The New York Herald. Whole No. 10,368. New York, Wednesday, January 18, 1865. [Only front page present]. Bosse no. 1300.

The Opening Campaign. Theatre of Grant’s Operations in the Vicinity of Gravelly Run, Showing the Lines of March of the Infantry and Sheridan’s Cavalry. 20 x 12 cm. Page 1 in The New York Herald. Whole No. 10,422. New York, Saturday, April 1, 1865. [Two folios (pages 1-8) present]. Bosse no. 1322.

The Attack on Mobile. Some of the Movements of the Fleet and Forces Under General Canby Against the City. 16 x 12 cm. Page 5 in The New York Herald. Whole No. 10,422. New York, Saturday, April 1, 1865. [Two folios (pages 1-8) present]. Bosse no. 1321.

Striking the Flying Rebels. Scene of the Important Operations of the 6th Instant---The Rear of Lee’s Army Cut Off and Captured by the Second and Sixth Corps. Scale: 9.5 cm = 10 miles. 26 x 24 cm. Page 1 in The New York Herald. Whole No. 10, 449. New York, Saturday, April 8, 1865. [Two folios (pages 1-8) present]. Not listed in Bosse.

FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR, 1870-1871

Seat of the War between Germany and France. 1870. 50 x 58 cm. [Broadsheet advertising]: Germania Fire Insurance Company, 175 Broadway, New York. [Branch offices listed in small black lettering on both sides of the map; Rome, N.Y. agent name in large red lettering below map]: Cyrus Hayden, Agent, Rome, N.Y. [copyright]: J. H. Higginson, 1870.