Confederate Imprint Map (2 results)

Oblong 22" x 18-3/4". Map lithographed by Jules Manouvrier. Matted and housed in an attractive wood frame. Minor wear, Very Good. The map shows Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of North Carolina, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia; and an inset entitled 'Reduced Continuation of Missouri R.', which lists 'J. Manouvrier & Co. Lith N.O.' Towns, railroad routes, rivers are depicted. "Jules Manouvrier arrived in New Orleans from Prussia at the age of twenty-two in 1838 and remained there until he died in 1875. In addition to views of prominent buildings, he lithographed maps and numerous pieces of sheet music" [Jumonville, Set to Music: The Engravers, Artists, and Lithographers of New Orleans Sheet Music 131]. During the summer of 1861, Manouvrier was producing $5 and $10 Confederate notes for the CSA Treasury Department. During shipment of the $10 notes to Richmond, some were stolen after packages broke open in transit. The CSA Treasury was forced to destroy the entire issue of Manouvrier $10 notes so as not to undermine public confidence in the Treasury. [Hughes, Brent: "The 'Most Wanted' Confederate Note", The Virginia Numismatist, Volume 6, Number 1, 1970, pp. 12-13.] Parrish & Willingham 6180. Stevenson [Second Edition] 75.6. Crandall 3053. Not in Jumonville or Thompson.…

Good. Laid down on archival tissue. Closed tear, about 6 inches long, form bottom border near Petersburg extending north to Baldwin. Lower margins extended. Size 27.5 x 17.25 Inches. This is a scarce c. 1866 Civil War map of the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, issued in Richmond by Confederate Civil Engineer Major General Engineer Jeremy Francis Gilmer. A Closer Look Coverage embraces one of the primary theaters of the Civil War, the peninsula in the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, between the Pamunkey and Ames Rivers. The map is highly detailed, showing roads, individual farms, stations (some burnt), and railroads. The map is the result of surveys conducted by Albert H. Campbell in and before 1864 on the orders of Confederate Major General and surveyor Jeremy Francis Gilmer, who was serving as Chief Engineer of the Confederacy under General Robert E. Lee. Lee was woefully lacking in good cartography and, like any good graduate of West Point, knew that good maps made for good strategies. He assigned Gilmer to fill the gap with new survey work. Campbell's map of 1864 is extremely rare, with only 2-3 examples known, so this derivative is the only obtainable example of that seminal cartographic work. Publication History and Census This map was published c. 1866 for J. D. McCabe's Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee . Although printed after the Civil War ended, it nonetheless retains the 'C.S.A.' imprint, suggesting an earlier variant may have been issued.…