CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER MAP ARCHIVE

This fine collection was accumulated by the former West Point graduate, American history author, dealer, scholar and sailor
Thomas Truxtun Moebs.
He wrote the catalog descriptions.

Moebs authored:

U.S. Reference-Iana: (1481-1899) A concise guide to over 4000 books and articles for researching art, books, broadsides, ephemera, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, pamphlets, photographs and prints relating to that area within the present limits of the United States 1481-1899. Specifically compiled for Americana collectors, booksellers and librarians. (1989);

Confederate States Navy Research Guide: Confederate Naval Imprints Described and Annotated, Chronology of Naval Operation and Administration, Marine Corps and Naval Officer Biographies, Description and Service of Vessels, Subject Bibliography (1991);

Black Soldiers, Black Sailors, Black Ink: Research Guide on African-Americans in U.S. Military History, 1526-1900. (1994);

America's Naval Heritage: A Catalog of Early Imprints from the Navy Department Library (2000).

• A COLLECTION OF 334 CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPERS

  322 OF THESE NEWSPAPERS CONTAIN 380 MAPS (Some papers have two maps)

  299 cataloged issues of The New York Herald. 18 issues of The New York Times. 11 issues of The New York Tribune. 5 issues of The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1 issue of the Cincinnati Daily Gazette.

  18.5% OF ALL OF THE CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER MAPS PUBLISHED IN THE NORTH DURING THE WAR.

  HERE IS 49% OF THE CIVIL WAR MAPS PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK HERALD.

  THE MAPS COVER NEARLY EVERY THEATER OF THE WAR

  The nine(9) non-map illustrated papers include: Woodcut Illustration of a U. S. Treasury Note; Detail Description of the Confederate Army; Activities of the Pirate Alabama; Description of the Black Valor at Port Hudson; Description of a Funeral of a Negro Soldier; The Execution of Mary Surratt (Assassination of Abraham Lincoln); Woodcut Illustration of the C. S. S. Florida; Detail of the First Black to Speak Before Congress; & General Hunter Frees Slaves.

  EACH NEWSPAPER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION & IN A CLEAR DISPLAY FRAME

• Here in a single purchase you can acquire an important Civil War map collection.

  Each paper has a full catalog description.

  The American Civil War was the first war where newspaper maps made a historically significant contribution to the knowledge of current events.

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CIVIL WAR NEWSPAPER MAPS

The New York Herald

1861

May 3, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

“SKETCHED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT”

[Florida] [Pensacola Bay] [Map] [1861 – May 3^rd] The New York Herald (publisher). Pensacola And Its Defences. 19-1/4 x 12-3/4 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Friday, May 3^rd, 1861). - - - “We publish today an accurate and carefully prepared map sketched by our special correspondent . . ..” - Publisher. The map occupies approximately 15 percent of the front page of the May 3^rd, 1861 issue (No. 9002) of The New York Herald. It details the range, fields of fire and weight of defensive artillery. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #629.

June 4, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

ONE OF EARLIEST MAPS

SHOWING DEEP SOUTH TROOPS ON DOORSTEP TO WASHINGTON

[Virginia] [“Manassas Gap Junction”] [Map] [1861 – June 4^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War. /serrated rule/ The Manassas Gap Junction And Surroundings - - - The Positions Of The Rebel Troops, Their Entrenchments, Batteries And Encampments. 20 x 12-3/4 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Two inch break in top margin without impact on text, but tender. o/w very good. (New York). (Tuesday, June 4^th, 1861).  - - - Appearing on the front page of the June 4^th, 1861 issue (No. 9034) of The New York Herald, this is one of the earliest maps to show Confederate troops from the deep south deployed before Washington, D. C. At the top right corner is Washington, Arlington Heights, Alexandria, and Fairfax Court House with the Federal Flag flying over McDowell's headquarters. Most of the remaining map depicts deployment of the Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia troops around Manassas Gap Junction and in positions protective of the Manassas Gap Railroad and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. A fine Confederate flag designates its operational headquarters to the southwest of Manassas Gap. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #641.

June 9, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

JUNE 9^th 1861

FEDERAL TROOPS DEFENDING NATIONAL CAPITAL

FIRST SUCH NEWSPAPER MAP

[District of Columbia] [Defense Of] [Map] [1861] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War. /serrated rule/ Disposition Of The Federal Troops Near The National Capital. 24-1/4 x 24-3/4 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Left bound edge irregular from disbinding but without disturbance to text. o/w very good. (New York). (Sunday Morning, June 9^th, 1861).  - - - This is the first map in Bosse that locates defensive forces deployed in the District of Columbia. Issue (No. 9039) of The New York Herald. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #643.

June 17, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

THE SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA

[Virginia] [Military Situation] [Map] [1861 – June 17^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War In Virginia. /serrated rule/ Positions Of The Rebel Forces, Batteries, Intrenchments and Encampments in Virginia - - - The Fortifications for the Protection of Richmond. 40-1/2 x 33 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Waters & Son Engravers. N(ew) Y(ork). (Monday, June 17^th, 1861).  - - - This large handsome map locates troop count throughout Virginia; U. S. flag over Washington, D. C., Confederate flag over Richmond. The map occupies approximately 75 percent of the front page of the June 17^th, 1861 issue (No. 9047) of The New York Herald. Textual content includes The Rebellion, State Of Affairs at the Seat of War, Retreat of the Rebels from Manassas Junction Towards Richmond, Skirmish Between the District of Columbia Volunteers and the Rebels at Leesburg, Movements of the troops Near Washington, Interesting from Fortress Monroe, Gen. Butler's Position to be Advanced Several Miles up the Peninsula, Affairs at the Seat of War in the West, &c. Also includes: Interesting From The Coast Of Africa, The Slave Ship Nightingale . . . Captured by the United States Ship Saratoga . . . Landing of the Negroes and their treatment at Liberia, &c. Complete in eight pages. Not in Bosse.

July 4, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

“STONEWALL” JACKSON'S FOOT CAVALRY

[Virginia] [“Potomac River”] [Upper] [Map] [1861 – October 11^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War On The Upper Potomac. /serrated rule/ The Field Of Battle Tuesday, July 2, 1861 Between General Patterson's Union Troops And General Jackson's Rebel Forces. 19 x 24-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Thursday, July 4^th, 1861).  - - - “General map of the upper Potomac River.” - Bosse. The map occupies approximately 40 percent of the top half of the front page of the July 4^th, 1861 issue (No. 9064) of The New York Herald. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #653.

July 8, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

MOVEMENTS OF MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS

[Missouri] [Military Situation] [Map] [1861 – July 8^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War In The West. /serrated rule/ The Important Points Of The War In Missouri, Showing The Object Of The Advance Of Union And Rebel Troops Towards The Southwest. 24-3/4 x 24-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Waters & Son, Eng. N(ew) Y(ork). (Monday, July 8^th, 1861).  - - - The map occupies 40 percent of the front page of the July 8^th, 1861 issue (No. 9067) of The New York Herald. Textual support for the map includes The Movements Of Gen. Lyon And The Missouri Volunteers. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #654. Lynn, #6618.

July 12, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

1861 MILITARY SITUATION MAP

[Virginia] [Military Situation] [Map] [1861 – July 12^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War In Virginia. /serrated rule/ The Positions Of The Union And Rebel Forces In The Old Dominion. 21-1/2 x 24 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Friday, July 12^th, 1861).  - - - The map occupies approximately 50 percent of the front page of the July 12^th, 1861 issue (No. 9071) of The New York Herald. Textual support includes Important News From Western Virginia, A Brilliant Skirmish At Buchanan and Spirited Discussion In The House on the State of the Country. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #655.

July 28, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

“BULL RUN”

KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING

ALPHABETICAL LIST BY NAME WITH UNIT

[Virginia] [“Newport News”] [Map] [1861 – July 28^th] The New York Herald (publisher). View Of Newport News. /serrated rule/ The Intrenchments Of The New York Zouaves, New York Scott Life Guard, Massachusetts And Vermont Regiments, With The Locations Of The Outposts, Pickets, &c. 21 x 24-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Sunday, July 28^th, 1861).  - - - 95 percent of the final page is Casualties At Bull Run, which is an alphabetical listing by name with unit, of the killed, wounded, and missing. With a casualty total of 1486, 280 were killed, 729 were wounded, and 477 were missing. The view of Newport News occupies approximately 30 percent of the top half of the front page of this July 28^th, 1861 issue (No. 9087) of The New York Herald. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #661.

August 12, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

CONFEDERATE TROOPS IN THE WEST

[Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee] [Map] [1861 – August 12^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War In The West. /serrated rule/ Map Of The Scene Of Operations In Southeastern Missouri, Illinois And Tennessee, With The Positions Of The Rebel Troops And Positions Of The Federal Forces, And The Defences At Cairo And Bird's Point. 40-1/4 x 24-1/4 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. E. S. Hall, Del. Waters & Son. (New York). (Monday, August 12^th, 1861).  - - - “At Cairo, Ill., junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the first thirty-two-pound-ball was fired down the Mississippi as the big guns were planted in position.” - Long. Occupying approximately 60 percent of the front page of the August 12^th, 1861 issue (No. 9102) of The New York Herald, this very large map delineates locations of Confederate troops, railroads, rivers, wetlands and roads. Complete in eight pages, on page 8 there is a column plus of text regarding the map. Bosse, #664. E. B. Long's “The Civil War Day By Day,” p.81 Lynn, #6727.

August 25, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

BATTLE OF BULL RUN

[Virginia] [“Battle of Bull Run”] [Map] [1861 – August 25^th] The New York Herald (publisher). Another View Of Bull Run Battle. /serrated rule/ The Rebel Plan Of The Battle Field Of Bull Run, Stone Bridge And Manassas Plain. 21-1/2 x 24-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Sunday, August 25^th, 1861).  - - - Occupying approximately 65 percent of of the top half of the front page of the August 25^th, 1861 issue (No. 9115) of The New York Herald, the map is supported by text that includes The Battle of Manassas Plain According To Rebel Authority and Intelligence from The South, An English Woman's Impressions Of The Rebel States. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #666.

September 12, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

OUTSTANDING 1861 MAP

“THE NATIONAL BATTLEGROUND”

[Virginia] [Military Situation] [Northern Virginia] [Map] [1861 – September 12^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The National Battleground. /serrated rule/ The Armies Of The Potomac - - - Encampments Of Over Three Hundred Thousand Armed Men - - - Scene Of The Coming Decisive Conflict. 49-3/4 x 35 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. E. S. Hall del. Waters & Son. N(ew) Y(ork). (Thursday, September 12^th, 1861).  - - - Constituting the entire front page of the September 12^th, 1861 issue (No. 9133) of The New York Herald, this very large map “Shows Union and Confederate Positions in northern Virginia.” - Bosse. Its use of Confederate and Union flags, text symbols, city layout symbols, etc. marks it as an outstanding piece of cartography. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #670.

September 14, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/woodcut

FAC SIMILE OF HUNDRED DOLLAR U. S. TREASURY NOTE

[National Treasury Loan] [1861 – September 14^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The National Popular Loan. /serrated rule/ Fac Simile of a Hundred Dollar Treasury Note, with Coupons Attached - - - Interesting Financial Intelligence for the People. 10 x 27 cm. Engraved woodcut illustration. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Saturday, sept 14^th, 1861).  - - - Supporting text includes The National Loan, Operations in the American Bank Note Establishment, Rapid Manufacture of Treasury Notes, and Fac Simile Of A Treasury Note &c. Textual reports also include The Reported Trouble with Major General Fremont, Action of President Lincoln on Gen. Fremont's Proclamation, Arrest of Members of the Maryland Legislature and Other Secessionists, A Bold Rebel Plot Overthrown by Gen. McClellan, and Another Skirmish and Rebel Defeat in Western Virginia &c. Complete in eight pages.

October 6, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

SEAT OF WAR IN KENTUCKY

[Kentucky] [Confederate Deployments] [Map] [1861 – October 6^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War In Kentucky. 16-1/2 x 18-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Sunday, October 6^th, 1861).  - - - Occupying approximately 40 percent of the top half of the front page of the October 6^th issue (No. 9157) of The New York Herald, the map is supported by text that includes Operations In Kentucky and Topographical Descriptions of the Field of Operations in Kentucky. This issue is complete in eight pages. Bosse, #676. Lynn, #6747.

October 7, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

“KANAWHA” OR WESTERN VIRGINIA

[West Virginia] [Military Situation] [Map] [1861 – October 7^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War In Western Virginia. /serrated rule/ The Locations Of The Army Of Occupation - - - Positions Of Generals Rosecrans, Reynolds, Cox, Schenck, Benham, &c. On The Union Side, And Those Of The Rebel Generals Lee, Floyd, Anderson, &c. 27 x 23-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Waters & Son. (New York). (Monday, October 7^th, 1861).  - - - “”We present our readers this day with a new map of the region known as Kanawha or Western Virginia. The map has been especially drawn and engraved for the Herald, and is fuller and contains the names of a larger number of points . . . than any map or diagram heretofore issued.” - Publisher. The map occupies approximately 45 percent of the front page of the October 7^th, 1861 issue (No. 9158) of The New York Herald. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #677. Lynn, #6737.

October 8, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF POSITIONS

[Kentucky] [Confederate Deployments] [Map] [1861 – October 8^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of The War In Kentucky. /serrated rule/ Locations Of The Rebel Forces - - - Strategic Importance Of Positions Occupied By The Opposing Armies. 24 x 36 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Map by Frank W. Brooks. Engraved by Waters & Son. (New York). (Tuesday, October 8^th, 1861).  - - - Occupying more than half of the front page of the October 8^th, 1861 (No. 9159) of The New York Herald, the map is supported by text that includes History Of The Invasion Of That Border State, Efforts Of The Rebels To Drag Kentucky Out Of The Union, Movements Of The Rebel Troops, and Positions Occupied By Troops. This issue is complete in twelve pages. Bosse, #678. Lynn, #6734.

October 11, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

PHOTOGRAPHED ON WOOD

BAMBERGER'S CONFEDERATE PRINTED 1861 BATTLE MAP

[Virginia] [“Battle of Bull Run”] [Map] [1861 – October 11^th] The New York Herald (publisher). The Curious Rebel Semi-Official Pictorial View Of The Battle Of Bull Run. 20-1/2 x 23-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Photographed On Wood from The Original Drawing & Engraved By Waters & Son. N. Y. (Friday, October 11^th, 1861).  - - - The map cited in the main entry above is the 1861 Richmond, Virginia printed “Map Of Battles On Bull Run, Near Manassas, On The Line Of Fairfax And Prince William Counties, In Virginia, Fought Between The Forces Of The Confederate States And Of The United States Of America. Gen'ls Beauregard And Johnston Commanding The Confederate And General McDowell The United States Forces, On The 21^st of July, 1861, From 7 A. M. To 9 P. M. Made From Observations By Solomon Bamberger, Published By West & Johnston No. 145 Main Street, Richmond, Va.” This map, reproduced on the front page of the October 11^th, 1861 issue (No. 9162) of The New York Herald. The reproduced map occupies approximately 30 percent of the top half of the front page. The engraving forces allowed for the inclusion of great detail as well as extensive notes. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #679. Parrish and Willingham, #6148

October 22, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

1861 SEAT OF WAR ON THE UPPER POTOMAC

[Virginia] [“Potomac River”] [Upper] [Map] [1861 – October 22^nd] The New York Herald (publisher). The Seat Of War On The Upper Potomac. /serrated rule/ The Field Of Operations Monday, October 21^st, 1861 Between General Stone's Union Troops And General Evan's Rebel Forces. 19 x 24-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Thursday, July 4^th, 1861).  - - - “Same map published July 4, 1861.” - Bosse. Complete in twelve pages. Bosse, #683. Lynn, #9173.

October 23, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

CONFEDERATE BATTERIES

[Virginia] [“Potomac River”] [Lower] [Map] [1861 – October 23^rd] The New York Herald (publisher). Lower Potomac. /serrated rule/ Map Of The Potomac From Washington To The Chesapeake, Showing The Rebel Batteries From Cockpit Point To Mathias Point. 28-1/4 x 31-1/4 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Waters - Son. N(ew) Y(ork). (Wednesday, October 23^rd, 1861). - - - “From the Federal Navy came the disquieting news that Confederate batteries commanded all major points on the Potomac below Alexandria.” - Long. The map occupies approximately half of the front page of the October 23^rd, 1861 issue (No. 9174) of The New York Herald and is accompanied by text that includes New Rebel Batteries at Mathias Point and Six Miles of Batteries Above the Point. This issue is complete in eight pages. Bosse, #684. Long, p. 130. Lynn, #6761.

October 29, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

COAST AND LAND LINE of the REBELLIOUS STATES

[Confederate States of America] [Map] [1861 – October 29^th] The New York Herald (publisher). Our Naval And Military Operations At A Glance. /serrated rule/ The Coast and Land Line of the Rebellious States - - - The Union Blockade of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast - - - Rebel Batteries on the Mississippi - - - The Forts on the Southern Sea Line. 31-1/2 x 35 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. (New York). (Tuesday, October 29^th, 1861).  - - - “Map by Edward S. Hall., Engraved by Waters & Son.” - Bosse. The map occupies approximately 75 percent of the front page of the October 29^th, 1861 issue (No. 9180) of The New York Herald. Accompanying text includes Our Account of the Great Armada, A Telling Blow to be Struck on the Southern Coast, The Embarkation At Annapolis, Rendezvous at and Departure from Hampton Roads, Magnitude Of The Expedition, Composition of the Land and Naval Forces Under Gen. Sherman and Commodore Dupont, War vessels, Gunboats, Transports, Ferryboats and Surfboats., and Immense Supplies of War Material, Wagons, Horses, Wheelbarrows, Pick-axes, Intrenching Implements, Brick, Lumber, Coal and Stores. Complete in twelve pages. Bosse, #687. Lynn, #6736

November 9, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

DRAWN BY E. S. HALL

[South Carolina] [Beaufort] [Map] [1861 – November 9^th] The New York Herald (publisher). Map Of Beaufort, S. C. /serrated rule/ Scene Of Operations Of The Great Naval And Military Expedition. 37-1/2 x 23-1/2 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. E. S. Hall, Del. Waters & Son Sc. (New York). (Saturday, November 9^th, 1861).  - - - Occupying approximately 60 percent of the front page of the November 9^th, 1861 issue (No. 9191) of The New York Herald, the map is supported by text that includes Arrival Of The Great Naval And Military Expedition At Port Royal Island, Opening Bombardment At Beaufort, Commodore Tatnall In Command Of The Rebels, and Sketch Of Port Royal And Beaufort. On page eight there is a second map (Map Of The Scene Of Battle) which measures 17-1/2 by 6-1/2 centimeters and describes the Mississippi River from Hickman to Mound City, Belmont located at center. Bosse notes of the second map: “General map of the vicinity of Belmont, Mo.” The map is supported by text that includes Battle At Belmont, The Rebels Reinforced From Columbus, Kentucky, and The List Of Officers Engaged. This issue is complete in eight pages. Bosse, #690 and #691. Lynn, #6699.

November 12, 1861 - The New York Herald illustrated w/map

PROBABLY FIRST MAP OF CONFEDERATE CAPITAL

[Confederate States of America] [Capital] [Map] [1861 – November 12^th] The New York Herald (publisher). Map Of The Rebel Capital. /serrated rule/ Topographical Sketch Of The City Of Richmond, Virginia, With The Surrounding Encampments. 27 x 34-1/4 cm. Engraved map. Removed. Very good. Waters & Son. E. S. Hall del. (New York). (Tuesday, November 12^th, 1861).  - - - The map occupies approximately 50 percent of the front page of the November 12^th, 1861 issue (No. 9194) of The New York Herald. Supporting text includes Public Works, Hotels, Currency, Shinplasters, Social Life And Manners in the Confederate Capital, Southern Hatred Against The North, The Questions of Cotton, Negroes and The Maintenance Of The War and Intrenchments and Camps of Instruction. Complete in eight pages. Bosse, #692.

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