Original Civil War Topo Map FLORIDA PANHANDLE Pensacola Mobile Biloxi Marianna

Description

Original antique lithographed topographical map of the Florida Panhandle and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, printed more than 125 years ago.
This map was printed by Julius Bien of New York and published in the
Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865
, issued in 1891 by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
The image area measures 41.9 x 69.7 cm [16½" x 27½"], and the map is drawn on a scale of 10 miles to one inch, so there is wonderful detail, including wagon roads, military forts, railroads, lighthouses, cities, towns, ferries, and natural features.
Among the named places and features are the following:
the Pensacola & Georgia Railroad
Pascagoula Bay
Fort Barrancas
St. George Island Lighthouse
Chattahoochee Ferry
Santa Rosa Military Road
Biloxi
Abbeville
Newton
the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Hurricane Island
Marianna
Pensacola Road
Fort Gaines
Choctawattchee River
Quincy
Mobile
Kennedy's Mills
Winchester
Apalachicola
Burnt Corn Post Office
the Alabama & Florida Railroad
and Forbes Purchase
Condition:
This map is in very good condition, with
no
rips, tears, or writing. It has a vertical centerfold, as issued, and is blank on the back, with no printing on the reverse side. It is printed on a heavy paper which has toned slightly with age and turned a bit stiff. You will want to handle it carefully, as you would any old document. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
This is an
original
, authentic antique map,
not
a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.
The overall size of the sheet is approximately 18¼" x 29", and it is titled in the upper margin:
General Topographical Map, Sheet XII. Plate CXLVII.
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