(CIVIL WAR MAP) War Telegram Marking Map

Sale 2432 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 1,625

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(CIVIL WAR--MAP.) War Telegram Marking Map. Engraved map, 36 x 24 inches; backed with linen, folds, unevenly trimmed, minor foxing. Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1862

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A large-scale map of the theater of war in eastern Virginia, including rail lines and topographical features. The caption describes it as "a map to mark the change of positions of the Union forces in red pencil and the rebel forces in blue, on the receipt of every telegram from the seat of war." The present example is unused. Second issue, with Hixford, VA (on the southern edge) changed to Hicksford.