22 x 36 on sheet 55 x 40 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
This map demonstrates the progress of the Civil War, contrasting the "Vast Extent and Compact Form" of the Confederacy's territory in 1861 with "Its Dissolving Fragments in 1864," after Union victories in the border states and over control of the Mississippi. The headline, "The Field of the Rebellion," is in large type, and the size of this map - occupying fully half a broadsheet page - is particularly unusual for the time. One might argue that the 1861 lines on the map gave the Confederacy too much credit (e.g., Arizona? New Mexico?) and the 1864 lines too little (e.g., how far inland did Union control of the Mississippi really extend?). Nevertheless the map tells an effective story of progress. The entire balance of the front page is taken up by employment advertisements.
The collection includes four maps from 1863 and 1864 illustrating the progress of the war in this manner: ID #2300 (from the New-York Daily Tribune, August 10, 1863) (not yet online); ID #2152 (from The New York Herald, February 10, 1864); ID #1070 (from Harper's Weekly, March 19, 1864); ID #1069 (Republican campaign broadside, October 1, 1864).