Bacon’s steel plate map of America

Historical Civil War Map of the United States

This antique lithograph showcases a rare 1863 steel plate map of America, subtitled Political, Historical, and Military, published in London by George Washington Bacon. Created during the height of the American Civil War, this comprehensive cartographic work features hand-colored boundary lines that categorize the dividing nation into Federal Free States, Federal Slave States, Territories, and Seceded Confederate States.

Nineteenth-Century Military Logistics and Statistical Data

The vintage cartography is richly bordered by invaluable historical documentation, including extracts from the official 1860 United States census, naval strength Overviews, and a strategic log of coastal forts. The lower margins feature detailed population tables and a chronological record of critical events, with major American battlegrounds underlined in red directly on the map surface to track the unfolding military conflict.