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Library of Congress1862

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green). Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm. Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:3,120,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1862

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c.

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green). Description derived from published bibliography. Insets: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean -- Southern part of Florida. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. March 1962, C.R. Sanders, df; Oct. 2003, Map Cataloging Team. Civil War project no.: lva00162. Conservation: restored May 1965; Etherington Conservation Center, Oct. 2003. Digital image available: 40 x 30 in. Map accession no. 1983 (1964). Previously filed as: 730 .R15 1862.

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Library of Congress1882

Reminiscences of Confederate service, 1861-1865

"100 copies. Printed for private circulation." The author was an Englishman who entered the Confederate States' service. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC snh 2019-05-29 update (1 card)

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Library of Congress1862

In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilkinson submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Resolution. Whereas Lazarus W. Powell, a Senator from the State of Kentucky, after eleven states had published their ordinances of secession, by which to sever themselves from the government of the United States, had formed a confederation and provisional government, and made war upon the United States, did, on the 20th day of June last, at the City of Henderson, in the State of Kentucky, attend a large southern state's rights convention, over which he was called to and did preside; and, on taking his seat as president thereof, made a speech, in which he stated the object of said convention, and then appointed a committee, which reported to said convention a long series of resolutions that were unanimously adopted by it. Among those resolutions are the following

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Library of Congress1864

Three months in the southern states: April, June, 1863

Cover printed on wallpaper. A reprint of the English edition published in 1863. Crandall, M.L. Confederate imprints, 2670 Form AACR2: vj36 2003-01-06 LAC snh 2019-05-22 no edits (2 card)

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