Civil War Newspaper Maps - A Cartobibliography of the Northern Daily Press

During the course of the Civil War, Northern daily newspapers printed over 2,000 separate maps depicting campaigns and military operations. Although they are important primary documents, these maps have been largely overlooked by historians and enthusiasts because of the difficulty in locating them. This cartobibliography is the first finding aid to the war's journalistic cartography. The book lists all known Civil War maps published in eighteen daily newspapers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, New York, Philadelphia, and St. Louis. Entries consist of map title, scale, dimensions, author (when known), engraver (when known), and notes on sources of information and geographic coverage. Maps are grouped by newspapers, which are arranged alphabetically, and listed chronologically under each newspaper. A thorough geographic, subject, and personal name index provides access to the entries.

List of contents

Preface
Illustrations
Cartobibliography: Baltimore American and Commerical Advertiser
Boston Daily Journal
Chicago Daily Tribune
Chicago Evening Journal
Chicago Post
Chicago Times
Cincinnati Daily Commercial
Cincinnati Daily Enquirer
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Cincinnati Daily Times
Daily Missouri Democrat
Daily Missouri Republican
Daily Ohio State Journal
New York Herald
New York Times
New York Tribune
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Press
The Sun
The World
Appendix
Note for Users of the Index
Index

About the author

DAVID BOSSE is curator of maps and newspapers at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. He is the author of the forthcoming Civil War Newspapers Maps: A Historical Atlas.

Product details

• Authors: David C. Bosse, Bosse David
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.1993
• EAN: 9780313287053
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28705-3
• Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Military Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; USA, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, HISTORY / Military / United States, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Geographical maps (specialist), REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps, Bibliographies, catalogues, Geographical maps: specialist / thematic maps