Description: contact usebay profileebay store The Civil War in America Cartographer : - The Illustrated London News (ILN) Date: - 1861 Size: - 16in x 11in (405mm x 280mm)eachRef#: - 41442, 41427, 41311Condition: - (A+) Fine Condition Description: We have been fortunate to have discovered 200+ original wood block cut antique single & double pages from the Illustrated London News (ILN) Newspaper dealing specifically with the American Civil War, dated from January 1861 to July 1865. The two sided pages contain detailed text outlining battles, people and general observations of the war. The pages also have many steel-plate engraved images to text. We will be auctioning these pages off in lots of 3, 4 or 5 by date, starting with Feb 2nd 1861 after the succession of the southern states from the union and ending in mid 1865. These are amazing original historical documents dealing with a defining moment in the history of the United States All are dated at the top of the page. Below are details of each page in this lot: 1. June 15, 1861 - "Colonel Ellingsworth Volunteer Regiment" " Reading the war news in Broadway New York" pages 563 & 564 2. June 29, 1861 - "Some of the Wilsons Boys in Wooden Camp at Staten Island" " At head-quarters in the camp of the 2nd New York Regiment" Pages 601 & 602 3. June 29, 1861 "Our Kitchen in the camp of the 2nd New York Regiment" Pages 600 & 602 General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Colors used: - General color appearance: - Paper size: - 16in x 11in (405mm x 280mm)each Plate size: - 16in x 11in (405mm x 280mm)each Margins: - Min ½in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - None Plate area: - None Verso: - NoneBackground: The American Civil War was an internal conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. Among the 34 U.S. states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America. War broke out in April 1861 when Confederates attacked the U.S. fortress Fort Sumter. The Confederacy grew to include eleven states; it claimed two more states and the western territory of Arizona. The Confederacy was never diplomatically recognized by any foreign country. The states that remained loyal including border states where slavery was legal, were known as the Union or the North. The war ended with the surrender of all the Confederate armies and the collapse of the Confederate government in the spring of 1865. The war had its origin in the factious issue of slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. Four years of intense combat left 620,000 to 750,000 soldiers dead, a higher number than the number of American military deaths in World War I and World War II combined, and much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed. The Confederacy collapsed and slavery was abolished in the entire country. The Reconstruction Era (1863–1877) overlapped and followed the war, with its fitful process of restoring national unity, strengthening the national government, and granting civil rights to the freed slaves. Civil War Timeline: 1861 January: The South Secedes. Immediately after Abraham Lincoln is elected President, South Carolina calls a state convention to remove itself from the United States of America. South Carolina is quickly followed by Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas. Later, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also secedes, forming the Confederate States of America. April 12, Battle of Fort Sumter Charleston Harbor, South Carolina The bombardment/siege and ultimate surrender of Fort Sumter by Brig. General P.G.T. Beauregard was the official start of the Civil War. June 3, Battle of Philippi, (West) Virginia A skirmish involving over 3,000 soldiers, Philippi was the first battle of the civil war. June 10, Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia July 11, Battle of Rich Mountain, (West) Virginia July 21, First Battle of Bull Run Manassas, Virginia Also known as First Manassas, the first major engagement of the civil war. November 7–8, Battle of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina The battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War. November 7, Battle of Belmont, Missouri General Ulysses S. Grant took command and began his Civil War career. 1862 February 8, Roanoke Island, North Carolina March 8–9, Battle Of Hampton Roads, Virginia First battle between the ironclad warships, Monitor & Merrimack. April 5–May 4 Siege of Yorktown, Virginia June 26, Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia* June 27, Gaines Mill, Virginia* June 27–28, Garnett’s Farm and Golding’s Farm, Virginia* June 29, Savage Station and Allen’s Farm, Virginia* June 30, White Oak Swamp, Virginia* June 30, Glendale, Virginia* July 1, Malvern Hill, Virginia* (*Collectively known as the Seven Days Campaign or Seven Days Battles.) August 9, Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia August 28–30, Second Battle of Bull Run Manassas, Virginia September 12–15, Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia September 14, Battle of South Mountain, Maryland September 17, Battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg September 19–20, Shepherdstown, (West) Virginia Union General George McClellan pursued Robert E. Lee through three mountain passes during the Maryland Campaign. December 11–15, Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia February 6, Fort Henry, Tennessee February 11–16, Siege of Fort Donelson, Tennessee March 3–April 8, Siege of New Madrid and Island No. 10, Missouri (Mississippi River) April 6–7, Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee May 25–30, Siege of Corinth, Corinth, Mississippi Henry Halleck took Corinth after a month-long siege. June 28, Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi August 29, Battle of Richmond, Kentucky October 3–4, Battle of Corinth, Mississippi Two years after the Siege of Corinth, Maj. General William S. Rosecrans defeated the Confederate Army. October 5, Hatchie’s Bridge, Tennessee October 8, Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. Account of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment’s harrowing fight. December 31–January 2, Battle of Stones River / Murfreesboro, Tennessee The culmination of the Stones River Campaign, the battle of Stones River had the highest casualty rates on both sides. March 8, Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas October 4, Battle of Galveston, Texas 1863 April 30–May 6, Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia May 3, Fredericksburg, Virginia July 1–3, Battle of Gettyburg, Pennsylvania April 10, Battle of Franklin, Tennessee. Account of the bloody confederate slaughter in Franklin, Tennessee. May 18–July 4, Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi September 18, Battle Of Chickamauga, Georgia November 23-25, Battle Of Chattanooga, Tennessee November 24, Lookout Mountain (Chattanooga), TennesseeCivil War 1864 1864 May 5–7, Battle Of The Wilderness, Virginia May 6–7, Port Walthall Junction, Virginia May 8–21, Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia May 15, Battle of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia The Confederates, along with cadets from VMI, drove Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley. May 31-June 12, Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia June 15–18, Battle of Petersburg, Virginia July 30, Battle of the Crater, Siege of Petersburg, Virginia September 21–24, Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Virginia Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan attacked the seemingly impregnable heights of Fisher’s Hill, grandly known as the ‘Gibraltar of the Shenandoah Valley.’ April 12, Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee Nathan Bedford Forrest led a massacre in Tennessee. May 7–13. Rocky Face, Georgia May 13–15, Battle of Resaca, Georgia Major General William T. Sherman took on Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta campaign. July 22, Battle of Atlanta, Georgia December 15–16, Battle of Nashville Nashville, Tennessee The battle of Nashville was the last major battle in the Western Theater and a major victory for the Union. December 24–27, Fort Fisher, North Carolina August 5, Battle of Mobile Bay 1865 April 5, Amelia Springs, Virginia* April 6, Rice’s Station, Virginia* April 6, Saylor’s Creek, Virginia* April 6–7, High Bridge, Virginia* April 7, Cumberland Church, Virginia* April 8, Appomattox Courthouse at Appomattox Station, Virginia* April 9, General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia (*Collectively known as the Appomattox Campaign.) (Ref: Tooley; M&B) The Illustrated London News (ILN) In 1842, Herbert Ingram, a young printer and newsagent from Nottingham, arrived in London. As a newsagent he noticed that when on the rare occasions that newspapers included woodcuts, their sales increased. He therefore came to the conclusion that it would be possible to make a good profit from a magazine that included a large number of illustrations. Herbert Ingram discussed the proposal with his friend, Mark Lemon, the editor of Punch magazine. With Lemon as his chief adviser, the first edition of the Illustrated London News appeared on 14th May 1842. Costing sixpence, the magazine had sixteen pages and thirty-two woodcuts. The first edition included pictures of the war in Afghanistan, a train crash in France, a steamboat explosion in Canada and a fancy dress ball at Buckingham Palace. Ingram was a staunch Liberal who favored social reform. He announced in the London Illustrated News that the concern of the magazine would be \\\"with the English poor\\\" and the \\\"three essential elements of discussion with us will be the poor laws, the factory laws, and the working of the mining system\\\". Later Herbert Ingram was to become MP for Boston and until his death in 1860 continued his campaign for social reform in the House of Commons. The London Illustrated News was an immediate success and the first edition sold 26,000 copies. Within a few months it was selling over 65,000 copies a week. Special events were important to the success of the London Illustrated News. The magazine did very well during the Exhibition 1851 and over 150,000 copies were sold of the edition that reported the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The Crimean War caused a further boast to sales and by 1863 it was selling over 300,000 copies a week. This was far higher than other journals. For example, newspapers such as the Daily News only sold 6,000 copies at this time, and even the largest selling newspaper, The Times only sold 70,000 copies. In the Christmas Number of The Illustrated London News, 1855, the first pictures in color were published. In the year 1879, The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS claimed to be the fastest woodcut-printing establishment in the world. The Ingram Rotary machine had been invented. It printed both sides of the paper at once and turned out 6,500 copies per hour. It required only four men to operate it, whereas thirty men and five machines were needed previously  The ILN held a commanding position in the market place. It was seriously challenged by The GRAPHIC in 1870. Although it never reached the circulation of the ILN. it did take a good market share until the turn of the century. Please note all items auctioned are genuine, we do not sell reproductions. A Certificate of Authenticity (COA) can be issued on request. What is an Antique Map The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers. When considering a purchase The first thing to determine when staring a collection or purchasing an item, is what is important to you. Most collectors prefer to build their collections around a theme. You may decide to collect maps from one region or country, charting its development through time. Similarly you could collect maps of one particular period in time, by type (i.e. sea or celestial charts) or by cartographer. The collector might also want to consider the theme of cartographical misconceptions such as California as an island or Australia as Terra Australis or the Great Southern Land. The subject is so wide that any would-be-collector has almost endless possibilities to find his own little niche within the field, and thereby build a rewarding collection. Starting a collection & pricing Pricing is based on a number of different factors, the most important of which is regional. In any series of maps the most valuable are usually the World Map and the America/North America. The World because it is usually the most decorative and America because it has the strongest regional market. 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Price: 55.28 USD
Location: Ivanhoe, VIC
End Time: 2024-12-10T09:52:18.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.99 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Theme: Militaria
Original/Reproduction: Original
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
