1862 Civil War Map - Florida...
Item # 219187
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* Florida - St. Augustine and Jacksonville FL - New Bern NC and more
* Original Civil War era complete issue w/ MAP on cotton & rag paper * The War Against Slavery, Abraham Lincoln's War, the 2nd War For Independence
This 8 page newspaper is in nice condition due to the use of cotton and rag paper during this very historic time in U.S. history. This issue is loaded with advertisements and Civil War reports throughout from the day it was first reported which includes the following FRONT PAGE Map: "NEW POINTS OCCUPIED IN FLORIDA, Scene of the Recent Operations of Commodore Dupont's Fleet" Another map on the back page: "THE GREAT VICTORY IN NORTH CAROLINA, Map Showing Newberne and its Approaches, the Route Passed Over by Our Forces, and the Positions of the Rebel Batteries, Rifle Pits"
Headlines in this issue includes: "FROM THE SOUTHERN COAST" "More Important Captures in Florida" "Surrender of Fort Marion, St. Augustine and Jacksonville" "OPERATIONS IN THE WEST" "Latest From Island No. 10" "Repulse of the Rebel Gunboats by Gen. Pope" "Occupation Of Strasburg" "The Battle Of Newbern" and much more. Nice to read about the Civil War as it was happening. MAKES A GREAT UNIQUE GIFT.
source: wikipedia: The Battle of New Bern (also known as the Battle of New Berne) was fought on March 14, 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of Burnside's North Carolina Expedition of the American Civil War.
On March 11, Brigadier GeneralAmbrose Burnside's command launched from Roanoke Island to rendezvous with Union gunboats at Hatteras Inlet for an attack on New Bern. The defending Confederate commander was Brigadier General Lawrence Branch. On March 13, the fleet under the command of Louis M. Goldsborough made its way up the Neuse River and disembarked on the river's south bank only a few miles from the city's defenses. On March 14, three brigades under John G. Foster, Jesse L. Reno, and John G. Parke attacked along the railroad and drove the Confederates out of their fortifications after less than a half day of fighting. The Federals captured nine forts and 41 heavy guns. Despite several Confederate attempts to recover the town, it remained an occupied Union base until the end of the war.
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