The Rebel Confederacy As Claimed in 1861 and As It Is Now
- Title:
- The Rebel Confederacy As Claimed in 1861 and As It Is Now
- Alternate Title:
- The Rebel Confederacy As Claimed in 1861 and As It Is Now
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- New-York Daily Tribune
- Date:
- 1863
- Date 2:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2300.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2300_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1800 - 1869
- Subject:
- U.S. Civil War
Politics & Government - Measurement:
- 25 x 36 on page 52 x 40 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- July 1863 was in many ways the turning point in the Civil War, between the great Union victory at Gettysburg and the surrender of Vicksburg, the Confederacy’s last bastion on the Mississippi. After years of suffering and loss, this was a long-overdue morale-boosting map from Horace Greeley’s New-York Daily Tribune (at the time, the most widely-read newspaper in New York).
The map contrasts the “Rebel Confederacy As Claimed In 1861” with the much smaller area “As It Is Now.” One might argue that the 1861 lines on the map gave the Confederacy too much credit (e.g., Arizona? New Mexico?) and the 1863 lines too little (e.g., how far inland did Union control of the Mississippi really extend?). Nevertheless the map tells an effective story of progress. The unusual the size of this map - occupying fully half a broadsheet page - adds emphasis to the point. And the headlines on page one complete the picture, e.g., “From the South-West. Rebellion Fast Fading Out. . . . Union Control To Be Made Perfect.”
The collection includes four maps from 1863 and 1864 illustrating the progress of the war in this manner: ID #2300 (from the New-York Daily Tribune, August 10, 1863); ID #2152 (from The New York Herald, February 10, 1864); ID #1070 (from Harper's Weekly, March 19, 1864); ID #1069 (Republican campaign broadside, October 1, 1864).
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- New-York Daily Tribune, August 10, 1863, p.1.
- Format:
- Image
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