[Civil War]. Military Map of the United States and Territories Showing the Location of Military Posts, Arsenals, Navy Yards, and Points of Entry. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, 1861.

12mo. Engraved folding map with hand-coloring (610 x 876 mm). (Spotting, some toning and soiling, occasional archival tape repairs along folds at verso). Housed within original olive cloth case stamped in gilt and blind (rubbing, minor soiling, some pitting to rear).

EARLY CIVIL WAR MAP SHOWING ARIZONA AS A CONFEDERATE TERRITORY.

Following the secession of South Carolina in December 1860, support in the Arizona Territory of the United States began to lean heavily in favor of the Confederacy, largely due to perceived inaction by the U.S. government in dealing with Native American attacks on white settlers and the closing of the Butterfield Overland Mail route, which had offered access both to California and to the east. In March 1861 a convention met in Mesilla and a secession ordinance was adopted. In July the Arizona Territory was proclaimed a Confederate territory, following Colonel John R. Baylor's defeat of Union forces at the Battle of Mesilla.

Interest in the Arizona Territory on the part of the Confederacy was strong both due to its large population of Native Americans, whom the Confederate government intended to enslave, as well as its access to California, which the Confederacy hoped to take over for the state's precious metal mines and its seaports. The Confederacy's hold on the Arizona Territory was effectively destroyed in March 1862 during the Battle of Glorieta Pass, when General John Potts Slough defeated Baylor's forces, though it continued to be represented in the Confederate Congress until 1865, as the territorial government had fled to San Antonio. The present map represents the brief, seven-month window during which the Confederate government held full control over the Arizona Territory.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

[Civil War]. Military Map of the United States and Territories Showing the Location of Military Posts, Arsenals, Navy Yards, and Points of Entry. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, 1861.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

[Civil War]. Military Map of the United States and Territories Showing the Location of Military Posts, Arsenals, Navy Yards, and Points of Entry. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, 1861.

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