Description: 1861 CIVIL WAR newspaper with inside illustrated map depicting the CONFEDERATE STATES of AMERICA, then being blockaded by the U.S. Navy - GREAT EARLY map of the CONFEDERATE STATES of AMERICA in 1861 !! - inv # 1H-404 SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper (NY, NY) dated May 25, 1861 with inside map an corresponding detailed caption depicting blockaded ports of the CONFEDERATE STATES, from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, to the Gulf of Mexico and Fort Pickens, around the Southern Coast of Texas. BEAUTIFUL 1861 newspaper with important CIVIL WAR MAP depicting UNION BLOCKADE STRATEGY along the Confederate coastline!! This shows the entire CONFEDERACY as it existed in 1861 at the height of its existence !! By the time of the American Civil War, Fort Pickens had not been occupied since the Mexican–American War. Despite its dilapidated condition, Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer, in charge of United States forces at Fort Barrancas, determined that Pickens was the most defensible of the posts in the area. His decision to abandon Barrancas was hastened when, around midnight of January 8, 1861, his guards repelled a group of local men intending to take the fort. Some historians suggest that these were the first shots fired by United States forces in the Civil War. Shortly after this incident, on January 10, 1861, the day Florida declared its secession from the Union, Slemmer destroyed over 20,000 pounds of gunpowder at Fort McRee, spiked the guns at Barrancas, and evacuated with 51 soldiers and 30 sailors to Fort Pickens. On January 15, 1861 and January 18, 1861, Slemmer refused demands for surrender from Florida militia Colonel William Henry Chase, who had designed and constructed the fort while a captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Slemmer held the fort against Confederate threat of attack until reinforced and relieved in April 1861 by Colonel Harvey Brown. Despite repeated Confederate military threats, Fort Pickens was one of the few Southern forts to remain in Union hands throughout the Civil War. The fort was reinforced by troops and material sent by Montgomery C. Meigs, an Army engineer tasked by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Seward to draw up a plan to reinforce Fort Pickens. Meigs also managed construction of the Washington Aqueduct and the dome on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Very good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package. We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN! Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapers has been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 45 years. Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 45+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.
Price: 35 USD
Location: Oxford, Maryland
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