1865 Mitchell Civil War Map U.S.: 2 New States & 3 TYs Created-Confed.AZ Checked

Description: Original Antique Civil War Era Mitchell MapThe United StatesA Historically Significant Map Within this short-lived time period seismic changes not only socially but also geographically occurred.Two new states were created and three new territories were organized changing the physical shape of the nation.All in part to advert the dissolution of the U.S. Union.Earliest Michell Map of the U. S. showing these changes Colorado Territory Created Colorado became a U.S. territory in 1861 shortly before the American Civil War began. William Gilpin, the first territorial governor, supported the Union and quickly raised a regiment. The organization of the territory helped solidify Union control over the mineral-rich area of the Rocky Mountains. Colorado Territory, however, also produced Confederate sympathizers, and overzealous Native American fighters and making it a target for Confederate invasion. Arizona Territory created, New Mexico Territory reconfigured & Confederate Arizona checked At the beginning of the Civil War, support for the Confederacy ran high in the southern parts of the New Mexico Territory. The governor of New Mexico requested federal troops to protect the territory, but President James Buchanan refused, leaving the New Mexico government to fend for itself. In response, the New Mexico government formed a volunteer army to defend the territory against Confederate invasion. In 1864, the people of the southern New Mexico Territory formally called for secession, and a convention adopted a secession ordinance on March 16, 1861, with a subsequent ordinance ratified on March 28, establishing the provisional territorial government of the Confederate 'Territory of Arizona'. The Confederate Arizona Territory was officially proclaimed on August 1, 1861 was officially recognized by the government of the Confederacy on February 14, 1862. The territory created a Confederated Arizona Territory (with Mesilla as its capital) carved from the New Mexico Territory with a north-south border to be defined along the 34th parallel (See attached map not part of the sale). The following month, in March 1862, the U.S. House of Representatives, now devoid of the southern delegates and controlled by Republicans, passed a bill to create its own version of the Arizona Territory, using instead the north–south border of the 107th meridian. The use of a north–south border rather than an east–west one had the effect of denying a de facto ratification of the Confederate Arizona Territory. The house bill stipulated that Tucson (not Mesilla) was to be capital. It also stipulated that slavery was to be abolished in the new territory. The Arizona Organic Act passed the Senate in February 1863 without the Tucson-as-capital stipulation, and was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on February 24, which became the date of the official organization of the U.S. Arizona Territory. However, by July 1862, Union forces from California, known as the "California Column" were marching on the territorial capital of Mesilla. Sent to protect California from a possible Confederate incursion, the 'California Column' drove Confederate forces out of the city. The territorial government fled as well and spent the rest of the war in exile. Confederate units from Arizona would fight for the rest of the war, and the delegate from Arizona attended both the First and Second Confederate Congresses.West Virginia separates from Confederate Virginia admitted to the Union, Virginia reconfiguredDuring the Civil War, 48 counties in western Virginia separated from Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. In the summer of 1861, Union troops drove Confederate troops away from the northwestern counties of Virginia. This allowed Unionists to form a government in Wheeling and claim jurisdiction over all of Virginia. President Lincoln proclaimed that West Virginia would officially become a state on June 20, 1863.Nevada Admitted to the Union Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, after telegraphing the Constitution of Nevada to the Congress days before the November 8 presidential election (the largest and costliest transmission ever by telegraph). Statehood was rushed to help ensure three electoral votes for Abraham Lincoln's reelection and add to the Republican congressional majorities. Nevada became the second of two states added to the Union during the Civil War (the first being West Virginia) and became known as the “Battle Born State” as a result of when it achieved statehood.In retaliation for Arizona's involvement in the confederate fight, The United States Congress removed the northwest corner from Arizona Territory, which included parts of both Pah-Ute and Mohave counties, and gave that land to the State of Nevada. Nevada used that land by adding to Lincoln and Nye counties. In 1867, parts of both counties – including the present site of Las Vegas – were attached to Nevada. Montana Territory created, Idaho Territory reconfiguredIn 1863, President Abraham Lincoln approved the creation of Idaho Territory, which included all of present-day Idaho and Montana, as well as most of Wyoming. However, there were concerns about Confederate sympathizers in the eastern half of the territory. As a result, in 1864 President Lincoln split the Montana Territory from the Idaho Territory giving Idaho its present-day shape.Dakota TerritoryDakota Territory created in 1861 during the turbulent times of the Civil War illustrates the fluid nature of the U.S. western territories. The map shows for a short time an area approximately the shape and location of the present-day State of Wyoming attached to the northwest corner of the Dakota territory. This anomaly lasted for a very short period of time and rarely seen on maps of the United States. Indian TerritoryBefore the outbreak of war, the United States government relocated all soldiers in the Indian Territory to other key areas, leaving the territory unprotected. At the onset of war, Confederate forces took possession of the U.S. army forts in the area In June and July 1861, Confederate officers negotiated with Native American tribes for combat support. After refusing to allow Creek lands to be annexed by the Confederacy, the Creek Principal Chief Opothleyahola led the Creek supporters of the Union to Kansas, having to fight along the way. Leaders from each of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminoles, acting without the consensus of their councils, agreed to be annexed by the Confederacy in exchange for certain rights, including protection and recognition of current tribal lands. The location of the tribes are shown on the map (see photo). The panhandle area of the territory with the North Fork River running through it was known as “No Man Land”.Earliest Michell Map of the U. S. showing these changesApproximate Sizes:Page: 18 1/8" x 11 3/8" Map image: 17 1/4" x 10 1/2" Mitchell's New School Geography1865Published by E.H. Butler & Company(The atlas cover and title page shown in the photos are not a part of this salebut only for documentation of the map's origin.) Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1790-1868)Samuel Augustus Mitchell was a renown American geographer. Born in Connecticut he worked as a geography teacher but soon realizing there were only poor quality geographical resources available to teachers he turned to publishing. He moved to Philadelphia, a major center for publishing at the time, around 1830 and founded his company. It becoming one of the leading map and atlas publishers of the nineteenth century being one of the first to try out the new technique of engraving on steel plates. He experimented with steel almost 20 years before the rest of the publishing industry. This map His son, S. Augustus Mitchell, became owner in 1860. This historically significant map has strong color and a very rich patina that would frame up with an antique quality. A great addition to any collection ofantiquesmapshistoryeducational history mailed insured in a flat, secure, ridged package.

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