Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Our Nation's Camp Ground

Barcode: 59088

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: A hand colored sheet is structured around a large Mid-Atlantic map with a Washington inset map. Inset pictures include: 2 drawings entitled "Star Spangled Banner" and "The Outrage On The American Flag At Fort Sumter"; 3 figures including a man holding the U.S. flag, Justice captioned "Justice Disarmed" and Liberty wrapped in the flag with the caption "Liberty Weeping"; 1 drawing of citizens saluting the flag, constitution & laws. Quote at top reads, "If any one attempts to haul down the American Flag shoot him on the spot."--Gen. John A. Dix. The broadside was produced in 1861 in the wake of the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter.

Publisher: Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning

Date/Date Range Published: 1861

Language: English

Region Depicted: Middle Atlantic States

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 64.5 x 40.5

Historical Context: The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when the Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The central conflict of the war was over the expansion of slavery into western territories or prohibition from doing it. When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, seven Confederate slave states seceded from the United States and formed the Confederacy. 

LC Call Number: G3791.R1 1861 E5

OCLC: 953569381

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