LLOYD, JAMES T. 'LLOYD'S MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES SHOWING ALL THE RAILROADS, THEIR STATIONS & DISTANCES, ALSO THE COUNTIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES, HARBORS, RIVERS, AND FORTS'. NEW YORK: J. T. LLOYD, PUBLISHER, 1863

Lithographed wall map of the southern states in rebellion (36 3/4 x 51 in.; 937 x 1295 mm). Handcolored by county, lengthy typographic "Sketch of the Whole Southern Coast" at bottom, presumably unauthorized endorsement of Lloyd's work by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles printed below the decorative title, the verso bearing "Lloyd's Military Map and Gazetteer of the Southern States" imposed in folio; creased, with occasional minor loss, where formerly folded to pocket size, trimmed close to neat line, laid down on linen. Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass.

Lithographed wall map of the southern states in rebellion (36 3/4 x 51 in.; 937 x 1295 mm). Handcolored by county, lengthy typographic "Sketch of the Whole Southern Coast" at bottom, presumably unauthorized endorsement of Lloyd's work by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles printed below the decorative title, the verso bearing "Lloyd's Military Map and Gazetteer of the Southern States" imposed in folio; creased, with occasional minor loss, where formerly folded to pocket size, trimmed close to neat line, laid down on linen. Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass.
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A very good copy of a scarce and fragile map. Both the 1861 edition in the Rumsey collection (no. 3128, this edition without the text) and the copy of the 1863 map from the Caren Collection sold at Swann in 2012 were colored by state, not county.