"Panorama of the Seat of War / BIRDS EYE VIEW / OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND PART OF GEORGIA"

Two colored lithograph

Rare, two colored bird's-eye lithograph by John Bachmann, Sr. The view encompasses coastlines of the Carolinas and Georgia, from Curratuck Sound, NC, south to Savannah, GA, and shows the shelling of Fort Hatteras; many vessels, sail and steam, shown along coast, some illustrated with billowing smoke; Above the image is printed "Panorama of the Seat of War"; directly beneath, l.l. of image: "Drawn from Nature and Lith.by John Bachmann"; beneath center: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York" / "BIRDS EYE VIEW / OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND PART OF GEORGIA / John Bachmann, Publisher, / 115 & 117 Nassau St., New York."; in lower left and right corners are tables listing the distances between Cape Hatteras and various towns and cities.