"Panorama of the Seat of War / BIRDS EYE VIEW / OF VIRGINIA, MARYLAND DELAWARE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA "

Two colored lithograph

Rare, two colored bird's-eye lithograph by John Bachmann, Sr. The view encompasses the Chesapeake Bay from the Susquehanna River south to Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA, and inland to the Shenandoah Mountain range environs; Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Fredericksburg, Richmond and Petersburg are included with some detail; some vessels are illustrated, most near Fort Monroe and Newport News; Above the image is printed "Panorama of the Seat of War"; directly beneath the image, l.l., is printed "Drawn from Nature and Lith. by John Bachmann"; centered beneath image: "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 VIRGINIA, MARYLAND DELAWARE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA / John Bachmann, Publisher, / 115 & 117 Nassau St., New York."; in lower left and right corners are tables listing the distances between Fort Monroe and from Washington to various points shown.