MAPS OF HISTORY · AMERICAN CIVIL WAR · MAPS BY YEAR · February 1862The American Civil War, 1840–1877 · THE MAP IN FEB 1862
Map of the United States in February 1862
The rivers open — Henry, Donelson, Nashville · Civil War
The United States in February 1862: The rivers open — Henry, Donelson, Nashville. The map shows who held what: The Union.
FEB 1862 · THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1840–1877 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · US Military Academy: Principal Campaigns of the War · US Military Academy: Situation 18 and 24 July 1861 · US Military Academy: Strategic Situation at the End of the Campaign, 27 February 1862 · US Military Academy: Southeastern United States, 1861 · US Military Academy: Grant’s Plan for the 1864 Campaign · US Military Academy: Principal Federal Movements, November 1864 – April 1865 · National Park Service: Port Royal and the Sea Islands · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Fort Donelson National Battlefield · Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: historical states and territories · Maps of History: Civil War source decisions
Source details US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed. US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed. US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed. US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed. US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed. US Military Academy Department of History; selected geographic facts reconstructed independently, original chart retained outside distributed files.. Geographic evidence only. Source atlas index requests reprint permission; original artwork not redistributed. National Park Service; November1861 Port Royal occupation. The early coastline layer is date-specific, not the entire1862 coastal gain.. US government historical geographic evidence Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0 National Park Service; February1862 river forts and Nashville campaign.. US government historical geographic evidence The Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. State/territory records unioned for the displayed date; disputed/joint territories excluded from exclusive US sovereignty.. Publisher permits commercial and noncommercial lawful reuse without fees; current terms supersede obsolete NC notice in archive Source-native legal boundaries, annual military control and independently reconstructed campaign sectors are kept separate. Region connectors and corridor widths are interpretive.. Original historical reconstruction with attributed evidence Legal US boundaries come from dated Newberry records. Secession and military control use separate source layers, while campaign corridors are educational geographic reconstructions rather than surveyed continuous fronts.
reconstruction: 1845 · reconstruction: 1861 · reconstruction: 1861-04-13 · reconstruction: 1861-07-21 · reconstruction: 1862 · reconstruction: 1862-02-28 · reconstruction: 21July1861 Bull Run defensive sector · reconstruction: February1862 Confederate remaining positions; Memphis remains Confederate untilJune · vector: 1860 state-interface reference · vector: us-e24e487b916d
Layer records and reconstruction methods
On the ground Occupied Tennessee had garrisons on every railroad and contraband camps by every depot; guerrillas operated between them. The Confederacy after its river gateways in Tennessee had been broken open. Related maps
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