MAPS OF HISTORY · AMERICAN CIVIL WAR · MAPS BY YEAR · November 1861The American Civil War, 1840–1877 · THE MAP IN NOV 1861
Map of North America in November 1861
The blockade bites — Port Royal · Civil War
North America in November 1861: The blockade bites — Port Royal. The map shows who held what: The Union.
NOV 1861 · 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: Situation Prior to the Opening, January 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 · 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 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: 1840 · reconstruction: 1845 · reconstruction: 1854-07-01 · reconstruction: 1861 · reconstruction: 1861-04-13 · reconstruction: 1861-07-21 · reconstruction: 1861-11-08 · reconstruction: 21July1861 Bull Run defensive sector · reconstruction: January1862 nearest reference for late1861 Columbus–forts–BowlingGreen–CumberlandGap positions · vector: 1860 state-interface reference · vector: us-e24e487b916d
Layer records and reconstruction methods
On the ground The blockade fleet controlled the sea islands and sounds, where contraband camps, freedpeople’s schools and the first Black regiments appeared. Related maps
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