A beautiful example of A. J. Johnson’s 1862 map of Georgia and Alabama.  Offers a fascinating snapshot of these southern states shortly following the outbreak of the American Civil War.   Map shows both states in full with color coding according to county.     Engraved decorative views of “Tuscaloosa Observatory” and a “Rice-Mill on Savannah River” decorate the upper left and right hand quadrants, respectively.  Features the strapwork style border common to Johnson’s atlas work from 1860 to 1863. Published by A. J. Johnson and Ward as plate numbers 38 and 39 in the 1862 edition of  Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas .  This is the first edition of the Johnson’s  Atlas  to bear the Johnson &amp; Ward imprint.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alvin_J._Johnson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alvin J. Johnson"><span title="19th century United-States cartographer">Alvin Jewett Johnson</span></a>
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1862 (undated)
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