Eastern portion of the military department of North Carolina

LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 306
(Fillmore map coll. no. 259)
Signed in ms: Millard Fillmore, March 12, 1865.
"Engraved in the Engineer Bureau, War Dept."
Annotated on verso in black ink: Eastern portion of North Carolina, May 1862.
Indicates coastal fortifications, roads, railroads, drainage, canals, swamps, and towns.
Insets: Entrances to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. 29 x 20 cm.-[View of] Rebel works for the defense of the New Inlet entrance to Cape Fear River. 6 x 36 cm.
In this issue, the Corps of Engineer's insignia printed to the left of the map title is framed by a single line, an eagle is on a perch looking to the left, and a banner below the insignia is labeled "Essayons."
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.