Civil War map

[Barrycdog]

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[Harris]

Nice map, I've never seen that before. You often hear the CSA citing they were "cut into two" with the fall of Vicksburg. Sherman's arrival in Savannah, cut the CSA into three.

 

[DaveBrt]

This map, like so many, is misleading. The areas "lost" by the Confederacy were, in many cases, not occupied by the Union and were occupied and run by the Confederacy. Multi-year, mobile warfare is very hard to depict on a simple, single map.

Two examples: almost all of Mississippi remained under Confederate jurisdiction throughout the war. Vicksburg was lost, but Canton, Jackson, Grenada and Corinth were not. Corinth went in and out of Confederate control, based on whether a Union army wanted to occupy it, but it and its railroads were the base from which Hood attacked Tennessee in late 1864. In Canton, Jackson and Grenada, the Tithe was paid, bridges rebuilt, railroads ran, etc in late '63 and all of '64. But the map shows all this area "lost" in 1862 or 1863.

Second, the path of Sherman to the sea is depicted as "lost." Yet as soon as his raid had passed, Confederate control was re-established and repairs began to be made. The same with Atlanta. Were these areas undamaged? No, but they were under Confederate control.

Additionally, the map shows areas "lost" by year, giving no consideration to when in the year the "loss" took place. Again, Sherman's raid to the sea was in November and December 1864, but the map does not include that end-of-year fact. Northwestern Virginia was not "lost" to the Confederacy until the fall of '64.

The map is convenient, but misleading.

 

[civilwarincolor]

This map, like so many, is misleading. The areas "lost" by the Confederacy were, in many cases, not occupied by the Union and were occupied and run by the Confederacy. Multi-year, mobile warfare is very hard to depict on a simple, single map.

Two examples: almost all of Mississippi remained under Confederate jurisdiction throughout the war. Vicksburg was lost, but Canton, Jackson, Grenada and Corinth were not. Corinth went in and out of Confederate control, based on whether a Union army wanted to occupy it, but it and its railroads were the base from which Hood attacked Tennessee in late 1864. In Canton, Jackson and Grenada, the Tithe was paid, bridges rebuilt, railroads ran, etc in late '63 and all of '64. But the map shows all this area "lost" in 1862 or 1863.

Second, the path of Sherman to the sea is depicted as "lost." Yet as soon as his raid had passed, Confederate control was re-established and repairs began to be made. The same with Atlanta. Were these areas undamaged? No, but they were under Confederate control.

Additionally, the map shows areas "lost" by year, giving no consideration to when in the year the "loss" took place. Again, Sherman's raid to the sea was in November and December 1864, but the map does not include that end-of-year fact. Northwestern Virginia was not "lost" to the Confederacy until the fall of '64.

The map is convenient, but misleading.

While I agree that it does not depict areas recaptured by Confederates it does help to depict the erosion of Confederate influence in various regions and helps to visualize the challenges of both conducting and defending a war over an area of this size at the time.

Something else that becomes clear with this map is that with the exception of a few port cities such as Charleston and Savannah all of the major ports had been captured by the middle of 1862. This left the South to attempt resupply with very limited options somewhat like a drowning victim being offered a small straw to bring in some air. You may be able to stay alive for longer but you cannot exert yourself too much or you will run through the little oxygen that you have.

For a static printed map, this is about as well as you could depict the advancement of the war.

 

[kepi]

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I can't help but notice that swath of dark grey running diagonally from left to right connecting Chattanooga to Richmond. There was a rail line there the Confederacy used to supply the west.

 

[kepi]

Two examples: almost all of Mississippi remained under Confederate jurisdiction throughout the war. Vicksburg was lost, but Canton, Jackson, Grenada and Corinth were not. Corinth went in and out of Confederate control, based on whether a Union army wanted to occupy it, but it and its railroads were the base from which Hood attacked Tennessee in late 1864. In Canton, Jackson and Grenada, the Tithe was paid, bridges rebuilt, railroads ran, etc in late '63 and all of '64. But the map shows all this area "lost" in 1862 or 1863.

I imagine there wasn't much of military value outside of those areas

 

[KLSDAD]

Intriguing and misleading both. I'd love to see one broken down into smaller increments than a calendar year.