South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee & Arkansas Map 1865 Regional Print - Charleston, Atlanta, Tallahassee, Montgomery, Jackson, New Orleans, Nashville, Little Rock

This map of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas was produced by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. and published in 1865 by E.H. Butler & Co. as the widest sheet in Mitchell's New Reference Atlas for Colleges, Libraries, Families and Counting Houses; covering eight states at once, it had to be printed across two joined sheets just to fit the whole Deep South into the fifty-five-map series. It was hand-colored, its relief shown by hachures and its railways, rivers, and county lines rendered in reference-grade detail. It depicts the heart of the former Confederacy in 1865, the very year the Civil War ended, when these eight states stood at the start of Reconstruction and the rebuilding of railways shattered by four years of fighting.

South Carolina, where the war began, is centered on Charleston, its harbor at the heart of the conflict's opening shots. Georgia shows both Atlanta and Savannah, the former only recently rebuilt after Sherman's 1864 march. Florida, the least developed of the eight, is recorded around inland Tallahassee. Alabama is anchored by Montgomery, the Confederacy's first capital, and the Gulf port of Mobile. Mississippi is centered on Jackson, with the Mississippi River tracing its western border. Louisiana is dominated by New Orleans, already the region's largest port. Tennessee, divided in loyalty during the war, shows both Nashville and Memphis along its river routes. Arkansas closes the sheet along the Arkansas River, with Little Rock among its counties.

Dated 1865, this sheet captures the former Confederacy in the exact year the war ended, with all eight states shown here entering Reconstruction at once. It's a natural choice for anyone with Deep South roots stretching across these states, or for a collector assembling the full run of Mitchell's Southern coverage. A Charleston, Atlanta, or New Orleans buyer in particular will find their city recorded at the very start of Reconstruction, a rare single-sheet view of the whole region in that pivotal year. It also works well as a gift for anyone researching Southern family history across state lines. It is available unframed in a full range of sizes, from a compact study print to a larger statement piece for a library or office wall.