The Map Sap

Such a modern style! I found some information about this map on the Library of Congress’ shop website:

In may 1861, when war was a fact, General-in-Chief Winfield Scott proposed a Union strategy that would avoid an invasion of the South, which he knew would be extremely costly for both sides. Combining a naval blockade of seaports on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts with a move to establish U.S. military control of the Mississippi River, this strategy, Scott said, would “envelop the insurgent states and bring them to terms with less bloodshed than by any other plan.” Ridiculed and quickly dubbed the “Anaconda Plan” in the press, after the snake that kills by constriction, Scott’s scheme was rejected as too slow. Most in the North (and many in the South) were convinced that the war would be short — and their own side would emerge victorious. Later that year, after Union defeats at First Bull Run and Ball’s Bluff, Winfield Scott retired. As the war progressed, the plan he had outlined in 1861 essentially became the Union’s winning strategy.

Above caption written by Margaret Wagner, Publishing Office, Library of Congress.

It was created by J.B. Elliott in 1861

(Source: mapsagogo)