Large colored 1865 military compendium

[H. H. Lloyd & Co]

[Broadsides, military] H. H. Lloyd & Co New Military Compend. [Compendium]

New York ; Boston; Chicago: H. H. Lloyd & Co ; B. B. Russell & Co. ; R. R. Landon & Co. 1865. Later printing. Single sheet, 31 1/8 x 43 1/4 inches. Folded previously into 6 squares, now laid down archivally on a thin linen. Hand colored. Minor loss at the folds. Mixed column widths. Military insignias, uniforms, weapons and drill positions depicted on edge as a border. Very Good. Broadside. [26867]


OCLC shows five locations with this publication date. H. H. Lloyd was a prolific printer of cartographic items during this period. The British Library shows (without detail) a similar chart dated 1862.

Major text headings are "Rebellion battle roll ; Rebellion military hospitals ; Parrot rifled carmon ; Army food ; Armies of Europe ; Rebel surrenders ; Glossary of military terms ; Back pay, bounties and pensions ; Events of the rebellion ; Principal navies of Europe ; Average death rate ; Average sickness rate ; Results of amputations ; Army rations ; Insignia of rank"

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1865 by H. H. Lloyd & Co.]" lower left. "Published by H.H. Lloyd & Co., 21 John St., New York ; B. B. Russell & Co., Cornhill Boston ; R. R. Landon, 88 Lake St. Chicago [right pointing hand device] Agents wanted to sell this and many other new and popular works" lower middle and "(In the clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York." lower right.

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