Map Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington D.C. Title in upper margin on sheets: Tour of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C. / Tour of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.

Title

• Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington D.C.

Other Title

• Title in upper margin on sheets: Tour of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.
• Tour of the Civil War defenses of Washington, D.C.

Names

• United States. Office of National Capital Parks
• Barnard, J. G. (John Gross), 1815-1882
• United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

Created / Published

• [Washington] : National Park Service, National Capital Parks, 1938.

Contents

• Sheet #1. [Title sheet] -- [Sheet #2]. Route of forts and geological tours, District of Columbia / National Park Service, National Capital Parks, 1938 -- Sheet #3. Map showing the defenses of Washington ... drawn 1865 -- Sheet #4. Topographical map of the original District of Columbia and environs showing the fortifications ... 1862 -- Sheet #5. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [Forts Sumner, Mansfield, Simmons, Bayard, and Gaines] -- Sheet #6. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [map, views, and cross-sections of Fort Bayard] -- Sheet #7. Battery Kemble [low-angle view] -- Sheet #8. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [Forts Reno and Kearny] -- Sheet #9. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [map, view, and cross-sections of Fort Reno with index of facilities] -- Sheet #10. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [Forts De Russy, Stevens, and Slocum] -- Sheet #11. [Two photographic ill.--bronze model and memorial tablet at Fort Stevens] -- Sheet #12. [Two photographic ill. of Civil War soldiers posed at Fort Stevens] -- Sheet #13. Fort Slocum [with index of facilities] -- Sheet #14. [Four photographic ill. of participants in the fort tour] -- Sheet #15. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [Forts Totten, Slemmer, Bunker Hill, and Saratoga] -- Sheet #16. [Three photographic ill. of Fort Totten during the war] -- Sheet #17. Defenses of Washington : report of Gen. Barnard [Forts Thayer, Lincoln, and Mahan] -- Sheet #18. [Two photographic ill. of Fort Lincoln during the war] -- Sheet #19. Defenses of Washington : Tête-du-pont, Benning's Bridge : report of Gen. Barnard [map and cross-sections] -- Sheet #20. [Two photographic ill.--Fort Dupont today and Battery Rogers (Va.) during the war].

Headings

• -  Fortification--Washington (D.C.)--Maps--Facsimiles
• -  Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps--Facsimiles
• -  Washington (D.C.)--Tours--Maps
• -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington

Genre

• Maps
• Facsimiles
• Aerial views

Notes

• -  DCP
• -  Relief shown by contours on some maps.
• -  Title from title sheet (sheet #1).
• -  Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C.
• -  LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, punch-holed in left margin, rubber-stamped on verso to indicate sheet numbers.
• -  Sheets variously include notes, captions, and/or index of facilities.
• -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 689
• -  Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865].

Medium

• 12 maps and 17 views on 20 sheets ; 40 x 37 cm. or smaller, sheets 27 x 44 cm. or smaller, folded to 27 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G3851.R2 svar .U5 1938

Repository

• Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3851rm.gcw0689000

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2005626571

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2005626571

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