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Map Map of the United States showing the limits of the military departments and the positions of the military posts

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Title

  • Map of the United States showing the limits of the military departments and the positions of the military posts

Names

  • United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.
  • Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883.
  • Freyhold, Edward.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Dept.], 1877.

Headings

  • -  Military departments and divisions--United States--Maps
  • -  Military bases--United States--Maps
  • -  Arsenals--United States--Maps
  • -  United States

Notes

  • -  "First ed. issued in 1869."
  • -  Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S198
  • -  Includes notes, inset of Alaska, and inset of West Indies and Central America.
  • -  Stamped in blue ink in lower-left margin of each sheet: 168B.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Sheets mounted on cloth, minor loss to lower-left corner.

Medium

  • 1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; 86 x 130 cm., sheets 49 x 70 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3701.R2 1877 .U53

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006459245

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers, A. A Humphreys, and Edward Freyhold. Map of the United States showing the limits of the military departments and the positions of the military posts. [Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Dept, 1877] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006459245/.

APA citation style:

United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers, Humphreys, A. A. & Freyhold, E. (1877) Map of the United States showing the limits of the military departments and the positions of the military posts. [Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Dept] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006459245/.

MLA citation style:

United States War Department. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers, A. A Humphreys, and Edward Freyhold. Map of the United States showing the limits of the military departments and the positions of the military posts. [Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Engineers, War Dept, 1877] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006459245/>.