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Map Extract of military map of N.E. Virginia showing forts and roads

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Title

  • Extract of military map of N.E. Virginia showing forts and roads

Names

  • United States. War Department. Engineer Bureau
  • Bowen & Co
  • United States. Congress 1865-1866)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : Engineer Bureau, War Dept., 1865

Headings

  • -  Fortification--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
  • -  Real property--Washington (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  Real property--Washington Metropolitan Area--Maps
  • -  Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Washington Metropolitan Area--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington Metropolitan Area

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  2 copies
  • -  DCP
  • -  Covers Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
  • -  Also shows rural householders' names and vegetation.
  • -  In left upper margin: 39th Cong. 1st Sess.--Report of the Chief Engineer U.S.A.
  • -  Includes note and coat of arms below title.
  • -  In right upper margin: No. 1.
  • -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 686
  • -  LC copies mounted on cloth backing. LC copy 2 fold-lined and missing section at left margin.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ; 60 x 43 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3851.S5 1865 .U52

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88690681

Online Format

  • image

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United States War Department. Engineer Bureau, Bowen & Co, and United States Congress ). Extract of military map of N.E. Virginia showing forts and roads. [Washington, D.C.: Engineer Bureau, War Dept, 1865] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88690681/.

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United States War Department. Engineer Bureau, Bowen & Co & United States Congress ). (1865) Extract of military map of N.E. Virginia showing forts and roads. [Washington, D.C.: Engineer Bureau, War Dept] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/88690681/.

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United States War Department. Engineer Bureau, Bowen & Co, and United States Congress ). Extract of military map of N.E. Virginia showing forts and roads. [Washington, D.C.: Engineer Bureau, War Dept, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/88690681/>.