Map Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington

Title

• Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington

Names

• United States. Corps of Topographical Engineers
• McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885
• Schedler, J. (Joseph)

Created / Published

• [Washington, D.C.? : s.n., 1862]

Contents

• N.W. -- N.E. -- S.W. -- S.E.

Headings

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

Genre

• Topographic maps

Notes

• -  Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G3882.N6S5 1862 .U5 Vault.
• -  Vault
• -  DCP
• -  ARP
• -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• -  Shows forts and batteries in the District of Columbia and immediate vicinity.
• -  At head of title: Surveys for military defences.
• -  Includes "Data used in compilation," table of "Elevations above tide water," and "Geological profile of Loudoun County."
• -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 467
• -  LC copy annotated in black ink and colored inks to show troop positions and engagements. Annotated in black ink on verso: Major General Sigel to Colonel L.P. di Cesnola, Chantilly, Novbr. 1862. Bookplate of "Palma di Cesnola" mounted on verso.

Medium

• 1 map on 4 sheets : dissected and mounted on linen ; 166 x 125 cm., sheets 84 x 63 cm. and 83 x 63 cm., folded in covers 17 x 10 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G3881.S5 1862 .U51
• G3881.S5 1862 .U51 Copy 2. not dissected and lacks covers; annotated in black ink to show the following forts in vicinity of Washington, D.C.: De Russy, Slemmer, Thayer, Davis, Baker, Wagner, Riketts [i.e. Ricketts], and Snyder; the name of Fort Towson printed on the map altered in black ink to show Fort Totten; annotated in black ink at head of title "211, L. Sheet 1"; annotated in black ink below title "Transf'd from Office of Chf. Engr. Defenses of Washington, to Engr. Dept. J[a]ny 1866."

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3881s.cw0467000
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3881s.cw0467000b

Library of Congress Control Number

• 91685687

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/91685687

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