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Map Map of a reconnoissance [sic] of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the positions and lines of defence on the west front of the city

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Title

  • Map of a reconnoissance [sic] of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the positions and lines of defence on the west front of the city

Names

  • United States Coast Survey.
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Whiting, Henry L.

Created / Published

  • 1863.

Headings

  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Defenses--Maps
  • -  Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Topographic maps

Notes

  • -  Topographic map of western Philadelphia and small adjacent parts of Montgomery and Delaware counties showing 1st- and 2nd-order Civil War earthworks and batteries.
  • -  Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights.
  • -  Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), and watercolors.
  • -  Former ownership rubber-stamping to left of title: U.S.C. & G. Survey, Library and Archives, no. 1.
  • -  "Acc. no. 54399" and "854 ST 1863" (former Coast Survey numbers) are handwritten in ink on sheet and on adhesive labels at corner of each sheet.
  • -  Imperfect: Brittle, missing small internal and edge sections.
  • -  Includes notes.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 358.22

Medium

  • 1 map on 13 sheets : col., ms., cloth backing ; 242 x 275 cm., sheets 85 x 68 cm. or smaller.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3824.P5S5 1863 .U6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99446456

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States Coast Survey, A. D Bache, and Henry L Whiting. Map of a reconnoissance sic of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the positions and lines of defence on the west front of the city. 1863. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99446456/.

APA citation style:

United States Coast Survey, Bache, A. D. & Whiting, H. L. (1863) Map of a reconnoissance sic of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the positions and lines of defence on the west front of the city. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99446456/.

MLA citation style:

United States Coast Survey, A. D Bache, and Henry L Whiting. Map of a reconnoissance sic of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the positions and lines of defence on the west front of the city. 1863. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/99446456/>.