Map [Maps of the environs of forts Franklin, Alexander, and Ripley, in Montgomery County, Maryland]

Title

• [Maps of the environs of forts Franklin, Alexander, and Ripley, in Montgomery County, Maryland]

Names

• United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

Created / Published

• [186-]

Headings

• -  Fortification--Maryland--Montgomery County--Maps
• -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
• -  Montgomery County (Md.)--Maps
• -  United States--Maryland--Montgomery County

Genre

• Manuscript maps

Notes

• -  Four fort vicinity sketch maps, each covering the same area, but in various stages of completion. The map with the most detail includes roads, drainage, vegetation, and fortifications.
• -  Relief shown by contours on some maps.
• -  Forts Franklin, Alexander, and Ripley were part of the defenses of Washington.
• -  Title from published Civil War bibliography.
• -  Manuscript: pen-and-ink (black, brown), blue watercolor, lead pencil.
• -  At upper left in india ink: 211, L. Sheet 4.
• -  Imperfect: Stained at edges, small internal stains, torn at edges, taped on verso, small sections missing along bottom edge.
• -  Includes 2 male figure drawings at upper left (pen-and-ink, watercolor, lead pencil).
• -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 688

Medium

• 4 ms. maps on 1 sheet : some col. ; 26 x 25 cm. or smaller, sheet 55 x 68 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G3843.M6S5 186- .U5

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3843m.cw0688000

Library of Congress Control Number

• 99448354

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/99448354

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