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Map Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River

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Title

  • Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River

Names

  • Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889

Created / Published

  • New-York and Washn., D.C., J. Disturnell and Hudson Taylor, 1862.

Headings

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

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and relief by hachures. Principal Union and Confederate positions are marked by small flags or underlined in blue and red respectively.
  • -  List of 34 forts defending Washington is in the lower right corner.
  • -  1861 edition is listed as Civil War Maps entry no. 448.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Scale ca. 1:183,000.
  • -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 455

Medium

  • 1 map, col., 70 x 63 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3881.S5 1862 .B7

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99448491

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough. Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River. New-York and Washn., D.C., J. Disturnell and Hudson Taylor, 1862. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99448491/.

APA citation style:

Bruff, J. G. (1862) Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River. New-York and Washn., D.C., J. Disturnell and Hudson Taylor. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99448491/.

MLA citation style:

Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough. Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River. New-York and Washn., D.C., J. Disturnell and Hudson Taylor, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/99448491/>.