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

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Title

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

Other Title

  • Military map of N.E. Virginia

Names

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

Created / Published

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

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Also shows rural householders' names, railroads, vegetation, marsh areas, and street pattern of Washington, D.C. and Alexandria.
  • -  Covers Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
  • -  In left upper margin: 39th Cong. 1st Sess.--Report of the Chief Engineer U.S.A.
  • -  In right upper margin: No. 1.
  • -  Includes note and coat of arms below title.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 686
  • -  July 1945, unknown source, gift, ALE.

Medium

  • 1 map : col., mounted on paper ; 60 x 43 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3851.S5 1865 .U52

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

Digital Id

Online Format

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United States War Dept. Engineer Bureau, United States Congress ), and Bowen & Co. 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/lva0000011/.

APA citation style:

United States War Dept. Engineer Bureau, United States Congress ) & Bowen & Co. (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/lva0000011/.

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United States War Dept. Engineer Bureau, United States Congress ), and Bowen & Co. 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/lva0000011/>.