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Map The National lines before Washington : a map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army : supplement to the New-York times : New York, Saturday, December 7, 1861. Map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army

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Title

  • The National lines before Washington : a map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army : supplement to the New-York times : New York, Saturday, December 7, 1861.

Other Title

  • Map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army

Created / Published

  • [New York, N.Y.] : New York Times, 1861.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Includes text.
  • -  Inset: "Port Royal and Tybee Island."
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Shows forts, batteries, and territory occupied by 8 Union divisions, extending from Washington to Virginia, ending at the north near Great Falls and southward to the mouth of the Accotink Creek.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  Bosse, D. Civil War newspaper maps, 1353
  • -  Oct. 2001, J. Hart (1929), b, ALE.

Medium

  • 1 map : mounted on paper, 24 x 35 cm., on sheet 56 x 40 cm.

Repository

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

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Chicago citation style:

The National lines before Washington: a map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army: supplement to the New-York times: New York, Saturday, December 7. [New York, N.Y.: New York Times, 1861] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000022/.

APA citation style:

(1861) The National lines before Washington: a map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army: supplement to the New-York times: New York, Saturday, December 7. [New York, N.Y.: New York Times] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000022/.

MLA citation style:

The National lines before Washington: a map exhibiting the defences of the national capital and positions of the several divisions of the grand Union Army: supplement to the New-York times: New York, Saturday, December 7. [New York, N.Y.: New York Times, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/lva0000022/>.