Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

United States. War Department. Engineer Bureau, creator.

Publication

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

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 map : color; 53 x 43 cm, sheet 57 x 46 cm

Alternative Title

• Military map of N.E. Virginia
• Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US049.3.03

Subjects

• Fortification > Virginia > Maps
• Washington (D.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Maps
• Military maps
• Washington Metropolitan Area > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Maps
• Fortification > Washington (D.C.) > Maps
• Fortification > Washington Metropolitan Area > Maps
• Real property > Washington Metropolitan Area > Maps
• Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Maps
• Real property > Virginia > Maps
• Real property > Washington (D.C.) > Maps

Genre/Form

Military maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Covers Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
• Also shows rural householders' names and vegetation.

Indexed In (note)

• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Call Number

Map Div. 15-5637

OCLC

854502075

Author

United States. War Department. Engineer Bureau, creator.

Title

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

Publisher

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

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:63,360, 1 in. to the mile (W 77°12ʹ20ʺ--W 76°55ʹ03ʺ/N 39°00ʹ16ʺ--N 38°43ʹ46ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division , v.10, page 523, column 1, row 6

Source

US049.3.03

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-5637