Research Catalog

Title

Washington County, Maryland [cartographic material] : compiled under the direction of Lieut. Col. J.N. Macomb Chf. Topl Engr for the use of Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, Commanding Army of Potomac, 1861 / drawn from Thomas Taggart's map by E. Hergesheimer.

Author

Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin)

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : [Army of the Potomac], 1861.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hinkle, D.
• Mathiot, G.
• United States. Army of the Potomac, publisher.
• Edward W. West

Description

1 map : photocopy; 40 x 58 cm, sheet 47 x 89 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018). US086.3.03

Subjects

• Civil war
• Maryland
• Military maps
• Military maps > 19th century
• Civil war > Maps > 19th century
• Maryland > Washington County
• Maps
• Washington County (Md.) > Maps > 19th century
• Maryland > Maps > 19th century
• 1800-1899

Genre/Form

• Maps.
• Military maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures.
• "photographs by G. Mathiot & D. Hinkle by permission of Prof. Bache Supt U.S. Coast Survey"
• Sun print.
• Also includes notations indicating location of battles.

Indexed In (note)

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

Call Number

Map Div. 17-423

OCLC

953569835

Author

Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin), creator.

Title

Washington County, Maryland [cartographic material] : compiled under the direction of Lieut. Col. J.N. Macomb Chf. Topl Engr for the use of Maj. Gen. Geo. B. McClellan, Commanding Army of Potomac, 1861 / drawn from Thomas Taggart's map by E. Hergesheimer.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [Army of the Potomac], 1861.

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:125,000. (W 78°21ʹ47ʺ--W 77°28ʹ07ʺ/N 39°43ʹ21ʺ--N 39°19ʹ05ʺ).

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. 4, page 176, c. 2, r. 4.

Local Note

Mounted on sheet with "Frederick County, Maryland..." (1861) [Map Div 16-5078]

Includes manuscript notation "No. 30" in ink above title.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/search?q=pub_list_no=3842.000%20LIMIT:RUMSEY~8~1&sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort,Pub_Date,Pub_List_No,Series_No

http://purl.stanford.edu/gh432fy3437

Chronological Term

1800-1899

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

Hinkle, D., photographer.

Mathiot, G., photographer.

United States. Army of the Potomac, publisher.

Edward W. West

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-423 [Filed as Frederick Co., Md parts and locals ]