Texas State Archives Map Collection



Military Map Showing the Topographical Features of the Country Adjacent to Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Including Maryland, Loundon and Bolivar Heights, and portions of South and Short Mountains, with the positions of the Defensive Works,…
Date: 1863
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1891-1895. Surveyed August 3rd to Sept. 30th, 1863, by Major John E. Weyss, Principal Assistant, Engineer Department, Army of the Potomac.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 2700 feet
Size: 31 cm x 38 cm
Type of Map: military
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 03405
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Military Map Showing the Topographical Features of the Country Adjacent to Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Including Maryland, Loundon and Bolivar Heights, and portions of South and Short Mountains, with the positions of the Defensive Works,… Image:
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Description:
[Title, cont.] ... also the Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers and their Passage through the Blue Ridge Shows rivers, creeks, mountains areas, towns, buildings, roads, railroads, and Union batteries and works. A table of distances is given. This map is part of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, compiled by Captain Calvin D. Cowles, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891-1895, plate XLII. Title page, table of contents, and index to maps in the atlas are filed under map #3209. A reprint of this atlas can be found in the Archive's Texana book collection. 10/1/84

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