Texas State Archives Map Collection
Defenses of Washington. Extract of Military Map of North East Virginia, Showing Forts and Roads
| Date: | 1865 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1891-1895. By the Engineer War Department, 1865. |
| Cartographer: | -- None Listed -- |
| Scale: | 1 inch = 1 mile |
| Size: | 42 cm x 33 cm |
| Type of Map: | military |
| Format: | color, engraved, lithographed, printed |
| Language: | English |
| AC Number: | 03699 |
| Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
Defenses of Washington. Extract of Military Map of North East Virginia, Showing Forts and Roads Image:
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Description:
Shows rivers, creeks, terrain, plan of Washington and Alexandria, houses and other buildings, roads, railroads, and Union forts and military roads.
This map accompanies the report of Brigadier General Richard Delafield, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, October 30, 1865. This map and report are 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 LXXXIX. 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.
11/26/84
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