Format Map
Dates 1861
Location United States
Virginia
Washington D.C.
Language English
Subjects Civil War
Fortification
History
United States
Virginia
Washington (D.C.)
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.
Created Published
[New York, N.Y.] : New York Times, 1861.
Subject Headings
-  Fortification--Washington (D.C.)
-  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Washington (D.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  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
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  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.
Digital Id
glva01 lva00022 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/glva01.lva00022


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