Research Catalog

Title

Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington / compiled in Topographical Engineers Office at Division Head Quarters of General Irvin Mc Dowell, Arlington, January 1th [sic] 1862, from published and manuscript maps corrected by recent surveys and reconnaissances ; engraved on stone by J. Schedler ... N.Y.

Author

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, creator, publisher.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.?] : [Topographical Engineers Office], [1862]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885.
• Schedler, J. (Joseph)
• Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Description

1 map on 4 sheets : dissected and mounted on linen; 166 x 125 cm, sheets 84 x 63 cm or smaller.

Subject

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

Genre/Form

• Topographic maps.
• History.
• Maps.

Note

• Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Shows forts and batteries in the District of Columbia and immediate vicinity.
• At head of title: Surveys for military defences.
• Includes "Data used in compilation," table of "Elevations above tide water," and "Geological profile of Loudoun County."

Indexed In (note)

• Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 467
• New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division

Additional Formats (note)

• Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Contents

N.W. -- N.E. -- S.W. -- S.E.

Call Number

Map Div. 17-5413

LCCN

91685687

OCLC

24735766

Author

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, creator, publisher.

Title

Map of n. eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington / compiled in Topographical Engineers Office at Division Head Quarters of General Irvin Mc Dowell, Arlington, January 1th [sic] 1862, from published and manuscript maps corrected by recent surveys and reconnaissances ; engraved on stone by J. Schedler ... N.Y.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.?] : [Topographical Engineers Office], [1862]

Cartographic Data

Scale 1:63,360. One inch to the mile (W 78°25ʹ--W 76°56ʹ/N 39°20ʹ--N 38°20ʹ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Indexed In:

Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 467

Additional Formats

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Indexed In:

New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, v. 10, page 444, column 1, no. 1

Local Note

NYPL Map Div. has 2 copies of this map; copy 1 is mounted on muslin, folded, 22 cm; copy 2 [Map Div. 17-5413]: includes manuscript notations, Gansevoort-Lansing Collection, also lacks western half and southeastern portion of map.

Military Service Institute.

Connect to:

Library of Congress copy image 2

Library of Congress copy image 1

Chronological Term

1861-1865

Place of Publication

United States District of Columbia Washington.

Added Author

McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885.

Schedler, J. (Joseph)

Gansevoort-Lansing Collection.

Research Call Number

Map Div. 17-5413

Map Div. (Virginia, Northeast & vicinity) (United States Engineer Bureau. "Surveys for military defences")