Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River.

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Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River.

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Scale ca. 1:183,000.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 455
Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and relief by hachures. Principal Union and Confederate positions are marked by small flags or underlined in blue and red respectively.
List of 34 forts defending Washington is in the lower right corner.
1861 edition is listed as Civil War Maps entry no. 448.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

The Liberty Bell, “Stars and Stripes” or “Old Glory”, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the Unce Sam, symbols of U.S. States and more.

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Date

01/01/1862
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Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough, 1804-1889.
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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