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Washington DC, fortifications›Topographical map of Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Showing the Union forts and defences built 1861-3. Issued by Topographical Bureau, War Department, Col. Woodruff.

Publication:
US, Civil War Maps, 1861-1865
Region:
District of Columbia
Location:
Washington DC, fortifications
Title:
Topographical map of Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Showing the Union forts and defences built 1861-3. Issued by Topographical Bureau, War Department, Col. Woodruff.
Source:
Virginia Historical Society
Description:
Detail from a printed map of the Potomac River region of Maryland and Virginia, and including Washington, D.C., which Sneden has annotated to show the locations of Union forts and picket lines.
Conflict Period:
US Civil War
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Maps, charts, and atlases depicting battles, troop positions and movements, engagements, and fortifications during the Civil War, 1861-1865.

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Forces War Records, US, Civil War Maps, 1861-1865 (https://au.forceswarrecords.com/document/279589079/topographical-map-of-washington-dc-and-vicinity-showing-the-union-forts-and-defences-built-1861-3-is : accessed 3 Nov 2024), database and images,

Publication Title
US, Civil War Maps, 1861-1865
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Published on Forces War Records
20 May 2010
Last Updated
18 November 2011

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