Map of the fortifications within the District of Columbia.
Relief shown by contours. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Shows buildings within city limits. Shows lot lines and householders' names in rural areas. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Annotated in brown ink: Furnished for the use of the Office of the General of Ordnance by command of M.G. McClellan, J.N. Macomb Lt. Col. & A.D. Camp Chf. T.E. Army of Potomac, 18th March 1862. ) 683 4. DCP
- Date
- 1862
- Mapmaker / publisher
- United States. Army Of The Potomac; Mcclellan, George (George Brinton)
- Place
- the United States
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 6,310 × 5,407 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.
Credit line
"Map of the fortifications within the District of Columbia." (1862). United States. Army Of The Potomac; Mcclellan, George (George Brinton). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_fortifications_within_the_District_of_Columbia._LOC_88690647.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 16888.
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