Map of a reconnoissance [sic] of the approaches to Philadelphia showing the positions and lines of defence on the west front of the city /
United States Coast Survey.
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
Whiting, Henry L.
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Manuscript maps. lcgft
Topographic maps. lcgft
1863.
eng
Topographic map of western Philadelphia and small adjacent parts of Montgomery and Delaware counties showing 1st- and 2nd-order Civil War earthworks and batteries.
Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights.
Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), and watercolors.
Former ownership rubber-stamping to left of title: U.S.C. & G. Survey, Library and Archives, no. 1.
"Acc. no. 54399" and "854 ST 1863" (former Coast Survey numbers) are handwritten in ink on sheet and on adhesive labels at corner of each sheet.
Imperfect: Brittle, missing small internal and edge sections.
Includes notes.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.),
Fortification--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Maps.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Defenses--Maps.
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Maps.
Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.)--Maps.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
United States Philadelphia.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3824p.cw0358220