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

About US, Civil War Maps, 1861-1865

Maps, charts, and atlases depicting battles, troop positions and movements, engagements, and fortifications during the Civil War, 1861-1865.