Defenses of Washington. (Maps 2 through 12 accompanying General Barnard's report.), 1865 [barn_1865.sid)
National Park Service - National Capital Region Technical Support Center Tammy Stidham. Defenses of Washington. (Maps 2 through 12 accompanying General Barnard's report.), 1865 [barn_1865.sid)
This dataset consists of a mosaic digital raster image consisting of 11 image tiles (this dataset does not include the original index sheet) obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration. This map image depicts the terrain, roads, buildings, hydrology, railroads and military features (e.g. forts, batteries, etc.) and place names circa 1865, in and around Washington, DC. This image was georeferenced to align with modern GIS data.Item from U.S. National Archives and Records Association Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1988. This series consists of plans, engineering drawings, diagrams, blueprints, maps, plats and sketches pertaining to military construction projects from 1790 to 1941. It includes plans of coastal and harbor defense fortifications along the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Pacific coasts of the United States and its Territories; plans of military forts, camps, and posts in the interior of the United States; and plans of fortifications in foreign areas, including: the Philippines, the Panama Canal Zone, and Mexico. Also included are plans for standard military equipment: including guns and other ordnance, floating batteries, pontoon bridges, barracks, officers' quarters, channel obstructions, construction equipment, and torpedoes.
- Type
- Generic Dataset
- Authors
- National Park Service - National Capital Region Technical Support Center Tammy Stidham
- Units
- NACE , ROCR
- Keywords
- batteries, DC, District Of Columbia, Drawings, Elevations, Engineering, Fort Circle Parks, fortifications, forts, Military Maps, Northern Virginia, plans, war, Washington