Surveys for Military Defenses and Vicinity of Washington

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Title	Surveys for Military Defenses and Vicinity of Washington
Creator	Young, J. J, and Hesselbach, W.
Publication Info	Washington : Government Printing Office
Physical Description	1 map : col.
Plate No.	8
Map No.	1
Scale	1 : 126,720 units
Resource Type	Map;
Date	1862
Publication Date	1891
Coverage - Date Range	1861-1865
City/Towns	Warrenton ; Germantown ; Fayetteville ; Bealeton ; Kellysville ; Fredricksburg ; Falmouth ; Mansfield ; Smithfield ; Trappe ; Port Tobacco ; Chapmantown ; Hilltop ; Pomonkey ; Piscataway ; Old Farmington ; Vernondale ; McVernon ; Accotink ; Colchester ; Occoquan ; Dumfries ; Brentsville ; Milford ; Bristoe ; Greenwich ; Elk Run ; Bristersburg ; Somerville ; Belle Plain ; Garrisonville ; Weaversville ; Hampstead ; Boyd's Hole ; Kellysville ; Aquia ; Stafford C. H. ;
State	Virginia
Named Places	Orange ; Culpepper ; Spotsylvania ; Fauqier ; Pr. William ; Stafford ; King George ; Charles ; Smith's Cross Roads ; Cedar Pt. Neck ; Cornwallis Neck ; Pr. George ; Greenwood Church ; Catlett's Station ; Warrenton Junction ; Rappahannock Station ; Wheatley Post Office ; Morrisville Post Office ; Aquia Cr. Station ; Fort Washington ; Maple Valley ; Stage Road from Warrenton ; Telegraph Road ; New Bridge Road ; Neabsco Mills ; Hooe's Road ; Old Ox Road ; Lewis Chapel ; Mason's Neck ; Wood Road ; Independant Hill ; Post Route ; Hooe's Ferry ; Clover Hill ;
Bodies of Water	Potomac River ; Chopawamsic Creek ; Beaver Dam Creek ; Cannon Creek ; Aquia Creek ; Potomac Creek ; Whippawamsic Creek ; Nanjemoy River ; Port Tobacco River ; Marlow Bay ; Matawoman Creek ; Pomonkey Creek ; Swan Creek ; Accotink Creek ; Pohick Creek ; Pohick Bay ; Belmont Bay ; Little Hunting Creek ; Occoquan River ; Broad River ; Marsh Run ; Rappahannock River ; Rapadan River ;
Railroads	Fredricksburg and Potomac Railroad ; Orange and Alexandria Railroad ; Warrenton Branch Railroad ;
Military Personnel	General Irvin McDowell ; Major General George B. McClellan ;
Note	Red designates Confederate affiliation while blue designates Union affiliation ; towards bottom right of map is Data Used in Compilation, data is split up into sections including Surveys, Reconnaisances , Information, Map, Manuscript, and Additions and Corrections ; at bottom left of map is section titled Elevations above Tide Water: Accotink Railroad Crossing 180 feet, Aldie 299 feet ; Bailey's Cross road's 236 feet ; Barrett's Hill 458 feet ; Bien's Hill 425 feet ; Bittinger's Hill 406 feet ; Blue Ridge east foot 700 feet ; Blue Ridge highest points 1400 feet ; Brandt's Hill 410 feet ; Broad Run Railroad Crossing 190 feet ; Bull Run Railroad Crossing 168 feet ; Burch's Ridge 418 feet ; Carter's Mill dam, Goose Creek 269 feet ; Castleman's Ferry, Shenandoah 365 feet ; Child's Mrs. Hill, Leesburg Turnpike 480 feet ; Cloud's Mill 60 feet ; Earth-work's near Alex Leesburg Tpk 200 feet ; Fairfax's country house south of Alex 159 feet ; Fairfax C. H. 443 feet ; Fairfax C. H. top of dome 490 feet ; Fairfax Station 382 feet ; Fairfax Seminary 267 feet ; Falls Church 330 feet ; Febrey's hill 410 feet ; Febrey's Henry house 358 feet ; Fort Lyon 164 feet ; Fort Ellsworth 150 feet ; Fort Worth 275 feet ; Fort Ward 285 feet ; Fort Blenker 169 feet ; Fort Barnard 202 feet ; Fort Scott 168 feet ; Fort Richardson 230 feet ; Fort Albany 156 feet ; Fort Runyon 61 feet ; Fort Craig 212 feet ; Fort Tillinghast 244 feet ; Fort Cass 240 feet ; Fort Woodbury 238 feet ; Fort De Kalb 241 feet ; Fort Taggerty 82 feet ; fort Corcoran 178 feet ; Fort Bennett 163 feet ; Fort Buffalo 422 feet ; Fort Upton 417 feet ; Fowles country house near Alex 166 feet ; Gillingham's S. house 219 feet ; Gooding Peter, house L. R. T. 432 feet ; Gooding Peter 1.5 mile east 400 feet ; Goose Creek at Snicker's Gap Turnpike 289 feet ; Gregg's H. mill dam 346 feet ; Hamilton Post Office 527 feet ; Hall's Hill 400 feet ; Harper's Ferry 246 feet ; Haycock's Hill 450 feet ; Manassas Station Railroad Crossing 317 feet ; Manassas Ridge near same 338 feet ; Mason's Hill 374 feet ; Marshall's Hill 415 feet ; McClure's house 162 feet ; Minor's Hill 454 feet ; Middleburg 480 feet ; Mount Pleasant at Shreves 467 feet ; Mount Erin near Fort Lyon 236 feet ; Mount Gilead Post Office 600 feet ; Munson's Hill 380 feet ; Octagon .08 mile west of Fort Ellsworth 170 feet ; Phipp's Ridge 420 feet ; Point of Rocks 200 feet ; Purcellville Post Office 550 feet ; Rice's House S. W. of Fort Lyon ; Ridge N. W. of Taylor's Tavern 408 feet ;
Related Materials	Accompanying the report of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, U. S. Army
Source	Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Vol. 40, pt. 1
Series Statement	Series 1. Vol. 5. Page 5 and Record of the McDowell Court Inquiry Vol. 12, Part 1, Page 149.
Collection Title	War of the Rebellion Collection;
ID	19wor_atlas_v1_008_01
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

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