General Diagram : western Philadelphia City and Adjacent Portions of Delaware and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania in 1863

Old manuscript map / topographic map of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Suburban Area, United States.

Created by A. D. (Alexander Dallas) Bache, United States Coast Survey in 1863.

• Topographic map showing proposed and existing Civil-War batteries and defensive positions immediately west of Philadelphia.
• Relief shown by contours and hachures.
• Title from southern sheet.
• Partial tracing of the 1863 ms. topographic map showing 1st- and 2nd-class fortifications at Philadelphia (CW 358.22).
• Oriented with north to the right.
• Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), and watercolors.
• Drawn in 2 segments (sheets): [Northern] -- [Southern].
• "No. 2866" [north sheet] and "No. 2867" [south sheet] (former Coast Survey numbers) handwritten in ink at lower right corner of each sheet; annotated adhesive labels affixed to sheets to the right of both handwritten numbers: 854W 1863?
• Sheets This map has some imperfections: fold-lined. We'll do our best to restore the image before printing.
• Civil War Map
• Accompanied by 11 ms. local-area maps on tracing linen showing additional details: [1. Fairmount Park vicinity, Philadelphia] -- [2. Paschall subdivision, Philadelphia] (2 copies) -- [3. Haddington subdivision, Haverford Road, Philadelphia] -- [4. Haddington subdivision, Hunter's Lane, Philadelphia] (2 copies) -- [5. West Philadelphia] (signed "R.M. Bache" in pencil at lower left corner) -- [6. Darby, Delaware County] (2 copies) -- [7. Upper Darby, Delaware County] (2 copies).
• Both principal sheets include pen-and-ink bar "Scale of miles".

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