Map of a Reconnoissance sic of the Approaches to Philadelphia Showing the Positions and Lines of Defence On the West Front of the City in 1863

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

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

• 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.
• This map has some imperfections: missing small internal and edge sections. We'll do our best to restore the image before printing.
• Includes notes.
• Civil War Map

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