Civil War Map #42 Custom Map of N. Eastern Virginia and vicinity of Washington,, 1862

Compiled in Topographical Engineers Office at Division Head Quarters of General Irvin McDowell; from published and manuscript maps ; corrected by recent surveys and reconnaissances

At head of title : "Surveys for Military Defenses" Arlington : January 1, 1862

[Annotations circa June 1863?]

Scale: one inch to the mile

"Engraved on stone by J. Schedler 120 Pearl Str. N. Y."

Originally in six pieces : copy joined with glue : two seams horizontally, one seam vertically : seams do not join up exactly "Roebling" : in brown ink above table : "Data used in compilation" Annotated in graphite, red and green colored pencil and red ink : annotations in red pencil denote routes between Accotink Creek and Colchester on the Occoquan River, west of the Potomac River, south of Alexandria, and routes from Germantown, north and north-west to Leesburg, along the Leesburg & Alexandria Turnpike : annotations in green pencil denote routes from Fairfax Station and Fairfax Court House, north and north-west to Centreville, Aldie and Farmwell Station, along the Little River Turnpike : annotations in graphite and red ink denote unmarked roads and landmarks along Difficult Run, south of the Potomac River, west of Washington Encapsulated in L-velope, backed on paper, stored on a roll

127 x 158 cm

Government map-Topographical Engineers Office -J. Schedler -Annotated-W.A. Roebling

(Graphite annotations probably relate to an undated reconnaissance report in Washington A. / Civil War materials, MS Box 11, Folder (61) : in this document Washington Roebling refers to this map as "the Whipple map")