VA Alexandria 1863 MAP – Antique Wall Map
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: VA Alexandria 1863 MAP, preserved in this antique map. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Birds eye view of Alexandria, Va
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Alexandria, a Potomac River port just south of Washington, is the subject of this bird's-eye view, which shows the town from an angle above rather than as a flat street plan. Union troops occupied Alexandria in May 1861, and for the rest of the war it served as a supply depot and hospital center for the armies defending the capital. Charles Magnus, a New York publisher known for lithographed panoramic views of American cities and regions, issued the map, and it preserves a useful record of the waterfront and street layout during the war years.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Creator | magnus, charles |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps |
| Original scan | 4,574 × 3,067 px · prints to 15 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birds eye view of Alexandria, Va |
| Reference | VA-Alexandria-1863 |
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