A Look at the 1861 Civil War Map of the D.C. Area

Published March 14, 2014Updated April 27, 20261 min readby ghostsofdc

This is an old Civil War map of the D.C. area from 1861.

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac (1861)

Source: Library of Congress

1 thought on “A Look at the 1861 Civil War Map of the D.C. Area”

Jay Roberts

March 16, 2014 at 9:24 am

Great photo.

If you knew nothing about Washington, I’m guessing you would look at this map and think Alexandria’s population is near that of Washington. But in 1860, Alexandria had 12 thousand some, while the District had 51 thousand.

I also noticed the number 13 is not in the key.

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