They include manuscript maps forwarded to headquarters by Corps of Topographic Engineers and Army Engineer surveyors and cartographers in the field, and published editions of selected maps.
The records in the Civil Works Map File comprised the main map collection for the Corps of Engineers during the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. The records are part of the Civil Works Map File series from Record Group 77, Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers. From the National Archives and Records Administration:Ĭivil War era and related maps from the Army Corps of Engineers have been digitized and are available to view and download from the National Archives Catalog.
