A Report on the Defenses of Washington to the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army (Hardcover)

1871. The Report is divided under the following headings: Description of Washington: Origin and Process of Construction; The Defenses of Alexandria; The Arlington Lines; The Tete-De-Pont at the Chain Bridge; The Northern Lines; Defenses of the Eastern Branch; Defenses of the Potomac; Details of Construction; and General Remarks.