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Perspective view of northwest Alexandria : showing location with refer...

Bird's-eye view. Partial cadastral map showing block and lot numbers and dimensions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Alexandria, Virginia Soldiers' Cemetery during American Civil War

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0755 Titl... More

Slave market of America - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

A broadside condemning the sale and keeping of slaves in the District of Columbia. The work was issued during the 1835-36 petition campaign, waged by moderate abolitionists led by Theodore Dwight Weld and buttr... More

Christ Church where Washington worshipped. Alexandria, Virginia

J298853 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 29411. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major Gen'l. George B. McClellan, wife, mother (Mrs. General Marcy), c...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, with building in the background, his wife and mother standing at the door, a nurse and child in an upstair... More

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing outside a building designated Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. No. 2296. Part of series: The War for the Union. Ph... More

Alexandria, Virginia Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, 283 Duke S...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0753 Tit... More

The National Cemetery, at Alexandria. Virginia

No. 160. Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexandria, Virginia The Marshall House, King and Pitt Streets]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexandria, Virginia Soldiers' Cemetery]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of the city of Alexandria, Virginia, April 15, 1864

No. 284. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy su... More

[Alexandria, Virginia Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, 283 Duke...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldie...

Stereograph showing long wooden spikes, chevaux-de-frise, extending from the fortifications of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Virginia.

[Alexandria, Virginia Soldiers' Cemetery]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christ Church, where Washington joined with his neighbors in public wo...

H46346 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.

The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded,... More

Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.

The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded,... More

Major Gen'l. George B. McClellan, wife, mother (Mrs. General Marcy), c...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, with building in the background, his wife and mother standing at the door, a nurse and child in an upstair... More

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.

Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern... More

Plan of Alexandria. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows selected buildings and churches. Copy annotated in blue pencil: Printed at the Coast Survey Office, October 25, 1862; authographic transfer from an old map of Alexandria furnished by the U.S. Sanitary Co... More

[Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Johnny Bull and the Alexandrians / Wm Charles, Ssc.

The citizens of Alexandria, Virginia, are ridiculed in this scene for their lack of serious resistance against the British seizure of the city in 1814. At left two frightened gentlemen kneel with hands folded,... More

Alexandria from Pioneer Mill, looking north-west (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows an aerial view of Alexandria, Virginia, from Pioneer Mill, which was six stories high.

[Map of Fairfax and Alexandria counties, Virginia, and parts of adjoin...

Above neat line in right corner: "Recd. Engineer Bureau, April 25th 1864. with letter April 23d '64, fm. Capt. Michler, [signed] J.C. Woodruff, Maj. of Engineers." Map showing the defenses of Washington situate... More

Map of Alexandria, Virginia - Public domain old map

Cadastral map showing lot numbers. Title from R.W. Stephenson's The cartography of northern Virginia. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Has watermark. Stephenson. Cartography of norther... More

Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, January 15, ...

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing outside a building designated Price, Birch & Co., Dealers in Slaves. Address: 1315 Duke St., Alexandria, Virginia. No. 2296. Part of series: The War for the Union. Ph... More

Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, January 15, ...

Alexandria, Virginia Historic map, Library of Congress

Copy annotated in black ink: Received by Mr. Gosnell through the Chamber of Commerce of Alexandria, Va. U.S. Bureau of the Census no. stamped on: 36488X. Oriented with north to the right. LC copy imperfect: Tor... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Plat of the land where on stands the town of Alexandria.

Title from verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Letter from Joseph F. Green to Juliana Smith Reynolds, undated

A plan of Alexandria, now Belhaven. - Public domain map

Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink. Cadastral map showing lots and lot nos. Includes indexed list of "Proprietors names." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establish...

Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of t... More

Alexandria City showing connections with Washington

F21705 U.S. Copyright Office Shows selected buildings. In lower right corner: Howell & Taylor, Wash., D.C. Copyright: M.B. Harlow. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... More

Fairfax County, Arlington County, cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and F...

"Map edited 1991." Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Title in left upper margin: Fairfax Co., Arlington Co., cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church., Va. Title in right lower margin: Fairfax C... More

Map of Alexandria, Virginia - Public domain old map

Cadastral map showing lot numbers. Title from R.W. Stephenson's The cartography of northern Virginia. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Has watermark. Stephenson. Cartography of norther... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Orlando Gray, undated

Birds eye view of Alexandria, Va. - Public domain map

"Ent. according to Act of Congress A.D. 1863 by Chas. Magnus in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 950.4 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 522.3 Available also thr... More

Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establish...

Alexandria, Virginia Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, 283 Duke S...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0753 Tit... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Letter from Joseph F. Green to Juliana Smith Reynolds, undated

Slave market of America - Public domain broadside, Library of Congress

A broadside condemning the sale and keeping of slaves in the District of Columbia. The work was issued during the 1835-36 petition campaign, waged by moderate abolitionists led by Theodore Dwight Weld and buttr... More

Map showing positions of Union and Rebel forces Septr 1861.

Depicts the area between Lewinsville, in Fairfax County, and Georgetown in the north, and Alexandria in the south. The location of the Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad is also indicated.

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated. "Copy of the Official map furnished by the War Dept., 1861.... More

Exterior of Christ Church. Alexandria, Virginia

J02927 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32214. Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Plat of the land where on stands the town of Alexandria.

Title from verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Plan e : [map showing two blockhouses between "Turn Pike Road" and "br...

Shows defenses of Washington situated between Little River Turnpike (Duke Street) and the Telegraph Road bridge crossing Cameron Run. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil. Includes pr... More

Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establish...

Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Office of t... More

Outline map, city of Alexandria, Va - Public domain map

Oriented with north to the right. Blue line print. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP

Photomap of Alexandria, Virginia - Public domain map

In upper right margin: Bolling Field. Photographic reproduction of a master assembled for the production of a printed map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy inco... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

[Alexandria, Virginia The Marshall House, King and Pitt Streets]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of Alexandria, Virginia] - Public domain old map

Illustrates Alexandria's central position in the defense of Washington, where at least 12 outlying forts surrounded the city. Military camps of various Union officers such as Samuel Peter Heintzelman are indica... More

Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Virginia

The map shows a close up drawing of Fort Lyon located on Eagle Hill in Alexandria, Virginia. Shows the fort's defenses, including abatis, ditches, salients, sally port, and bomb proof. NOTE: Researchers will b... More

The U.S. forts and batteries near Alexandria Va. Sept 1862 showing For...

Shows the locations of Union fortifications surrounding Alexandria, Va., including forts Lyon and Ellsworth in Fairfax County. The locations of Hunting Creek and the Potomac River are also indicated. NOTE: Rese... More

Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0754 Titl... More

Alexandria, Virginia Soldiers' Cemetery during American Civil War

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0755 Titl... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

John Bull and the Baltimoreans / William Charles, del et sculp.

In marked contrast to the Alexandrians print, the Baltimoreans offered the British invaders stiff resistance. Here Charles portrays the repulsion of the Royal Army at Fort McHenry and the gallant performance o... More

Plan of the town of Alexandria, D.C. with the environs : exhibiting th...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours. Copy annotated in ink: Presented to Edw. B. Stelle, July 1853. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Stephenson. Cartography of northern Virginia, pl. 3... More

The U.S. forts and batteries near Alexandria Va. Sept 1862 showing For...

Shows the locations of Union fortifications surrounding Alexandria, Va., including forts Lyon and Ellsworth in Fairfax County. The locations of Hunting Creek and the Potomac River are also indicated.

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan.

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated.

Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0754 Titl... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Plan of the town of Alexandria in the District of Columbia, 1798 /

Relief shown by hachures. Authorship attributed to George Gilpin in P.L. Phillips' A list of maps of America. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Phillips. Maps of America, p. 97 Stephenson. Cartograp... More

Plan of the city of Washington and territory of Columbia / engraved by...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes ill. of the Capitols at Richmond and Washington. LC copy fold-lined and taped. DCP

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Map of the Potomac & Anacostia rivers between Washington D.C. & Alexan...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Copied from the tracining [sic] of original and sent to Com'd'r J.A. Dahlgren U.S.N., M.S. Smith, Cap't of Top'l Eng'rs Asst. C.S. in charge of Office, Coas... More

Reconnaissance in advance of Camp Mansfield /

Shows military camps in Arlington County, Alexandria, and adjoining areas of Fairfax County. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: 211, L., sheet 12. In lower right corner: Transferred from Office of Chf.... More

Where both George Washington and Robert E. Lee worshipped, Christ Chur...

J300643 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 32259 Public domain photograph of building, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Alexandria from Pioneer Mill, looking north-west (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows an aerial view of Alexandria, Virginia, from Pioneer Mill, which was six stories high.

[Alexandria, Virginia The Marshall House, King and Pitt Streets]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Alexandria, Virginia Price, Birch & Co., dealers in slaves, 283 Duke...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, views of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Topography of the north side of Hunting Creek near Alexandria, Va. /

Relief shown by contours and hachures. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt. "Copied from the Archives of the U.S. Coast Survey for Gen. J.G. Barnard. [Signed] J.E. Hilgard, Asst. Coast Survey... More

Plan of the city of Washington in the District of Columbia : establish...

Depths shown by contours. Also covers Rosslyn (Va.). Also shows wards, block numbers, water and sewer lines, streetlights, major buildings, and streetcar lines. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Offi... More

Map of the District of Columbia including the cities of Washington, Ge...

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Sarah Ridg Schuyler diary : - Public domain document scan

Annotated typescript transcription of a diary (1809 January 3-November 2) kept by Sarah Ridg, later Sarah Ridg Schuyler, as a young woman on an extended visit to Alexandria, Va., and Washington, D.C. She docum... More

Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Orlando Gray, undated

John Bull and the Baltimoreans / Wm. Charles, del et sculp.

In marked contrast to the Alexandrians print, the Baltimoreans offered the British invaders stiff resistance. Here Charles portrays the repulsion of the Royal Army at Fort McHenry and the gallant performance o... More