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Map of the region between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox court house, Va. : including all the battle-fields [sic] of the Army of Northern Virginia /

Map of the region between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox court house, ...

Relief shown by hachures. Reduced and redrawn version of the index map in the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineer's Military Maps Illustrated the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James... ([Washington] War De... More

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, showing views of Washington, Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Richmond, Manassas Junction, Ft. Monroe, Norfolk Harbor &c. their r.r. connections, & the general surface of the country in Maryland, Dist. of Columbia, & Virginia.

Birds eye view of the seat of war. Arranged after the latest surveys, ...

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.9 "J. Haven, sole agent, 31 Exchange St." printed in the lower right margin. Panoramic map looking South from Baltimore to Cape Henry. Description derived fro... More

Plan of Fort Lyon on Eagle Hill above Alexandria, Va.

Plan of Fort Lyon on Eagle Hill above Alexandria, Va.

Shows a detailed drawing of Union Fort Lyon located on Eagle Hill in Fairfax County, Va. This fort was the headquarters for Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman, U.S.A. NOTE: Researchers will be served a col... More

[Sketches of roads west of Fredericksburg, Va.].

[Sketches of roads west of Fredericksburg, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on sheets of ledger paper originally held together with 2 labels, mounted b... More

Nashville--Tenn. and vicinity 1863 /

Nashville--Tenn. and vicinity 1863 /

Sketch map showing fortifications, picket lines, camps of the 105th and 129th Ill. regiments, roads, city streets, railroads, and streams. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink (brown/red/dark blue). Added late... More

Sketch of the roads &c near the position of this Div. on the left of the Army : [north of Marietta, Georgia].

Sketch of the roads &c near the position of this Div. on the left of t...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S94, 191 Similar to a map in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, p... More

Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta

Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta

Map shows an overview of Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlanta, Ga., in the summer of 1864. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Researchers will be ser... More

Map of the United States / - Public domain old map

Map of the United States / - Public domain old map

Arsenals, armories, forts, and barracks indicated by red flags. Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington, D.C. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S197 Available also t... More

Northwest, or no. 1, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg) battlefield. Enlarged from the "Michler" map of the war records atlas with corrections and additions

Northwest, or no. 1, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg)...

Scale ca. 1:10,400. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 250.2 The Geography and Map Division has sheets 1 and 2 of 4 sheets. For a description of sheet 2, see Civil War Maps entry no. 250.3. Map extends from Sharpsbur... More

Map of Chickamauga National Military Park.

Map of Chickamauga National Military Park.

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 154.5 Copyright no. 20184aa, May 27, 1895. 98 sites are listed and keyed by number to the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county surveyors throughout the states of Kentucky and Tennessee with a new key for measuring distances and specifying localities (which key is secured by copyright.).

New map of Kentucky and Tennessee from authentic reports of county sur...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 215.7 "Entered accoring to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by Campbell & Barlow." Index to cities counties is printed below the map. General map indicating roa... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortification, etc. on & near the Potomac River

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

New map of Virginia : compiled from the latest maps

New map of Virginia : compiled from the latest maps

Accompanied by cover: New map of Virginia. Richmond, Va. : J.W. Randolph ; 14 x 9 cm. Insets: Harpers Ferry -- Norfolk Harbor and vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Shows principal cities, towns and railroads,... More

Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, showing also eastern Tennessee & parts of other adjoining states, all the fortifications, military stations, rail roads, common roads and other internal improvements

Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and...

Scale 1:760,320. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.9 Another issue. Lang & Laing Lith, N.Y. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." 1864 edition listed as Civil War Maps entry no.... More

Preliminary chart of Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek forming inside passage from Tybee Roads to Port Royal Sound, South Carolina

Preliminary chart of Calibogue Sound and Skull Creek forming inside pa...

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 368a.4 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1... More

[Map of Nelson Co. and part of the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Fluvanna and Louisa, Va.].

[Map of Nelson Co. and part of the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Aug...

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

[Map of the environs of Olley Creek near Marietta, Georgia, July? 1864].

[Map of the environs of Olley Creek near Marietta, Georgia, July? 1864...

Shows troop positions, fortifications, and names of some residents. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S96, 198 Available also through the Library of Congress We... More

Phelps & Watson's historical and military map of the border & southern states.

Phelps & Watson's historical and military map of the border & southern...

Shows locations of battles and skirmishes, 1861 to May (?) 1864, with red dots or by red underlining of place names. Also shows population statistics for each state; statistics positioned near blue dots. Relief... More

Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864

Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864

Devaux Neck is a peninsula formed by the Tulfinney and Coosawatchie rivers as they branch off the Broad River. The peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. This map, in closer detail than... More

Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd

Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd

After two days' preparation, the main Federal assault took place in the early morning of June 3rd against a well-entrenched Confederate army. Federal losses were overwhelming, and by noon Gen. Grant called a h... More

The Wilderness. [May 5-7, 1864] - Public domain old map

The Wilderness. [May 5-7, 1864] - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:69,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 666 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 34, June 1887. p.279. "Union works are marked U" and "Confederate works are marked C." Shows roads, houses, nam... More

Topographic map of Fredericksburg and vicinity, Virginia, showing battlefields

Topographic map of Fredericksburg and vicinity, Virginia, showing batt...

Scale 1:24,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 556 "Advanced sheet subject to correction." Detailed topographic map indicating relief by contour lines and spot heights, fortifications, roads and streets, houses, ... More

Hart-Bolton American history maps - Public domain map

Hart-Bolton American history maps - Public domain map

Wall maps. Relief shown by gradient tints and hachures. Title from the separately published Teacher's manual accompanying the Hart-Bolton American history maps. Chicago : Denoyer-Geppert, 1919. Manuals describi... More

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign ... 1864 /

Map[s] illustrating the military operations of the Atlanta campaign .....

Shows Union Army lines of march, dates, troop positions, and campsites in northwestern Georgia between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures. The coverage of these 5 maps is indicated on J.v. Glümer... More

Vessels destroyed at Norfolk 1861. - Public domain map

Vessels destroyed at Norfolk 1861. - Public domain map

Sketch map of "U.S. Navy Yard" vicinity at Portsmouth (Va.) showing buildings, shipbuilding docks, drydock, buoys, and locations of the scuttled U.S. ships "Pennsylvania", "Columbia", "Raritan", and "Delaware".... More

[Map of Nelson and Amherst counties, Va.] /

[Map of Nelson and Amherst counties, Va.] /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, on a 3/4-inch grid, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth... More

Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee November 24th, 1863

Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee November 24th, 1863

Oriented with the Tennessee River to the top and the East Tennessee Railroad to the east, image gives details of the difficult terrain surrounding the Confederate position on Lookout Mountain. Dotted lines sho... More

Beaufort Harbor and coast line between Charleston, S.C. and Savanna [sic] Ga., with 5 mile distance lines in circles round Beaufort, and R.R. connections, roads, &c, &c.

Beaufort Harbor and coast line between Charleston, S.C. and Savanna [s...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 368a Indicates ships in Beaufort Harbor and a few of the line coastal forts. "The naval force in the great expedition" appears above the map, followed by the names ... More

Plan of Genl Q. A. Gillmore's position on Morris Island, Charleston S.C.

Plan of Genl Q. A. Gillmore's position on Morris Island, Charleston S....

Shows the progression of earthworks constructed to allow Union forces to approach Fort Wagner. Gillmore's troops reached the ditch surrounding the fort on September 6. The Confederate forces abandoned the fort ... More

Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas. Showing also part of adjoining states & territories locating the forts & military stations of the U. States & showing all the rail roads, r. r. stations, & other internal improvements.

Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

Scale ca 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton'... More

Map of the battle field of Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862 /

Map of the battle field of Shiloh, April 6 & 7, 1862 /

Relief shown by hachures. Endorsed in ink: Approved G.T. Beauregard, Genl. Comdg. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.) 435.3 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raste... More

Battle of Beaverdam Creek Va., Chickahominy River, June 27th 1862

Battle of Beaverdam Creek Va., Chickahominy River, June 27th 1862

While dated June 27th, this map depicts an engagement that took place the day previously, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles. It shows the area of Hanover County that includes Mechanicsville, with th... More

Battle of the Antietam, Confederate States of America

Battle of the Antietam, Confederate States of America

Conveys the placement of Union and Confederate forces in Washington County, Md., around Sharpsburg during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this... More

The Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1864

The Battle of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1864

After a day of fierce fighting "above the clouds" on November 24, the Confederates retained a tenuous hold on Lookout Mountain. In this image the focus has shifted to Missionary Ridge. Arrows show the directio... More

Fort Thunderbolt. Historic map, Library of Congress

Fort Thunderbolt. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows fortification of Savannah, Georgia. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S109, 185 Available also through the Library of Congress Web sit... More

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia.

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... More

Monumental guide to the Gettysburg battlefield.  A map showing the location of every monument, marker and tablet with approaching roads and avenues

Monumental guide to the Gettysburg battlefield. A map showing the loc...

Scale ca. 1:12,800. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 338.2 "Library of Congress, Maps & Charts, no. 2502" is stamped in the lower right corner. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throug... More

The battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863

The battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 344 Shows Union positions in black and Confederate positions in red, names of field commanders, relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, railroad, and a few ... More

Situation at Harper's Ferry, Sep't 15 - 1862, 7A.M.

Situation at Harper's Ferry, Sep't 15 - 1862, 7A.M.

"Sketch map" "R.E.L. Russell, Baltimore, Md, 1931" LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 698 Hand colored positive photocopy showing Confereate troop positions in red, rivers and woods in green, and roads in brown. Unio... More

Hart-Bolton American history maps - Public domain map

Hart-Bolton American history maps - Public domain map

Wall maps. Relief shown by gradient tints and hachures. Title from the separately published Teacher's manual accompanying the Hart-Bolton American history maps. Chicago : Denoyer-Geppert, 1919. Manuals describi... More

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V., and of the Army of the Valley Dist. of the Department of Northern VA., during the campaign of 1864 : [Virginia] /

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V...

Relief shown by hachures. A number of the maps from this report are reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) wit... More

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Annotated in pen-and-ink and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 668 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10662 Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G129... More

Mississippi River Historic map, Library of Congress

Mississippi River Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48.4, 48.5 U.S. Coast Survey, chart no. 3017, 3018. Sheet no. at head of each title. Detailed river chart indicating field patterns and vegetation along the shore li... More

Atlas of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and vicinity.

Atlas of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and vicinity.

Title from label mounted on cover. Duplicate sheet of p. [1] and [2] inserted. Erratum slip dated Jan. 31, 1902 inserted before p. [1] ; erratum slip mounted on map 4. At head of title: Vol. 101. Phillips, 1067... More

The American Civil War--maps. - Public domain map

The American Civil War--maps. - Public domain map

Title from cover. Issued to accompany Formby, John. The American Civil War, a concise history of its causes, progress, and results (London, John Murray, 1910). Listed in C.E. Le Gear's A List of Geographical At... More

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

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

Birds eye view of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama

Birds eye view of Florida and part of Georgia and Alabama

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.2 At top of map: Panorama of the seat of war. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann." Tables of distances from Key West and Ta... More

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, from the passage of Peach Tree Creek, July 19th 1864, to the commencement of the movement upon the enemy's lines of communication south of Atlanta, August 26, 1864 /

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under c...

Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in s... More

The historical war map. - Public domain vintage map

The historical war map. - Public domain vintage map

Scale ca. 1:3,250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 21 Map of southeastern United States showing forts and battlefields, railroads, state boundaries, rivers, and town. Principal engagements are not described in... More

Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] co's. Va. /

Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] co's. Va. /

LC Land ownership maps, 1288 Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of residents. Oriented with north to the right. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Irregularly shaped. Imperfect: lacking lower left corner. LC Civi... More

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake entrance..

Chesapeake Bay, Sheet no. 1, York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake ent...

Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 47.5 At head of title: Coast chart no. 31. Printed in the upper margin: "No. 131" and "Electrotype copy no. 2 by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." General chart indicating sound... More

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May 1863.

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd M...

Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner ... More

[Map of Bertie County, North Carolina] : no. 2.

[Map of Bertie County, North Carolina] : no. 2.

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix /

Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix /

Shows fortifications, houses, names of residents, roads, railroads, and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Ink and pencil on tracing cloth, in three sections, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 661... More

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Prison at Andersonville, Ga. - Public domain old map

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 134 From Sanitary Commission bulletin, v. 1, no. 21, Sept. 1, 1864. opp. p. 647. Plan of camp showing the prison, the "dead line," "Rebel camp," batteries, "Gen. Wi... More

Civil War campaigns of 1864 - Public domain old map

Civil War campaigns of 1864 - Public domain old map

Scale 1:13,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48.6 From Wood, William. Captains of the Civil War; A chronicle of the blue and the gray. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1921. Map depicts the movements of Le... More

Fort McAllister : [Georgia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Fort McAllister : [Georgia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S107, 182 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Pen-and-ink on ... More

Antietam Sharpsburg and vicinity. Constructed and engraved to illustrate "The war with the South"

Antietam Sharpsburg and vicinity. Constructed and engraved to illustra...

Scale ca. 1:26,700. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 246.2 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South. New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867, v. 2, between p. 426 and 427. Signed (facsim.): Charles: Sholl, Topl. En... More

General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, showing rebel defences and obstructions /

General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, showing rebel defenc...

Depths shown by gradient tints. Shows location of sunken ships. Printed in upper left margin: 39th Cong. 1st Sess. --- Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 370.1 Available als... More

Map of Augusta County, Virginia, 1886

Map of Augusta County, Virginia, 1886

Scale 1:264,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H283 A list of six magisterial districts in the lower left corner corresponds to numbers on the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also... More

Map of Augusta Co., Virginia, 1738-1770

Map of Augusta Co., Virginia, 1738-1770

Scale ca. 1:9,000,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H278 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Sketch map of United States of North-America. [1861-65]

Sketch map of United States of North-America. [1861-65]

Scale ca. 1:4,700,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 84.5 Map of the Southern States showing places where battles were fought. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library ... More

Perspective view of Gettysburg National Military Park

Perspective view of Gettysburg National Military Park

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 329.5 Panoramic map, with Round Top in the foreground, showing roads, railroads, field patterns, woodland, observation towers, monuments, and houses. Description de... More

Map of the approaches and defences of Knoxville, Tenn., showing the positions occupied by the United States & Confederate forces during the siege.

Map of the approaches and defences of Knoxville, Tenn., showing the po...

Scale ca. 1:9,600. Photocopy; blue line print. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 428.2 "G-X-I-455 K 90." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Annotated in pen-and-ink and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 668 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10662 Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G129... More

[Sketch of the road from Waynesboro toward Staunton, in Augusta County, Virginia.].

[Sketch of the road from Waynesboro toward Staunton, in Augusta County...

Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H281 Sketch is drawn on both sides of the sheet with colored pencils, showing roads in red and drainage in blue. Description derived from published bibliography.... More

[Map of the vicinity of Strasburg, Virginia].

[Map of the vicinity of Strasburg, Virginia].

Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) over 1/2 inch pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H190 Availab... More

[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map

[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 1274 Shows fortifications near Mechanicsville, describes several bridges across the Chickahominy River as destroyed, and gives the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from St... More

Henrico County, Virginia, 1862. - Public domain old map

Henrico County, Virginia, 1862. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, rivers, houses, names of residents, and woodland. The map is based on James Keily's "Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia" (Richmond, Robert P. Smith & C. Ca... More

Map of the state of Virginia - Public domain old map

Map of the state of Virginia - Public domain old map

"Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Also shows Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and parts of adjacent states. Includes table: Distances by railroads. Red overprint of railroad routes. Relief shown by hachures. This ite... More

Map of the State of Virginia - Public domain old map

Map of the State of Virginia - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1;887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.45 General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. Th... More

Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and oth... More

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant and Braxton Bragg, fought Nov. 24-5 1863.

Chattanooga A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant an...

Detail of a printed map to which Sneden has added color and arrows to highlight the lines of Union advance on Missionary Ridge (Sherman's forces from the north on the Confederate right and Hooker's from the sou... More

[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefield, May 2-4, 1863].

[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefie...

Some maps show troop positions. Relief shown by hachures on some maps. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on ledger paper, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. LC Civil War... More

Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

Bacon's steel plate map of America, political, historical & military.

Scale 1:5,702,400. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 36.8 "Federal free states" are outlined in red, "Federal slave states" are yellow, "Federal territories (free)" are orange, and "Confederate states (slave)" are g... More

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacent to Harper's Ferry, Va.; including Maryland, Loudoun, and Bolivar Heights, and portions of South and Short Mountains, with the positions of the defensive works, also the junction of the Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, and their passage through the Blue Ridge /

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

Civil War salted paper maps. AL-40. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 699 Relief shown by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ra... More

Colton's rail road and county map of the southern states containing the latest information.

Colton's rail road and county map of the southern states containing th...

Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Galveston and vicinity, Texas -- Vicinity of the Rio Grande -- New Orleans and delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana -- Mobile harbor, Alabama -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Flori... More

Atlanta : from Vincent's subdivision map, published by the City Council /

Atlanta : from Vincent's subdivision map, published by the City Counci...

From Vincent's subdivision map of the city of Atlanta, Dekalb County, state of Georgia. Savannah : Edward A. Vincent, 185-. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S44 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Plan of the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. : May 5th to 12th.

Plan of the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. : May 5th to 12th.

While labelled the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6), this map depicts troop locations and movements during engagements in the days immediately following as both armies met at Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-1... More

Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864.

Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the F...

Scale ca. 1:7,400,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48 Indicates by color the territories "claimed by the confederates in 1861," "in the military possession of the Confederates in 1861," "reclaimed from rebelli... More

[Northern Virginia with adjacent parts of Maryland and West Virginia] /

[Northern Virginia with adjacent parts of Maryland and West Virginia] ...

Relief shown by hachures. Endorsed (facsim.): Approved S. Howell Brown, 1st Lt. Engs: troops, in chg: Topl. Dept., A.N. Va., March 23rd 1864. "No. 22" in upper left corner. Map of Loudoun County, Virginia, and ... More

"Atlanta campaign," left wing 16th Army Corps., May 4th to Sept. 8th, 1864 : Maj. Genl. G.M. Dodge, comdg., Genls. Corse and Burke, comdg. divisions /

"Atlanta campaign," left wing 16th Army Corps., May 4th to Sept. 8th, ...

Shows dates, troop positions, and campsites in northwestern Georgia between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942. Blue print. LC Civil War maps (2nd ... More

Colton's South Carolina Historic map, Library of Congress

Colton's South Carolina Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:1,3000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 358.7 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by J. H. Colton." General map showing county and state boundaries, cities and towns, roads and r... More

Plan of the Battle of Five Forks, Va., March 31st 1865 and 1st April

Plan of the Battle of Five Forks, Va., March 31st 1865 and 1st April

Map shows view from Petersburg to Five Forks, Va. As part of an overall plan to force the Confederate troops out of their Petersburg trenches, on March 30, 1865, Gen. Sheridan's troops advanced on Dinwiddie Co... More

Map of the battle of Nashville, dec. 15th & 16th 1864

Map of the battle of Nashville, dec. 15th & 16th 1864

Scale ca. 1:110,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 430 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 34, Aug. 1887. p. 611. Indicates troop and cavalry positions, roads, railroads, drainage, vegetation, and reli... More

Northwest, or no. 1 sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg) battlefield ; Southwest, or no. 2 sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg) battlefield /

Northwest, or no. 1 sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg) ...

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by contours. A number of sheets pieced together to form sheets 1 and 2, which are separately titled, joined together as one map, and sectioned and mounted for folding... More

Sketch book showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va. in engagements of 1864-5 : [Virginia] /

Sketch book showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va. in engagements ...

Shows several battles with troop movements and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from paper label affixed to cover. "Return to Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Virginia"--On label on cover. Pen-... More

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) and Grant (120,000) including the approach and the movement toward Spottsylvania [sic] Courthouse /

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) and Grant (120,000) including the approach and the movement toward Spottsylvania [sic] Courthouse /

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V., and of the Army of the Valley Dist. of the Department of Northern VA., during the campaign of 1864 : [Virginia] /

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V...

Relief shown by hachures. A number of the maps from this report are reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) wit... More

Eastern portion of the Military Department of North Carolina  /

Eastern portion of the Military Department of North Carolina /

Relief shown by hachures. Incomplete copy of printed map. For a complete copy see entry no. 306.2 Shows roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and swamps. Following handwritten statement appears to left of map titl... More

The American Civil War--maps. - Public domain map

The American Civil War--maps. - Public domain map

Title from cover. Issued to accompany Formby, John. The American Civil War, a concise history of its causes, progress, and results (London, John Murray, 1910). Listed in C.E. Le Gear's A List of Geographical At... More

General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the free & slave-holding states, and the territories of the Union : also the boundary of the seceding states /

General map of the United States, showing the area and extent of the f...

"Entered in Sta. Hall, London - & according to act of Congress in the year 1857 by H.D. Rogers, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Massachusetts." Publishers advertisements on cover panels pasted on ... More

Capture of Mobile, Alabama - Public domain old map

Capture of Mobile, Alabama - Public domain old map

A regional view of Mobile and environs, encompassing Mobile, Blakely, Spanish Fort, Alabama City, Williamsburg, Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, and Fort Orwell. Also shows defenses of Mobile Bay, including use of tor... More

Plan of the Battle of Ball's Bluff Va. Fought October 21st 1861

Plan of the Battle of Ball's Bluff Va. Fought October 21st 1861

Shows the Potomac River in the area of Loudoun County, Va., and Montgomery County, Md., where Union troops under Col. Edward D. Baker faced Confederate troops commanded by Evans. What was meant to be a "a slig... More

Battle of the Antietam fought September 16 & 17, 1862

Battle of the Antietam fought September 16 & 17, 1862

Scale 1:10,560. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 246 Pen and ink manuscript drawn on tracing cloth, showing "line of Hooker's advance," roads, houses and names of occupants, fences, vegetation, drainage, and relief... More

Magnus's county map of the United States, showing the forts, railroads, canals, and navigable waters. Published to trace the progress of operations by the government, as they occur, during the War of the Rebellion.

Magnus's county map of the United States, showing the forts, railroads...

Scale 1:2,111,789. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 30.2 Printed at the bottom of the map: Extra session of Congress map. Price 25 cents. General map of the eastern United States showing finished railroads, railroa... More

Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee

In this copy of an official map, Sneden gives a regional view of the area around Shiloh, Tenn. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photo... More

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper Potomac River.

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper ...

Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlig... More

Gettysburg and vicinity, showing the lines of battle July, 1863, and the land purchased and dedicated to the public by General S. Wylie Crawford and the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association

Gettysburg and vicinity, showing the lines of battle July, 1863, and t...

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 334 Inset: Site of General Gregg's operations. Three miles east of Gettysburg. Uncolored. Scale 1:63,360. 13 x 7 cm. Accompanies a folded leaflet entitled: Gettysbur... More

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