ferry

A plan of St. Georges Ferry on Nassau-Island made the 10th August 1774...

Scale 1:240; 20 ft. to an in. Title on verso: St. Georges Ferry. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: J. Whatman [and a fleur-de-lis in a cross surmounted by a crown, over the letters GR] Shows wh... more

L'escadre françoise entrant dans Newport sous le feu des batteries et ...

Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the left. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gilt. Includes index to defenses and points of interest. Note at bottom: Nta. les anglois brulereus ou coulereus a Rode Is... more

An east view of Gray's Ferry, on the river Schuylkill / C.W. Peale del...

Print shows footbridge, towline, and landings of Gray's Ferry across the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. Title from item. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or, Monthly miscellany. Philadelphia : Printed for ... more

Plan of part of the city of Washington, in the vicinity of the upper E...

Covers area bounded by 12th, L, 15th streets, and Anacostia River waterfront S.E. Relief shown by hachures. On accompanying fact sheet: Nicholas King journal, Ms. Division L.C. ... order to map ... 1796. King .... more

Toll gate at ferry

Title from item. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Near ferry looking to Span[ish] Town

Title from item. Unpublished finding aid, Drawings of Jamaica by William Berryman, available in LC Prints & Photographs Reading Room.

Francis Piatti, respectfully informs his friends, and the public in ge...

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 182, Folder 24.

Plan and geological section of a rail-road route from Old Ferry Wharf,...

Topographical strip map of part of Massachusetts showing relief by hachures, drainage, property owners names, roads, and the lines of survey. Includes geological cross-section profile. [From published bibliogra... more

City of Detroit, Michigan. Taken from the Canada shore near the ferry

Harpers Ferry. (From the Potomac side).

Harpers Ferry. (From the Blue Ridge).

Map of the River Sabine from its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the se...

Phillips, 1384 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy in 3 parts. [See Sen. Doc. 199 2nd Session, 27th Congr. LC Vo. 397 for text and smaller maps] Mounted on cloth. ... more

Map of the river Sabine from Logan's Ferry to 32nd degree of north lat...

Relief shown by hachures. " ... it appears from a letter of J.H. Overton, United States Commissioner, dated Opelousas, Louisiana, August 10 1841 ... and the reply of October 1, 1841 ... that the maps ... had no... more

Map of railroad line commencing at a point on the West-Philadelphia R....

The distance and cost of grading is tabulated at the lower right of the map. The area covered is along Mill Creek and from the Lancaster Pike to Schuylkill River. Scale 1:9,600. Across bottom of map: "Profiles ... more

Kaighn Avenue ferry terminal, Camden, New Jersey, of the South Camden ...

Title devised by Library staff. Identification based on 1913 postcard on www.dvrbs.com website. Inscribed in pencil on lower left: 1852. Stamped on verso: From the file of James F. Queen artist, 1824-1889. (DLC... more

The falls of Niagara from the rock above the ferry, American side

Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the American side looking across to the Canadian side. Terrapin Tower, built in 1833 and destroyed in 1873 hovers between the American and Canadian falls. Wallis was a British C... more

[Design drawing for stained glass Stark memorial window showing New Je...

From Grays Ferry looking south / Jas. Queen.

Drawing shows two steamboats at dock and four riverboats or barges on the Schuylkill River, with marsh in the foreground. Title from item. Signed "Jas. Queen" on lower right. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Ma... more

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 2... more

The Harper's Ferry insurrection--The U.S. Marines storming the engine ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 204 (1859 Oct. 29), p. 342.

Harper's Ferry insurrection - the battle ground - Captain Alberts' par...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 358.

En route for Harper's Ferry

John Brown, 1800-1859. Wood engraving by Porte Crayon. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1859 Nov. 26, p. 756. Reference copy may be in Biog. File. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption... more

The Execution of Cook and Coppock ... [Charlestown, W. Va., Dec. 17, 1...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 212 (1859 Dec. 24), pp. 56-57. Caption card tracings: U.S. History 1859; West Virginia Cha... more

Address of John Brown to the Virginia Court, when about to receive the...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 65, Folder 5. Copy scanned: 2

Harper's Ferry insurrection - burying the dead insurgents

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 351.

Hon. Orris Sanford Ferry of Conn.

Hon. Thomas White Ferry of Mich.

Harper's Ferry, VA, no. 641 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows view of town, railroad, bridge, and river.

Gen. Ferry

T.W. Ferry

[Gen'l. John W. Geary and staff - taken at Harper's Ferry]

Among the staff, the third man from left, holding a sword, has been identified as Captain Thomas Hollingsworth Elliot (Source: L. C. Wagner, 2007). The third man from the right is James Gillette (Source: Amy Jo... more

Hon. Orris Sanford Ferry of Conn.

[Map of portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, centering o...

Shows roads in red, and railroads, place names, etc. in black. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Following the statemen... more

Harper's Ferry, photographed immediately after its evacuation by the r...

Title from item. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Similar to ... more

Col. Dixon S. Miles at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

No. 5439. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The burning of the U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M., April 18, ...

Shenandoah River, near Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

No. 7443. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Shore near Matwomon[sic] [and] Hookers men make beautiful groups, prep...

Two landscape sketches. Title inscribed below images. Formerly Waud no. B-143. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.907) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Va.

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle with bayonet from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in... more

Destruction of the railroad bridge over the Potomac, at Harper's Ferry...

The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. Ap...

Print shows the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in flames as soldiers and citizens carry away to safety the munitions that were stored there. Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 228 (1861 May 11), p. 293.

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

U.S. service rifle, Harpers Ferry, Va.

Photograph of mechanical drawing showing rifle from the side, top, and bottom. In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 110. Title from item. Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2. Original in PR 12 LOT 12251.

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

Photograph shows railroad tracks in foreground with bridge and town in background. No. 187. Title from item. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Ga... more

James River, Virginia. Converted ferry boat on the [James River]

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va.

Detail of a printed map of Winchester, Va., and environs, with annotations and additions by Sneden. Additions include inclusion of roads, notes about and dates of battles and skirmishes, location of the point w... more

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of Loudon [i.e. Loudoun] Heights

Photograph shows Loudoun Heights above the Shenandoah River near Harper's Ferry. No. 441. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Maryland Heights (as on duplicate print)". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol.... more

Plan of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia.

Carnifex Ferry is located on the Gauley River east of the town of Gauley Bridge. Floyd's Confederate forces are positioned with their backs to the Gauley River, and the Union is shown attacking chiefly in the ... more

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1018. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1...

Photograph shows non-commissioned staff Color Sergeant William Lamonby and Company Sergeant Thompson; Right Gen. Guide Wyckoff, Color Sergt. Geo. V.W. House; Lockwood; Sergt. Major Charles Walker; Left Gen. Gui... more

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows young African American camp servant of Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall of Field & Staff, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment, standing in front of tent with sword as Aspinwall peeks from inside the tent. N... more

Surveys & reconnaissances in the vicinity of Budd's Ferry, Charles Co....

Relief shown by hachures. In upper lefthand corner: 211, L. Sheet 5. In lower righthand corner: Transferred from Office of Chf. Engr., Defenses of Washington, to Engr. Dept., Jan'y 1866. Shows roads, drainage, ... more

Battle at Carnifax Ferry

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B853. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative (stereoscopic) in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1... more

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B838. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Serie... more

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Harper's Ferry gap

Group, 22nd New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e...

No. B163. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, page 69". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1019. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private E.T. Avory standing with bayoneted rifle. No. B959. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives.... more

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1014. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B858. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B795. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Campaign in Virginia - a street in Harper's Ferry during the passage o...

2 Zouaves on mules in foregrd.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B915. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1030. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private J.H. Carpenter and unidentified soldiers playing cards in front of tent. No. B849. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in t... more

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... more

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va. (i.e. We...

No. B186. Title from item. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities ... more

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B1006. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B793. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B794. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private J.H. Kissam standing with bayoneted rifle. No. 890. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives.... more

B Company, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i...

No. 4134. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: History of the Twenty-second regiment of the National guard of the state of New York ... / by General George W. Wingate. New York: E. W. ... more

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1...

No. B214. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B986. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. View of Loudoun Heights. (Also called: ...

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B844. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

Photograph shows Private James P. Bonnett and unidentified soldiers in front of tent. No. B837. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National ... more

The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th,...

Shows the area of convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that marks the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Details include the location of Union forces in the town of Harper's Ferry and ... more

A sutler's store, Harper's Ferry, Virginia [soldiers of Gen. Geary's D...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 13 or 14 (1862 Nov. 29), p. 145, (front page). Caption card tracings: C.W. Units Geary's Div.; C.... more

View of the camps of the Army of the Potomac, on Bolivar Heights, near...

Company G, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i...

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B784. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Serie... more

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B797. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B822. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B855. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B774. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i.e.1862]

No. B845. Title from item. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Va., 1861 [i...

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

Map of the Rappahannock River fron [sic] Port Royal to Richards Ferry ...

[Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjace...

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 700 Printed edition of the preceding map indicating relief by hachures rather than by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also ... more

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

The war in Texas - Brownsville, now occupied by the Army under Major-G...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Dec. 5, p. 173.

Upper Potomac from McCoy's Ferry to Conrad's Ferry and adjacent portio...

Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.15 Map, without border, extends from Frederick, Maryland, west to Winchester, Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland, south to Front Royal, Virginia. Depicted a... more

The war in Mississippi - Gen. McPherson's army crossing the Big Black ...

Wood engraving after sketch by Fred B. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 Nov. 28, p. 153. Reference copy may be available in LOT 4416 G (1863). This record contains unverified, old d... more

Upper Potomac from McCoy's Ferry to Conrad's Ferry and adjacent portio...

Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.17 Another edition. Map, extends from Frederick, Maryland, west to Winchester, Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland, south to Front Royal, Virginia. Depicted ... more