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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

Map of George Washington's land at Mount Vernon, Fairfax Coy., Virgini...

Insets: drawings of mansion house and of Washington's tomb ; "Plan of the grounds around Mt. Vernon Mansion with the names of the buildings as used in G. Washington's time." Available also through the Library o... More

[Map of the First Battle of Bull Run]

Shows the movement of the Union and Confederate forces as their positions changed over the course of July 21, 1861, during the First Battle of Bull Run. Sneden illustrates the battle over the countryside in Pri... More

Rural Delivery Routes; Fairfax County, Va.

"October 9, 1912. M.V. - P." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In lower right corner: Fairfax Co., Va. Includes key to public buildings, highways and P.O. routes. LC cop... More

Plan of the Battle of Dranesville Va Decr 20th 1861.

Shows Dranesville, Fairfax County, Va., and the area to the north. The locations of the Leesburg Turnpike, Centreville Road and Chain Bridge Road are indicated.

Route from Manassas to Centreville, August 28th to 31st.

Depicts the path General Samuel Heintzelman took during August 23rd to 31st from Manassas Junction in Prince William County, Va., traveling toward Centreville in Fairfax County, Va., directly before and during ... More

Battle of Chantilly Va. - Public domain vintage map

Shows the area between Chantilly to the north and Bull Run to the south where Pope massed his troops prior to their retreat back to Washington. The location of Centreville and Fairfax Station are also indicated.

Atlas of fifteen miles around Washington, including the counties of Fa...

Some p. were originally folded. Phillips 1500 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy deacidified and rebound with each leaf encapsulated. Pages 86-87 numbered 76-77. ... More

[A Civil War field map of Fairfax County, Virginia with Fort Coccoran]...

Shows paths and roads that no longer exist and names of some landowners. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on blue tinged laid paper, sectioned and mounted on cloth. Donation; Richard W. Stephenson Memori... More

[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 Falls Church and vicinity of Lewinsville, Virginia : shewing [s...

Map shows the area surrounding Falls Church in Fairfax County, Va. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Researchers will... More

Sketch of eastern portion of Fairfax County, Va., June 1861.

Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 536.5 Transferred from the Jubal Anderson Early Papers in the Manuscript Division, L.C. Pen and ink on tracing linen. Available also through the Library of... More

Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading [sic] the Leesburg and F...

Includes main roads, buildings used for the hospital, chapel, stables, theater, and headquarters encampment of Brigadier General John Sedgwick.

[Map of the lower Potomac River showing picket lines, January 1862]

Concerns Union and Confederate pickets positioned north and south around Pohick Church and Accotink in Fairfax County, Va., in January 1862. Includes a balloon pictured near Pohick Church and labelled as "Decr... More

Map of Mount Vernon, Virginia and vicinity : shewing [sic] Union picke...

Includes main roads, farms, churches, forts, and Union lines in Fairfax County, Va., especially around the estate of Mount Vernon. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Or... More

Official map of the lower Potomac River picket lines Jany 1862.

Shows area of Fairfax County, Va., between Pohick Church and Accotink to the north and Colchester to the south.

Position of army at Centreville Va. 31st August

Another view of Pope's Army of Virginia just prior to the Battle of Chantilly, the last engagement of the Second Bull Run Campaign. Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces. NOTE: Res... More

New defenses erected at Centreville, Virginia

Originally built by the Confederates and used for winter quarters in 1861-1862, the defenses around Centreville were also used by the Union Army to cover the retreat back to Washington after both 1st and 2nd Bu... More

[Map of part of Fairfax and Prince William Counties, Virginia].

Shows roads, railroads, towns, etc. from Fairfax Station to the north to Dumfries on the south and the Potomac River on the east to Manassas Station on the west. Relief shown by hachures. Title derived from Ste... More

Atlas of fifteen miles around Washington, including the counties of Fa...

Some p. were originally folded. Phillips 1500 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy deacidified and rebound with each leaf encapsulated. Pages 86-87 numbered 76-77. ... More

Battle at Dranesville, Va. Decr. 20th, 1861.

NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Original scrapbook housed in the Museum Department of the Virginia Historical Society (1994.80.4-525) with restricted access. This ite... 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.

Plan of the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia : September 1st 1862 5 to 9 ...

Scene of the last engagement of the Second Battle of Bull Run. Shows the area between Chantilly, Va., in the north and the Centreville Road to the south. The Little River Turnpike and Germantown are also indica... More

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.

Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 t...

This engagement, known as the Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, was the last action in the 2d Bull Run Campaign (June-September 1862). This map focuses on western Fairfax County, Va. Stonewall Jackson's forces o... More

Military reconnaissance of Virginia /

Shows Fairfax County and parts of Loudoun and Prince William counties, Virginia. Also shows fortifications in the environs of Washington and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by so... More

Plan of works erected at Centreville, Va., by Union forces. Under dire...

Map shows the area surrounding Centreville in Fairfax County , Va., and includes the locations of abandoned Confederate fortifications on the outskirts of the town.

[Map of part of Fairfax County, Virginia, south of the city of Alexand...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Topographical sketch of ground 1 1/2 miles south west from Alexandria,...

Shows an unidentified section of Fort Hunt Road in Fairfax County. Relief shown by form lines. Surname partially illegible, but transcribed as Frost in Stephenson's Civil War Maps. "Transferred from Office of C... More

Plan of 2nd battle of Bull Run, Va. : Shewing movements of troops from...

Shows the movement of troops in a three county area extending from Warrenton, Va., in Fauquier County through Manassas, Va., in Prince William County, ending to the east around Centreville and Fairfax, Va., in ... More

Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863

Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the ra... More

Topographical map of the Estate of Great Falls Manufacturing Company, ...

Scale 1:25,000. Relief shown by contour lines and shading. Sun print. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Virginia, Fairfax-Alexandria counties sheet, soil map /

[A Civil War field map of Fairfax County, Virginia with Fort Coccoran]...

Shows paths and roads that no longer exist and names of some landowners. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on blue tinged laid paper, sectioned and mounted on cloth. Donation; Richard W. Stephenson Memori... More