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[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B696. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Haxall Flour Mills, Richmond, Virginia

Photograph shows James River and Kanawha Canal near the Haxall Flour Mills, and ruins of Gallego Mills in the distance. No. B30. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of the monitor Lehigh, James River, Virginia

No. B686. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Monitor "Onondaga", James River, Virginia during American Civil War

Public domain vintage artistic photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. 5118. Mounted with 5 other photographs showing different views of the same location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia, Confederate entrenchments on hill

No. B455. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Ruins of Petersburg and Richmond railroad bridge, across the James

Photograph showing the ruins of a Confederate bridge, destroyed by the Union army, from the Richmond side of the James River.

Pontoon bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of P...

No. B392. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Looking down James River, from Dutch Gap canal, December 12, 1864

Photograph showing army transports on the James River from the Dutch Gap Canal.

View of James River at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Phogograph shows buildings at the wharf at Rockett's Landing on the south side of the James River. See also: LOT 11486-A, no. 4. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James R...

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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Interior of Fort Da...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate Battery Brooke on ...

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[Residence, cabin, on James River, Tuckahoe Plantation, Goochland Coun...

No. VA 1842. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress).

Bacon's Castle, James River vic., Surry County, Virginia

Public domain photograph of a historic place in Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River, Virginia Bow of Confederate gunboat Teaser, Lt. Hunter Da...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Dona... More

Jones' Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Pontoon bridge across the James R...

Stereo filed in LOT 4176. Caption from negative sleeve: Pontoon Bridge across the James River. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2538A) and right (LC-B811-2538B) halves of a stereograph pair; with variant view plat... More

Fort Powhatan--on the James--below the Pontoon bridge

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Put in as many boats as you will. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 2, 1864, p. 429. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.68... More

James River, Virginia. Pontoon bridge on which the Army of the Potomac...

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Joshua Falls Bridge, Spanning James River at CSX Railroad, Lynchburg, ...

Significance: The Joshua Falls Bridge is associated with a nationally significant transportation corridor, the James River of Virginia. The 1901 five-span Pratt Through Pin Truss bridge constitutes the only cr... More

Joshua Falls Bridge, Spanning James River at CSX Railroad, Lynchburg, ...

James River & Kanawha Canal, Three Mile Locks, Pumphouse Drive, Richmo...

Significance: The Three Mile Locks (1 & 2) were part of the First Grand Division of the James River and Kanawha Canal, that ran from Richmond to Lynchburg, Virginia. These locks were in very good condition whe... More

Hootentown Bridge, County Route 133, Spanning James River, Jamesville,...

Significance: Hootentown Bridge is a double span, steel Parker through truss bridge, built by the Western Bridge Company of Harrisonville, Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-48 Building/structure dates: 1910 In... More

Hootentown Bridge, County Route 133, Spanning James River, Jamesville,...

Pontoon bridge across James River, Virginia June 1864

Photograph shows soldiers and civilians at pontoon bridge on the James River, Virginia, with sailing ships in the background, during Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. No. 484. Corresponding negative:... More

Howard Ford Bridge, Spanning James River on Cart Road 143, Nixa, Chris...

Significance: One of the longest examples of a single span Pratt through truss bridge in the State of Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-52 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction

USS Gage, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virgi...

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

USS Gage, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virgi...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

USS Gage, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virgi...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dutch Gap Canal - A black and white photo of a group of horses

No. 672. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Dutch Gap Canal. The upper row of views taken in April 1865. The lower row of views taken in November 1864, while canal was being dug. Gift; C... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Lickinghole Creek Aqueduct, Spanning Lick...

Significance: The Aqueduct, built in 1827, carried the canal boats over the creek in a cut stone trough. The Aqueduct, a single span of 56 feet, has been modified by construction of a railroad line on its tow ... More

Bermuda Hundred, Virginia. Fishing on the James River

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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, w... More

Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: General McClellan went aboard while I was sketching to change the position of the gunboats that were shelling our infantry. Gif... More

City Point, Virginia. Transports on James River

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Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Mill on James river and Kanawah canal a...

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Double turretted monitor Onondaga, on the James River / Negative by Br...

Stereograph shows soldiers and civilians in a rowboat with the Onondaga in the distance. Date based on the publisher's move to 591 Broadway on February 10, 1869 (Source: Dietrich, Henry. Reminiscences of the h... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Obstructions in James River opposite Fort Da...

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Empire State V, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News,...

Significance: Originally built for American President Lines for commercial purposes, the Military Sea Transportation Services instead converted the Empire State V to a troopship. One of three in its class, it ... More

James River Suspension Bridge, Spanning James River, Route 11, Buchana...

Survey number: HAER VA-17 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Night signalling - Public domain monumental decor drawing

Title inscribed on verso. "Signal Corps VIII 3" inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 12, 1864, p. 732. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File Q. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 191... More

[James River, Virginia Confederate gun emplacement above Dutch Gap]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Panoramic view of Richmond in ruins

Stereograph showing an aerial view of the "burnt district" in Richmond, taken from the old arsenal. The James River in background. No. 884. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861... More

Belle Plain Landing, Virginia. Distance view of Belle Plain Landing on...

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Cattle Raid. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on a separate sheet of cream paper: Confederate cattle raid Sept. 16th 1864. Genl. Wade Hampden [sic] suddenly appeared at Coggins point in th... More

James River, Virginia. Building winter quarters, Ft. Brady

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[James River, Virginia Another Confederate gun emplacement at Howlett ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

[Nine camp scenes] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised. Each scene is identified from left to right: The ice cart; city point; the water cart; Takeing [sic] Photographs; view from Dr. Starkes plantation; bringing goods ashore; searching for whiskey; n... More

The monitor Canonicus, James River, Virginia

No. 4093. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Ripraps. [and] Hampton Roads - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Sewells pt. Formerly Waud no. C-125. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1052) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ripraps. [and] Hampton Roads - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Sewells pt. Formerly Waud no. C-125. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1052) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Changing base round to the James river on the Pamunkey. Rebel fortific...

Steamship ferrying wagons on river. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right: Put in more boats if you like. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.580) Forms part of: Mo... More

Arthur M. Huddell, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport Ne...

Significance: The Arthur M. Huddell is significant as an example of the Liberty class, which have been described as the workhorses of World War II. The mass production of the Liberty class was possible because... More

Arthur M. Huddell, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport Ne...

Jones' Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Pontoon bridge (open for steamers...

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James River Bridge, .6 mile North of Greene-Christian County Line, Spr...

Significance: James River Bridge was the first metal bridge constructed in the county and was associated with the Harrison-Springfield Road, a major 19th century commercial route. Survey number: HAER MO-44 Bu... More

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Aiken house on James River

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Significance: Located on the western bank of the Maury River (formerly the North River) approximately one-quarter mile upstream from its junction with the South River. In its present condition, the dam is appr... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, South River Dam & Lock, Maury River, Lexi...

Battle of Darby Town Rd. Gen'l Butler & his staff

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed above image: 1st Connecticut Battery Capt. Clinton. Our skirmish firing at the rebels in the woods. The Gerhadt House. Inscribed on verso: View of the action on Thursday 27th... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Significance: From the late eighteenth century until the 1880s, an important and far-flung canal system gradually emerged on the Richmond scene. Envisioned by George Washington and others, the canal system eve... More

James River & Kanawha Canal, Locks 1-5, Tenth to Thirteenth Streets, n...

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Southern Bank of Jam...

Significance: The Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company was among the first textile mills to operate in the Richmond area and represented one of the early efforts to diversify the predominately agr... More

Cartersville Bridge, Route 25, spanning James River, Cartersville, Cum...

Significance: Built in 1884, the Cartersville Bridge is an unusual example of composite truss construction. Located where Va. Route 45 crosses the James River, the center four spans of the bridge were washed aw... More

The Powatan [i.e. Powhatan] Valley of the Powatan Virginia from the ch...

Sketch shows the James River in Virginia, from a churchyard above the valley. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios wi... More

U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Virginia

No. B239. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Fleet of monitors, Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia Saugus in fore...

No. B848. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Building winter quarters at Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dut...

No. B512. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. B446. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. 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 a... More

Varina Landing, James River, Virginia. View of pontoon bridge and supp...

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[Two views of military works on the James River in 1864]

Title devised. Inscribed below first image: Bridge-James river 1864. Inscribed above image: Butler's lookout. Inscribed below second image: At the obstructions on the James River. Inscribed above image: Dashed ... More

Jones landing, James river, 1864 during American Civil War

Title inscribed lower left of image. Formerly Waud no. B-106. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.870) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate battery on James R...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Battery on James River, Va, above Dutch Gap Canal. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-I. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-18... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Fort Darling. Confederate on James River sev...

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Torpedo Station, James River, Virginia Prof. Maillefert and naval offi...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art attributes this photograph to American photographer Egbert Guy Fowx (1821-?) (Source: researcher M.P. Higgins) No. B434. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Dutch Gap Canal [...] April 1865, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Man seated on cliff, near dock. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 956.

One of three tall-masted ships-replicas of the three English ships tha...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Pontoon bridge across the James River

Two plates form left (LC-B811-2534A) and right (LC-B811-2534B) halves of a stereograph pair. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General informat... More

City Point, Virginia. Transports on James River

Caption from negative sleeve: James River, City Point, Va. Crossed out: Bermuda Hundred Landing. See: A History of the Civil War, by B. J. Lossing, Page 114. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2451A) and right (LC-B... More

Dutch Gap, Virginia (vicinity). View on James River

Caption from negative sleeve: Dutch Gap Canal vicinity. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2554B) and right (LC-B811-2554A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4172-E. Credit line: Civil war ... More

Aiken's House, James River, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B736. Date from Frassanito, William A., Grant and Lee: The Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865, p. 307 - 311. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Richmond, Virginia. View on James River at Haxall's flour mills

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Joshua Falls Bridge, Spanning James River at CSX Railroad, Lynchburg, ...

One reason why we did not go to Richmond

Stereograph showing Columbiad gun in Confederate Fort Darling on the James River at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. No. 3346. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of... More

Picturesque view on the James River near Dutch Gap Canal

Stereograph showing ships on the James River from a hillside near Dutch Gap canal. No. 6624. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Coll... More

Howard Ford Bridge, Spanning James River on Cart Road 143, Nixa, Chris...

Significance: One of the longest examples of a single span Pratt through truss bridge in the State of Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-52 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction

Howard Ford Bridge, Spanning James River on Cart Road 143, Nixa, Chris...

Significance: One of the longest examples of a single span Pratt through truss bridge in the State of Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-52 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction

Howard Ford Bridge, Spanning James River on Cart Road 143, Nixa, Chris...

Significance: One of the longest examples of a single span Pratt through truss bridge in the State of Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-52 Building/structure dates: 1921 Initial Construction

USS Gage, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virgi...

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saugatuck, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Virg...

Significance: Saugatuck is representative of the T2-SE-A1 tanker class, which became the workhorse for the U.S. Navy during World War II. There were 481 tankers constructed in this category under the U.S. Mari... More

Fleet at Fortress Monroe - Public domain drawing

Broadside views of nine ships. Title inscribed within image. Inscribed lower left: white. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1096) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Libby again. Rebel soldiers waiting for accommodations in that Hotel

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed left margin: Lower half whitewashed. Inscribed above image; Dimensions 150 by 190. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.502) Reference ... More

Libby again. Rebel soldiers waiting for accommodations in that Hotel

Crew of the original "Monitor" on her deck

Stereograph showing Union sailors relaxing and playing games on the deck of the U.S.S. Monitor on the James River in Virginia. No. 490. Part of series: Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James ... More

USS Vulcan, James River Reserve Fleet, Newport News, Newport News, Vir...

Significance: The Vulcan is significant as the lead ship in the Vulcan class of repair ships, providing assistance to U.S. naval ships from ports close to the occupational areas of the Atlantic Fleet. The Vulc... More