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A pontoon bridge on the James River

Stereograph showing a man standing near the middle of a pontoon bridge across the James River near Jones' Landing, Virginia.

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

Photograph shows people outside the Aiken house on the James River.

[James River, Virginia Monitor U.S.S. Onondaga; soldiers in rowboat in...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Richmond, Virginia. View of burned district and ruins of Mayo's bridge...

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

View of the James River, at City Point, Virginia

Photograph shows a view of the James River from General Grant's headquarters at City Point, in July, 1864. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Photographer, date and additional information from ... 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

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

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

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

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

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[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from the...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

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

[Scenes associated with Dutch Gap Canal]

Nine vignetted scenes surround central image of soldiers moving earth. Title devised. Inscribed within images, from top left to bottom right: obstructions; Nigger huts James river; Deep bottom James river; mail... 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...

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...

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

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

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, ...

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

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

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

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

Richmond, Virginia View of "Rocketts" & James River, (Andrew J. Russel...

Photograph shows the Confederate shipyard and dock on the James River southeast of Richmond.

[Butler's Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia]

Photograph shows African American men working at the canal. Title devised by Library staff from Gladstone's notes. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV33; Dutch Gap. "Butlers dutch gap" and "LD386" writt... More

View of Rockets [i.e. Rocketts] / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows a view of Rocketts and the south side of the James River from Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, o... More

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

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

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia, November, 1864

No. B84. 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 an... More

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate fortifications

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James River & Kanawha Canal, Pumphouse, Richmond, Independent City, Vi...

Significance: The 1883 pumphouse replaced an earlier one which pumped water to the reservoir above. The two-story stone building consists of a long central block with flanking cross pavilions which project slig... More

The Richmond Times, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Guerilla warfare. Unarmed Union soldiers fired at by farmers on the Ja...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Prime block. See similar image by William Waud in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper August 2, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DL... More

James River & Kanawha Canal Bridge, Ninth Street between Jefferson Str...

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

[James River, Virginia Deck of Confederate gunboat Teaser, captured by...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

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

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

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

[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]

Photo shows the light damage caused to the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor during her fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862 at the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first battle of two ir... More

Cranes[sic] Island - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R2.2.???) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Check: HK: Erroneously marked B-39. Could easily be B-164.

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

View on James River near Jones' Landing

No. B1171. 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 ... More

Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

No. 4249. Mounted with 5 other photographs, two photographs showing different views of the same location and three showing a different location. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Belle Plain. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VIII, p. 47". Gift; Mrs. C. B. Lawrence; Sept. 23, 1953.

Magazine in Fort Brady, James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia

No. B481. 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

James River, Virginia. Officers on deck of U.S.S. MONITOR

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

Map of Hampton to Howard's Bridge, Virginia.

The area depicted includes the York River to the north, the James River to the south and the Hampton/Five Points area to the east.

Cumberland Landing, James River, Virginia. Encampment of the Army of t...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey River, Va. Corresponding print is in LOT 4169. Credit line: Civil war photographs,... More

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia, November, 1864

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 surface to h... More

[View of City Point, Virginia from along shore of James River]

A few buildings and ship masts, seen across mud flats. Civil War Photographs collection.

The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, Virginia - train s...

Prints show (1) a train from the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad departing the station in Richmond, with pedestrian and carriage traffic on street in foreground; and (2) passenger and cargo boats... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Sling for heavy artillery

Photo shows the equipment used by Union troops to remove heavy artillery pieces from Drewry's Bluff, which was on the James River and part Confederate defenses for Richmond, Virginia, until evacuated in April 1865.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). A 10-inch Columbiad...

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Pontoon bridges across James River, Richmond Virginia

Photograph shows an aerial view of the James River with a pontoon bridge going across it. No. B841. Mounted with four other photographs with general caption: Views in Richmond, Va., April, 1865. Photograph is ... More

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Obstructions in James river. Bloc...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Construction in James River, VA, near Drewry's[?] Bluff. Miller, vol. I, p. 109. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congr... More

James River, Virginia - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

No. 23478. Public domain photograph of landscape view, nature, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a castle, view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

James River, Virginia Work party and mortars at "Butler's Crow's Nest"

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Mill on James River and Kanawah Canal a...

Caption from negative sleeve: Mill on James River and Kanawah Canal. Photographer: John Reekie. Two plates form left (LC-B811-1109B) and right (LC-B811-1109A) halves of a stereograph pair. File print in LOT 416... 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

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

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

Ruins of Galego (i.e. Gallego) flour mills / Levy & Cohen.

Photograph shows a view looking down on the ruins of the Gallego Flour Mill on the James River in Richmond. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, of the... 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

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.

James River, Virginia. Confederate Ram ATLANTA after her capture

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Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly Confederat...

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James River, Virginia. Interior view of Ft. Brady

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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

Eight inch Brooke rifled gun, weighing 21,987 lbs., in unfinished batt...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to a mounted cannon on the James River above Dutch Gap Canal. No. 1018. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part of: Civil War ... More