[Pontoon bridge across the James River]
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[Pontoon bridge across the James River]
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Jones' Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Mail-boat, CITY OF HUDSON on Jame...
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Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity). View of James River and canal
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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
Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below title: put in more boats ad libitum; evening effect misty; Inscribed upper left Atlanta 3 ports on a side. Sunset; rebel ram Atlanta. G... More
Where prisoners were exchanged - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing three canal boats docked at the wharf where Union prisoners were exchanged for Confederate prisoners at Aiken's Landing, Virginia. The Union double-turreted monitor U.S.S. Onondaga is in the... 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
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
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
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
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
Double turretted [i.e. turreted] monitor, "Onondaga", James River, Vir...
No. B595. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 311". Similar to LC-B811-2540. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Belle Plain Landing, Virginia - A black and white photo of a group of ...
No. B502. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, page 35 (detail)". Hand written on verso: "right half of photo in Miller, vol. 4, p. 43 (similar)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel...
No. B251. 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 and Scenes, 1921... More
Pontoon bridge across James River above Jones' Landing (view from sout...
No. 2537. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Virginia, [Partial map of Virginia.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.
No scale given. Octagonal shape, surrounded by 32 portraits of military heroes of the Civil War.
Water battery on James River, Virginia near Dutch Gap Canal
No. 4248. 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.
Fleet of monitors in Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia Butler's "Cr...
No. B20. Hand written on mount: "Saugus in foreground". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 143". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
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
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia. Confederate Battery Brooke on ...
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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate battery...
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Shirley [Plantation], James River, Virginia
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Bacon's Castle, James River vic., Surry County, Virginia
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James River, Virginia. Interior view of Ft. Brady
Caption from negative sleeve: Fort Brady and Company St. Va. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2316B) and right (LC-B811-2316A) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-I. Credit line: Civil... More
Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River
Stereo filed in LOT 4162. Caption from negative sleeve: Richmond, Va., Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River. Two plates form left (LC-B811-883A) and right (LC-B811-883B) halves of a stereograph pair... More
Aiken's Landing, Virginia. Double-turreted monitor U.S.S. on James Riv...
Caption from negative sleeve: Aiken's Landing, James River, Place where prisoners were exchanged. Double turreted monitor ONONDAGA. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2543A) and right (LC-B811-2543B) halves of a ste... More
The Union prison camp at "Belle Isle," Richmond, Virginia
Stereograph showing Maj. Thomas P. Turner, Commandant of the "Libby Prison," dressed in gray, with felt hat on, standing on hill overlooking the Confederate prison encampment on Belle Isle in the James River . ... More
Double turreted monitor Onondaga, James River, Virginia
No. B253. 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
Views of Rocketts and south side of James River from Libby Hill
Photograph shows view of buildings at the wharf at Rocketts Landing on the south side of the James River in Richmond, Virginia.
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
Chapin's Bluff, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Burnham, formerly, Confedera...
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View of burned district Richmond
Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed lower left: Niggers with axes and picks. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.210). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More
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
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
View of James River pontoon bridge, from south side, above Jones' Land...
Stereograph showing pontoon bridge across the James River near Jones' Landing, Virginia. No. 2538, part of series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Forms part of: Civil W... More
Ruins of Petersburg bridge / Levy & Cohen.
Photograph shows an aerial view of Richmond including the ruins of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge over the James River. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in t... More
[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.
Drury's [i.e. Drewry's] bluff, Richmond, Virginia
Photograph shows ruins of fortifications in the middle of the James River in Richmond, Virginia after the battle. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, ... More
[James River, Virginia Bow of Confederate gunboat Teaser, Lt. Hunter D...
Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.
James River, Virginia. Gunboat COMMODORE PERRY and monitor on James Ri...
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Richmond, Virginia. View of James River freshet
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Military maps illustrating the operations of the armies of the Potomac...
Shows fortifications and troop movement. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 517 Some sheets have the map title, border, and names of the surveyor added. Available also through the Library of... More
Dutch Gap Canal commencement of the work
Photograph shows African American men with horses with wagons working at the canal. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV33; Dutch Gap. "AE983" written in pencil on back of the mount. Purchase; William A... More
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
[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.
Monitor off Akin's Landing, James River (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing the double turreted monitor "Onandaga" off Akin's Landing in the James River.
Dutch Gap Canal, James River / George O. Ennis, photographer.
Photograph shows African American men working at the canal. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtur... More
James river, 1864 - Public domain book scan / drawing
Three landscapes, two identified as 1861 and one as 1864. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below upper left image: on the James river 1864. Inscribed below upper right image: Near Powhatan on the James 186... More
General Grant's rail road, City Point, Virginia looking north
Stereograph showing an overview of the railroad facility. Sailing ships in the distance on the James River.
Pontoon bridges across James River at Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865
No. 4088. 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
Richmond, Virginia. Ruins of State Arsenal and view down James River
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[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
[Nine camp scenes] - Public domain carriage 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
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...
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
Military bridge across James River at Varina Landing
No. B437. 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
Dutch Gap Canal, American Civil War Glass Negative.
No. 955. 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 March 1864, while canal was being dug. Gift; Col.... More
James River, Virginia. General Robert S. Foster's headquarters at Ft. ...
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[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
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
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
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
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
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
Confederate obstructions in James River at Drewry's Bluff
No. B470. Similar to LC-B811-2475. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Views on James River, Virginia near Deep Bottom
No. B1013. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia
No. B262. 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 and Scenes, 1921... More
[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...
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Views on James River, Virginia near Deep Bottom
No. B1007. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Dock on south side of James River, opposite Richmond, Virginia
Photograph shows United States military railroad freight car at the wharf on the James River. No. 734. See also: LOT 11486-F, no. 12. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
[B]alloon view of the attack on Fort Darling in the James River, by Co...
Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 541.2 From Harper's weekly, v. 6, May 31, 1862. p. [337] This view was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1948 with the purchase of the papers and maps of Ma... More
U.S Mail boat dock, Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia--Floatin...
After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 9, p. 308.
Monitor off Akin's Landing, November 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing the double turreted ironclad monitor "Onandaga" off Akin's Landing in the James River.
Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate fortifi...
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Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Confederate Fort Darling on James river
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Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia (vicinity). Confederate battery...
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Manchester Mills & pontoon bridges, Ap. 15, 1865, Richmond, Virginia, ...
Photograph shows pontoon bridges across the James River and Manchester Mill, part of a Confederate industrial complex, on the opposite side of the river. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 his... More
[Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity)]. View of James river and photographi...
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Landing supplies on the James River, Virginia 1865(?)
No. B416. Caption continues: (US Army Signal Corps "Brady photographs" catalogue, 1921, no. B-416). FSA copy negative no., after a photographer working under the direction of Matthew (i.e. Mathew) B. Brady. Ha... More
[James River Water Gap, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, Clifton Forge, Virg...
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[Lower] Brandon, James River, Virginia
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James River from Hollywood, Richmond, Virginia
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Bacon's Castle, James River vic., Surry County, Virginia
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Bacon's Castle, James River vic., Surry County, Virginia
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Jones' Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Pontoon bridge (open for steamers...
Stereo filed in LOT 4176. Caption from negative sleeve: Pontoon Bridge open for steamers. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2539A) and right (LC-B811-2539B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in L... 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
James River, Virginia. Gunboat MENDOTA. American Civil War glass negat...
Caption from negative sleeve: Gun boat Mendota [on the James River, 1864]. Two plates form left (LC-B811-2541A) and right (LC-B811-2541B) halves of a stereograph pair. Corresponding print is in LOT 4182. Credit... More
City point at the confluence of the Appomattox with the James River, h...
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse & Co.
James River, Virginia View of the completed Dutch Gap canal
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
Belle Plain Landing, Virginia - A black and white photo of boats in a ...
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[James River, Virginia Point where Army of the Potomac crossed in June...
Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.
Drury's [i.e. Drewry's] bluff / Levy & Cohen.
Photograph shows ruins of fortifications in the middle of the James River in Richmond, Virginia after the battle. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by Levy and Cohen in the Clerk's Office, ... More
Varina Landing, Virginia (vicinity). View of ships on James River. (Wh...
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