map of virginia

Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, po...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also... More

Map of the region between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox court house, ...

Relief shown by hachures. Reduced and redrawn version of the index map in the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineer's Military Maps Illustrated the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James... ([Washington] War De... More

Map of the rebel capital : topographical sketch of the city of Richmon...

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

[Sketch of a portion of Orange County, north and east of Orange showin...

Relief shown by hachures. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on an irregularly cut and torn piece of brown paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.)... More

[Sketches of roads west of Fredericksburg, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on sheets of ledger paper originally held together with 2 labels, mounted b... More

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Winchester, Virginia, Potomac, etc.

Shows portions of southern Maryland and northern Virginia emphasizing Winchester, Va. Sneden notes on the map that Winchester was a city that changed hands 46 times during the war. He lists three major battle... More

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 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.

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

Virginia, Bland County. Historic map, Library of Congress

"April 27th, 1866." Signed in ink in lower left corner: John S. Peek ... . Mounted on cloth. LC Land ownership maps, 1217 Includes list of explanations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Central Virginia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

City Point, Va., view on the docks, after explosion of the ordnance ba...

No. 814. Alternate title, photographer, and date 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, c... More

Sherwood Forest, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, V...

Significance: Home of President John Tyler for the last 20 years of his life. Architecturally, the house is particularly interesting as one of the longest frame dwellings in America. John Tyler bought this 1,... More

Sherwood Forest, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, V...

Significance: Home of President John Tyler for the last 20 years of his life. Architecturally, the house is particularly interesting as one of the longest frame dwellings in America. John Tyler bought this 1,... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

[Maps of Virginia] / Historic map, Library of Congress

A survey of the northern neck of Virginia, being the lands belonging t...

Scale ca. 1:875,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotated to show roads, plantations, counties and towns. AACR2: 651/1;700/1

One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 9th ed.

Scale ca. 1:880,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.3 General map centered on Richmond, Virginia. Map is printed in blue with title and border in red. "Ninth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." "Dedicate... More

[Map of Louisa County and part of Hanover County, Va.].

Orange County, Va. / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and ink and pencil, drawn on a 1 1/2-inch grid on 9 sheets of paper pasted togethe... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

The Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va.

Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.

Plan of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va. Showing position of both ar...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Colton's new topographical map of the states of Virginia, Maryland and...

Scale 1:760,320. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.9 Another issue. Lang & Laing Lith, N.Y. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. H. Colton." 1864 edition listed as Civil War Maps entry no.... More

Coast of North Carolina & Virginia - Public domain map

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 305a.2 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. Map is printed in two sheets which have been joined together to form a continuous map. The northern s... More

Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Decr. 13, 1862.

Map shows the region surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., including Marie's Heights outside of the city and Falmouth across the Rappahannock River. Due to Burnside's slow maneuvering of the Union forces, Lee was a... More

[Map of Nelson Co. and part of the counties of Albemarle, Amherst, Aug...

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

The Wilderness. [May 5-7, 1864] - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:69,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 666 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 34, June 1887. p.279. "Union works are marked U" and "Confederate works are marked C." Shows roads, houses, nam... More

Topographic map of Fredericksburg and vicinity, Virginia, showing batt...

Scale 1:24,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 556 "Advanced sheet subject to correction." Detailed topographic map indicating relief by contour lines and spot heights, fortifications, roads and streets, houses, ... More

[Central Virginia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Henrico County, Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Title and statement of responsibility in manuscript above bar scale. Annotated in ink: Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia, from actual surveys by James Keily, Richmond, Robert P. ... More

View of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville & Monticello, take...

"Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1856, by Casimir Bohn, in the Clerks Office of the District Court, of the District of Columbia." Gift; Alan M. Voorhees; LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 953.2 ... More

[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 1272 Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H37 Pen-and-ink on tracing l... More

[Sketches of portions of Madison County, Va.].

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on irregularly shaped sheet of ledger paper, mounted between sh... More

Panorama of the seat of war. Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Del...

Shows various Civil War fortifications (battle sites noted by crossed swords) and smoke over Manassas (Bull Run) vicinity. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

Union and Rebel works Yorktown, Va. [1862]

Shows the York River from Gloucester Point to south of Wormsley Creek. Yorktown appears at top of image, with remaining detail showing interior of the Peninsula. Woods, creeks, fields, roads, houses and other ... More

Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, dur...

Includes areas of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va., where Meade approached the Rapidan River and the Mine Run Valley to try and push Lee's forces unsuccessfully back towards Richmond in the Mine Run Campaign o... More

Map of the battlefield of Five-Forks. [March 30-April 1, 1865]

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 540 Shows entrenchments, villages, roads, "South Side Rail Road," drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and names of residents. Description derived from ... More

Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia. during American Civil War

Scale ca. 1:87,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 615.6 Descriptive leaflet illustrated with a map indicating the park boundary of the route of an auto tour. The map is dated July 1959. Description derived from ... More

Howbert House, 106 Salem Turnpike, Roanoke, Roanoke City, VA

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Howbert House is architecturally significant as a rare example of log construction and is historically significant as record of German immigra... More

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

[Sketch of the road from Waynesboro toward Staunton, in Augusta County...

Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H281 Sketch is drawn on both sides of the sheet with colored pencils, showing roads in red and drainage in blue. Description derived from published bibliography.... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

A new map of Virginia, Maryland, and the improved parts of Pennsylvani...

Relief shown pictorially. Date and attribution from On the map, 1983. Second state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne. This state differs from the earlier one in lacking the publisher's i... More

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, an...

Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical notes. Supplements the author's A topographical descri... More

A map of the internal improvements of Virginia; prepared by C. Crozet,...

The map indicates drainage, county boundaries, mines, cities and towns, roads, canals, and railroads. Scale 1:950,000. LC Railroad maps, 307 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road.

Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennesse... More

[Map of Hanover County, Va.]. - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 1274 Shows fortifications near Mechanicsville, describes several bridges across the Chickahominy River as destroyed, and gives the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from St... More

Map of Amelia Co., Virginia / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Oriented with north toward upper left. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer. Presented to th... More

[Map of the vicinity of Strasburg, Virginia].

Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) over 1/2 inch pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H190 Availab... More

City Point, Va., unloading stores for Army of Potomac

Photograph shows men standing on gangplank between boat and dock, with stacks of barrels onshore surrounded by the aftermath of an explosion that took place on August 9, 1864. No. 813. Hand written on verso: "... More

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.

Henrico County, Virginia, 1862. - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, rivers, houses, names of residents, and woodland. The map is based on James Keily's "Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia" (Richmond, Robert P. Smith & C. Ca... More

Position of Union Army 30th June 10 1/2 a.m. and 2 1/2 p.m.

Concerns the Battle of Frazier's Farm, 30 June 1862, also known as the Battle of Glendale and the Battle of White Oak Swamp. It was one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. Includes the Confedera... More

Map of the State of Virginia - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1;887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.45 General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. Th... More

Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va. : [Hampton Roads and N...

Map of the Hampton Roads vicinity showing Confederate fortifications/camps, settlements, city street patterns, roads, railroads, canals, streams, vegetation, and swamps. "Note--This map shows the positions of t... More

[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefie...

Some maps show troop positions. Relief shown by hachures on some maps. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on ledger paper, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. LC Civil War... More

Map of Bedford Co. - Public domain vintage map

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Charge of the V.M.I. cadets : battle of New Market, Va., May 19, 1864 ...

"Sketch map" LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 587 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Map of Henrico, Hanover and Caroline counties.]

From the collection of an anonymous donor Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. "Examined May 19th 1864 J.H."

[Northern Virginia with adjacent parts of Maryland and West Virginia] ...

Relief shown by hachures. Endorsed (facsim.): Approved S. Howell Brown, 1st Lt. Engs: troops, in chg: Topl. Dept., A.N. Va., March 23rd 1864. "No. 22" in upper left corner. Map of Loudoun County, Virginia, and ... More

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

Map of Nottoway Co., Va. /, Confederate States of America

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Two sheets joined to form 1, mounted on cloth. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer Chief Engineer. Presented t... More

Map of a part of the city of Richmond showing the burnt districts

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 641 "The black markes indicates burnt." Confederate imprint. Another copy is in the Hubbard family papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., container no. 17. Description ... More

Map of the city of Petersburg, Va. : from Lynch's map : with the confe...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Sept. 29th 1864 : topography of 1894 : roads...

Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The North Anna and movement from Spottsylvania [sic], May 21-26, 1864 ...

"Lee's famous "hog-snout" line." "Read numerically." Maps 1 to 4 are dated 1933. Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil with blank leaves at end. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War M... More

A map of the western parts of the colony of Virginia /

Shows forts, trails, waterfalls, general locations of Native American tribes. Covers from Lake Ontario southwest to the New River. Relief shown by contours and pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. From The Londo... More

[Houses and a church ("Buildings Erected or Proposed to be Built in Vi...

Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Battle of the Wilderness, May 5 - 6 and 7, 1864, between Lee (60,000) ...

"Read numerically." Annotated in pen-and-ink, crayon and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 667 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10660 Call no. cited in LC Ci... More

Report of the camps, marches & engagements, of the Second Corps, A.N.V...

Relief shown by hachures. A number of the maps from this report are reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) wit... More

One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 10th ed.

[Scale ca. 1:880,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.4 "Tenth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." Cover title of accompanying envelope: Magnus' half dollar portfolio. For the Army of the Potomac. Contai... More

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

Architectural Remains, Project 194, Structure 115, Jamestown, James Ci...

Significance: Structure 115 was a two-story rowhouse block incorporating four identical units attached gable to gable. Each house had a chamber and parlor plan with a H-shaped chimneystack and a lobby-entry. Th... More

Map of the county of Rockbridge, Virginia /

Shows magisterial districts and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward upper right. LC Land ownership maps, 1339, 1340 Available also through the Library of Congress Web s... More

Sherwood Forest, State Route 5 vicinity, Charles City, Charles City, V...

Significance: Home of President John Tyler for the last 20 years of his life. Architecturally, the house is particularly interesting as one of the longest frame dwellings in America. John Tyler bought this 1,... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Plan de Portsmouth en Virginie. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:3,333. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Shows defense works, forts, etc. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1454 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 440; 651/1

Plan of the battle at Savage's Station. [June 29, 1862].

Scale ca. 1:22,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 30, July 1885. p. 460. Gives troop positions, names of commanders, batteries, location of field headquarters, r... More

Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewin...

Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Ra... More

Map of the vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula /

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

[Map showing the location of Roaring Run Furnace lands in Alleghany Co...

Map of part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia, 1755-1760

Scale 1:1,450,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H279 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

A map of the country between Albemarle Sound, and Lake Erie, comprehen...

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Shows boundaries. "The country on the eastern side of the Alleganey Mountains, is taken from Fry and ... More

Jamestown Island Loop Road, Jamestown Island, Jamestown, James City Co...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-72 (Jamestown Island) Significance: Completed in 1957, the Jamestown island loop road was the last road-building contract associated with the completion of the Col... More

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Alexandria, Independent Cities, Virgin...

Nov 1907. 25 Sheet(s). Virginia fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liabilit... More

Dominia Anglorum in America Septentrionali.

Scales vary. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Sheet title in Latin and German. Individual map titles and text in German. Maps in English and German. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 83 Differs from o... More

This map of the peninsula between Delaware & Chesopeak Bays, with the ...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Prime meridian: Philadelphia. Inscribed "To the American Philosophical Society." Hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along folds. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1376 Availab... More

To the American Philosophical Society, this map of the peninsula betwe...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Cold Harbor [Hanover County, Virginia] /

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of the seat of war in Virginia - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:1,090,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 451.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by William Perris." Copyright no. "355, Aug. 14, 1861" is written in the lower margin. General ma... More

Sketch showing the position of Cap. F.B. Schaeffer's comd. on July the...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the position of Capt. F.B. Schaeffer's command along Bull Run some 600 yards from the Lewis house during the 1st Battle of Bull Run. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. LC Civil War maps... More