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Greene Co., Virginia /, Confederate States of America

Shows roads, settlements, rural householders' names, and streams. Does not show military features. Relief shown by hachures. "November 1863." Believed to have been prepared by Jedediah Hotchkiss. Pen-and-ink (b... More

Richmond, Petersburg, and vicinity. - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:105,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 623 At top of map: Genl. Grant's campaign war map. Shows fortifications, camps, roads, railroads, street pattern of Richmond and Petersburg, towns, drainage, ve... More

[Preliminary map of northeastern Virginia, south of the Rappahannock, ...

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Sun print on a number of sheets pieced together and sectioned in two, with extensive ink and penci... More

Augusta County, Virginia, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:126,720. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H282 Unfinished map, giving roads in red and drainage in blue. Some elevations are shown by hachures, but coverage is incomplete. Description derived from publi... More

Map of Chesterfield County, Va. / - Public domain map

Shows districts and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Sectioned in 3 and mounted on cloth backing. LC Land ownership maps, 1239 Includes 1880 census notes. Available also through the Library of... More

Colonial land patents and grantees : Calfpasture Rivers, Augusta Count...

Maps illustrating Gen'l Sherman's "March to the sea" and through the C...

Relief shown by hachures. Title from cover. Gift; Ransom Post no. 131, Grand Army of the Republic, St. Louis, Mo.; September 1933. Pen and ink and colored ink on paper and tracing cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ... 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.

Historical overlay : [Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefields Mem...

Blueprint. Accompanied by text: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, vegetation, community structure, and historical features survey : final report June 1981 / Richard R. Anderson ... [et al.... More

Complete map of the march of the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Divn., Dept....

Ms. (pencil drawings). Title from front end paper. Includes select landowners. Label mounted on cover: Treasurer of the Confederate States in account with Wm. Thomas Hardy, Capt. & Asst. Qr M., C.S.P.A. Stateme... 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

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

Map of Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Date and attribution from On the Map, 1983 (Figure 24). First state of map published originally in 1685 by Christopher Browne with the imprint in the cartouc... More

A plan of my farm on Little Huntg. Creek & Potomk. R.

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on linen covered cardboard. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1447 Accompanied by 2 manuscript notes. Available also through the Library of Co... More

Map of Dinwiddie County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer. Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his o... More

County map of Virginia, and North Carolina.

[Map of parts of Caroline, Hanover, and Henrico counties, Va., west of...

Shows the names of some residents, some of the outer fortifications of Richmond and those along the railroad north of the South Anna River. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and... More

Norfolk, Virginia Sept. the 12th, 1861

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Seat of war, Manassas and its vicinity

Scale ca. 1:322,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 568 Confederate imprint. Shows "battle ground, July 18th," "battle ground July 21st," roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. "Blue Ridge," "Thorough Fare Mounta... More

Colton's new topographical map of the eastern portion of the state of ...

Copyright statement inside the bottom neat line has been changed to read "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton [& Co.]" Bar scale has been added to this and subsequent issues. P... More

Plan of Battle of Malvern Hill Va. Fought 1st July 1862.

Shows the terrain surrounding Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Va., the sight of the last of the Seven Days' Battles.

Henrico County, Virginia : prepared under the direction of Lieut. Col....

Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railraods, drainage, houses, churches, mills, and woodland. Sun print. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-11. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 559.2 Description derived from publ... More

Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (official).

Details the action of July 1, 1862, with most of the major Confederate forces under the command of Stonewall Jackson, D. H. Hill, and Magruder, identified in their location north of Malvern Hill, and all the Un... More

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., including operations from April 2...

Map depicts Hooker's attempt to flank Lee's position at Fredericksburg via Kelly's Ford and Chancellorsville, which backfired when Lee discovered it. Dividing his forces, Lee turned half to meet Hooker's Federa... More

[Map of the siege of Suffolk, Va., 1863.]

Concerns the unsuccessful Confederate siege of Suffolk, Va., 11 April-4 May 1863, and indicates the location of Federal troops, railroads, roads, parade ground, breastworks, hospital, and forts, and the placeme... More

The Battle of Chancellorsville, Sunday May 3rd 9 p.m.

Map shows troop locations around Chancellorsville, Va., and on both sides of the Rapidan River. The map depicts the formation of Confederate troops under McLaws, Slocum and Stuart to the west of Chancellorsvill... More

Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia showing attack on the sali...

Shows the distribution of Confederate forces under the commands of Longstreet, Ewell, and Hill facing Union forces under Wright, Warren, Burnside, and Hancock, with special attention to Hancock's assault on Ewe... More

[Map of eastern and central Virginia].

Includes Charles City, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Hanover, Henrico, James City, King George, Loudoun, Louisa, Madison, Prince George, Prince William, Southampton, Spotsylvania, Stafford Surry, and Sus... More

General map of the battle-field of Manassas. [July 16-21, 1861]

Scale ca. 1:105,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 571 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 30, May 1885. p. 103. Indicates troop positions, rivers, roads, railroads, towns, houses, and names of residen... More

Battle of Spottsylvania [sic] Courthouse, May 8-21, 1864 between Lee (...

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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

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.

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.

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

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 mapp of Virginia discovered to ye hills, and in it's latt. from 35 d...

Relief shown pictorially. Based on a manuscript map drawn by John Farrer. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text, portrait of ... More

Virginia and Maryland as it is planted and inhabited this present year...

Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes cartouche, portait of Augustine Herrman, text, and ill. Vault

A new and accurate map of part of North-America, comprehending the pro...

Scale ca. 1:2,300,000. Hand colored. Covers the area from Quebec to lower Chesapeake Bay and west along the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes to Fort Detroit. Shows provinces, towns and cities, forts, some... More

[Fauquier Co., Va. : northwestern part].

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Oriented with north toward right. Each sheet pasted together in 6 sections, sectioned in 2, and mounted on cloth. "Map from the Confederate Engineer ... More

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

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

Second battle field at Bull Run - Public domain old map

Shows the Union forces under Gen. John Pope and the Confederates under Gen. Robert E. Lee on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of August 1862 in an area of Virginia defined by the towns of Chantilly to the north, Manass... More

Map of the country between the York and James Rivers in 1862 and 1863 ...

Map of Pr. George, Surry, Sussex and Southampton counties, Virginia /

Shows names of some residents. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer chief engineer - Presented to - the West Point Military Academy by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Mini... More

Isometric view of General Grant's Virginia campaign.

Not drawn to scale. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 488.4 From Harper's weekly, v. 8, Sept. 10, 1864. p. 580. Panoramic view of the environs of the James and Appomattox rivers showing Union and Confederate lines a... More

Map of Richmond, Va., and surrounding country showing Rebel fortificat...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640 Shows fortifications, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, relief by hachures, and rural houses. Descrip... More

Map of Pr. Edward Co., Virginia / - Public domain map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Originally printed on 2 sheets pasted together. "March 1st 1864." "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Ri... More

Map of Nelson County, Virginia / - Public domain old map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. At lower left: C.W. Oltmanns. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, and pencil, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. In pencil in upper right corner: 219. In pencil i... More

Appomattox Court House. [1865] - Public domain old map

Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 525.2 Detailed map of the environs of Appomattox Court House showing roads, railroads, houses and names of residents, drainage, and woodlands. Troop positions are no... More

Relative positions of forces at sunset, Aug. 28, 1862. [2nd Manassas C...

Scale ca. 1:550,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 581 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 31, Jan. 1886. p. 447. Map of the environs of Manassas Junction. Description derived from published bibliograp... More

Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia. during American Civil Wa...

Scale ca. 1:48,000. Printed on both sides of sheet. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 572.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes descriptive index, text, and illus. AACR2

[Military map of Richmond and vicinity] /

Shows fortifications and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Black-line print. Complete in 28 sheets. Photocopy negative has sheets ... 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

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.

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

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

Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle o...

Illustrates the placement of Union and Confederate forces during the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, culminating in the battle of Chancellorsville fought May 1-4, 1863. This map focuses on the Su... More

Map of the State of Virginia - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 481.6 General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The... More

Chancellorville [sic] [May 1-3, 1863]

Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 528.2 In this issue, the map is printed on a yellow background with the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers colored green. Detailed map showing entrenchments, houses, fe... More

Plan of part of Richmond, Virginia : showing locations of Rebel prison...

Shows the streets of Richmond below Church Hill from the Canal to Broad Street and from 17th to 21st streets, including Castle Thunder and Libby prisons and the Union officers' and soldiers' hospitals.

City Point, Va., July 5, 1864 - Public domain old map

No. 795. 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

Map of the state of Virginia containing the counties, principal towns,...

James City, York, Warwick, and Elizabeth City counties, Virginia /

Scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.), mounted on cloth. In upper left corner: James City, York, Warwick, Elizabeth City and (208). LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H295 A... More

Map of Augusta County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Scale 1:63,360 or 1 in. to the mile. Relief shown by hachures. Shows land ownership. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Land ownership maps, 1213 "R.E. Lee, Pres. Bd o... More

Map of Piedmont Virginia / - Public domain old map

Shows area from southwest Loudoun County to Carroll County, Virginia. Relief shown by spot heights. Pen-and-ink and pencil, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H210 In pencil on verso: 197. Available... More

Map of Little North Mountain or Preston & Wilson iron lands /

General map, does not give mining information. Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H243 Available also through the Lib... More

Map of Grayson County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows economic and geologic cross section information and the names of some residents. "Authorities consulted: U.S. Geological Survey, H.B.C. Nitze in vol XXI, Transactions of the Amer... More

A map of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland with pa...

Shows provinces, coastal towns and a few frontier settlements, Indian villages and tribal territory, English "Factories" among the Indians, mines, rivers, numerous place-names. Covers also part of Pennsylvania,... More

Battle of Spottsylvania [sic] Courthouse, May 8-21, 1864 between Lee (...

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

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

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

Fifteen pen and ink maps of the battle of the Wilderness /

Annotated in pen-and-ink and pencil. Confederate troop positions are colored red. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 668 LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 10662 Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G129... More

John Smith - Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Sixth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Accompanied by 2 exhibit notes and LC jacket note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A new and accurate map of Virginia & Maryland

Scale ca. 1:1,150,000. "No. 61." From the author's A complete atlas or distinct view of the known world. 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1379 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... More

Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland.

Scale ca. 1:880,000. First state. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows Virginia, Maryland, and "De La War counties." The first state is described in Joshua Fry's The Fry & Jefferson map of Virginia and... More

Carte des environs d'Hampton. - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:28,800; échelle de 3 lignes pour 100 toises. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Watermark: Fleur de lis surmounting a scroll crossed with three bars. Oriented with north toward the right. Relie... More

A map of the Virginia Central Railroad, west of the Blue Ridge, and th...

Detailed topographic map between Waynesboro and Covington showing relief by hachures, drainage, county roads and turnpikes, railroad lines, and "preliminary lines," county names, and boundaries. Distances are i... More

Map of Botetourt County, Va. / - Public domain old map

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

[Map of the First Battle of Bull Run]

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

Map of battles on Bull Run near Manassas, 21st of July 1861 on the lin...

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

District of Columbia and the seat of war on the Potomac.

Low-angle bird's-eye view. Shows cities of Washington and Alexandria in foreground. Includes index of military positions with regiment names. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 678 Stephenson. Cartography of northern... More

Plan of Second Battle of Bull Run Va. : position at 6 p.m. August 30th...

Shows the area between Sudley Springs to the north and the Manassas and Gainesville Road to the south. The locations of the Warrenton Turnpike and the Manassas Gap Railroad are also indicated.

Plan of Alexandria. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows selected buildings and churches. Copy annotated in blue pencil: Printed at the Coast Survey Office, October 25, 1862; authographic transfer from an old map of Alexandria furnished by the U.S. Sanitary Co... More

Map of the state of Virginia / - Public domain old map

Map of the Lower Peninsula of Virginia, April 1862.

Shows the Confederate and Union fortifications located between the York River to the north and the James River to the south during the Peninsular campaign of 1862.

Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix /

Shows fortifications, houses, names of residents, roads, railroads, and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Ink and pencil on tracing cloth, in three sections, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 661... More