Thomas Jefferson, 1780, Instructions for Serving at Mail Station under...
Instructions for Serving at Mail Station under William Galvan
An act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of m...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 221, Folder 3a.
A complete list of the American navy. showing the name, number of guns...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 228, Folder 18.
Wooding Station on the Mississippi
Engraving by W.H. Lizars, after sketch with the camera lucida by Capt. Basil Hall. Illus. in: Basil Hall, Forty Etchings, from Sketches made with the camera lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828, Edinburgh... more
Entrance to the Liverpool [railroad] Station
Lithograph from the Childs & Immans Press. Illus. in: James Walker, Report to the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester railway ... Philadelphia, Carey & Lea, 1831. Reference copy may be in LOT 4429B. This ... more
The Capitol from the railway station, Washington, U.S., July 29, 1846
Drawing shows a view of small structures in a forested area at the bottom and the Capitol building under construction at the top of a hill. Purchase; William Reese Company; 2000; (DLC/PP-2000:086). Title from i... more
City of New-York, Brooklyn, Jersey City & Quarantine Station on Staten...
Small panoramic print shows the waterfront of New York City and New Jersey ca. 1850. Places identified include: Jersey City; Hoboken; Bedlow's Island; Ellis Island; Hudson River; Robbins Reef Light House; New-Y... more
Panama Railway - the Culebra or Summit Station
Railroad train in mid-ground; bldg. with thatched roof in right foreground; other bldgs. and many people in backgrd. Ref. copy may be in SSF - RAILROADS PANAMA Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 31 Mar. 18... more
[Gen. Wm. Walker's Exp. in Nicaragua]: Half-way house on road to San J...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 2, no. 36 (1856 Aug. 16), p. 149. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE - Walker, William, 1824-1860.
Pilots Station / H. Lewis pinx. ; Lith. Jnst. Arnz & Co. Düsseldorf.
Bird's-eye view of harbor, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Passengers from Washington for the West are reminded that they can pro...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 31, Folder 7a.
The Telegraph station, Sandy Hook - with view of operating room
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1857 Aug. 29. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
[Sketch of the Rapidan River Station and Racoon Ford in Orange County,...
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 ruled paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), ... more
Brenner Station
Train station on Brenner Pass, showing buildings and waterfall. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 46, lower right.
Barringtons new and reliable railroad map and shippers & travellers gu...
Index of place names appears to either side and bottom of the map. A list of "Railroads Represented on this Map" appears below the index. Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 295 Description derived from pu... more
Signal station
Title inscribed above image. Inscribed upper right: 4 Formerly Waud no. C-76. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1003) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
[Sketch of a portion of Orange County, north and west of Gordonsville ...
Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on an irregularly torn piece of ledger paper, mounted on cloth.... more
Site of a change station of the Pioneer Stage Company in the 1850s and...
During 1860-1861, the Central Overland Pony Express maintained here the first pony remount station east of Sportsman's Hall. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 705 Title, date, and keywords provided ... more
Genoa. Railway station. Statue of Columbus
Cityscape with railway station and statue in forefront. In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 96. No. 50.
Clarks Station nr. Pilkins. U.S.M.R.R
United States Military Railroad depot with buildings and covered wagon.
Parkes Station, U.S.M.R.R., Petersburg Va.
Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.951) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Vienna. Northern Railway Station
In album: Genoa, Pisa, Nice, Avignon, Parma, Milan, Verona, Vienna, p. 128, back. No. 250.
Confederate fortifications at Warren Station
No. 660. Title from item. Mounted with five other photographs under the general title: Views on the Petersburg Lines. Forms part of: Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection).
Government bakery, Stoneman's Station, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh R...
Photograph shows overhead view of the facility with several people standing outside.
House in which "Stonewall Jackson" died, near Guinea's [i.e. Guinea] S...
Photograph shows the house and outbuildings that was used as a hospital for General Stonewall Jackson who died there May 10, 1863. No. 5290. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Headquarters 6th Army Corps. Warren Station, in front of Petersburg, V...
No. B212. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Embankment near Union Mills Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad
Photograph showing two men sitting on and close by a fallen tree over Pope's Head Creek in Clifton, Virginia near a destroyed railroad bridge on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. No. 127. Inscribed on item: T... more
Antietam Cemetery in foreground, South Mountain in background - gap sh...
No. 5078. Title from item. Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of Antietam. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The lone graves at Warren Station in front of Petersburg, Va.
No. B582. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman Station, Va.
No. B190. Title from item. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 193". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Naval Station, Mound City, Illinois
No. 3165. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
View near railroad station
Photograph shows a small town possibly Chattanooga, Tennessee beyond the hill.
Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, April 1864--Camp of Tel...
Men seated outside tents in woods. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 353.
[Headquarters, 6th Army Corps, Warren Station, in front of Petersburg,...
No. B860. Title devised by Library staff. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Petersburg, Virginia. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Stoneman's Station
Photograph shows a view of Stoneman's Station from the rear of a railroad car. Title from item.
Camp of Capt. Wiley, Stoneman Station, Va.
No. B330. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
The late Rebel raid at Garlick Station, Pamunkey River, Va. [June 13, ...
Wood engraving after A. Lumley in N.Y. Illus. News. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865. Virginia.
Plan of Kettle Run and Bristoe Station August 27 1862.
Shows the area between Greenwich, Va., to the north and Cedar Run to the south two days prior to the beginning of the 2nd Battle of Bull Run. The location of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad is also indicated.
Catletts Station where Stuart made a raid and captured Popes baggage
Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1862, p. 792 as part of: The Army of the Potomac - At and on the Way to Fredricksburg. Gift, J.P. Morga... more
[Envelope addressed to Mrs. Lizzie Chenault, Catawba Station, Catawba ...
Handwritten envelope addressed to Ruth Elizabeth (neé Sherrill) Chenault; bears 10-cent stamp. Title devised by Library staff. Probably from her husband, Captain William W. Chenault of Company I, 49th North Car... more
Plan of Battle of Savage's Station Va.
Depicts the locations of troops and landmarks during the Battle of Savage's Station, one of the Seven Days' Battles. Shows the area of Henrico County between the Chickahominy River and White Oak Swamp. The Ri... more
Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Virginia. Sunday, June 29th 186...
The Battle of Savage's Station was part of the Seven Days' Battles of the Peninsular Campaign. This map shows the area of Savage's Farm in Henrico County, Va., to the north and the Williamsburg Road to the sout... more
Battle of Savage's Station
Bird's-eye view of troops in formation, horse-drawn wagon; explosion of an ordnance train in background.
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
[Sketch showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va., August 26th to Sep...
Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink, colored pencil, and pencil mounted on cloth. Similar to the map reproduced in the At... more
Extra. Jackson, Tenn. Sept. 6, 1862. Battle of Medon Station ... The b...
C. S. A.; On verso: 3/13428 v.s. 84 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 175, Folder 23.
Plan of the battle of Savage's Station, Virginia, fought Sunday, 29th ...
Concerns the Battle of Savage's Station, Henrico County, Va., which was one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. Bottom margin of map: "Copy of map made for Genl. S. P. Heintzelman, 3rd Corps, by R... more
General Pope's headquarters at Rappahannock Station - General Sigel on...
After sketch by Mr. Davenport. Ref. copy in LOT 4420T. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v.6, (1862 September 13), p. 381. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Fair Oaks Station, Va.
Battery of howitzers and soldiers, during Civil War. Stereo, The War for the Union. Photographic War History (no. 471). LC-B8171-471 (half). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption ... 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
Savage Station, Virginia. Union field hospital after the battle of Jun...
Photo shows a makeshift field hospital with wounded soldiers sitting and lying on the ground while some receive care. Includes the straw-hatted Sixteenth New York Infantry who fought at Gaines' Mill on June 27.... more
Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Va. Fought June 29th 1862.
Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., that includes Savage's Farm to the north and the Williamsburg Stage Road to the south. The Richmond and York River Railroad is also indicated. The Battle of Savage's Stat... more
Rappahannock Station, Va.
Soldiers, horses, tents and buildings in backgrd.; railroad tracks in lower, right foregrd. No. 522. Civil War Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; ... more
Headquarters on Orange & Alexandria R.R. -- in Brandy Station Headquar...
Title inscribed below image. Sketch on verso inscribed: Nr. cattletts Picket posts on Orange & Alexandria R.R. 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.560) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
A band of rebels firing into the [railroad] cars near Tunstall's Stati...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 13 or 14 (1862 July 5), p. 421. No reference copy may be available. Caption card tracings: C.W. ... more
Plan of the Battle of Rappahannock Station November 7th 1863.
As part of the Bristoe Campaign, while Union troops fought to cross the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford, Ewell's Confederates defended the pontoon bridge at Rappahannock Station approximately four miles away... more
The Rappahannock looking towards Falmouth R.R. Station
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 28, 1863, pp. 200-201. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.699) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... more
Wagon park, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, po...
Photograph showing an assembly of wagons belonging to the Quartermaster's Department, which handled field repairs for the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sket... more
Stoneman's Station, Acquia Creek, Va.
This record contains unverified data from shelflist.
The Shebang, or quarters of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Stati...
Photograph showing the facilities of the United States Sanitary Commission, a privately funded agency that provided care and supplies to soldiers.
The War in Virginia - Battle of Rappahannock Station, Nov. 7 - a porti...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Nov. 28, pp. 152-153. Reference copy in LOT 4416G (1863)
Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas, and New Brunswick, ...
Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 41.4 "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd." General map of the eastern United States showing state and county boundaries, c... more
Lloyd's official map of the state of Kentucky compiled from actual sur...
Detailed township and county map showing relief by hachures, drainage, coal and iron mines, salt works, canals, roads, and the railroad network. Scale 1:512,500. LC Railroad maps, 225 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.... more
The Army telegraph - setting up the wire during an action The Army tel...
3 illustrations in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 24, p. 53.
Plan of battles of Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station, Virginia : b...
The map shows the area surrounding the Rappahannock River as it runs from north to south; the Orange & Alexandria Railroad is also indicated. The battles of Rappahannock Bridge and Kelly's Ford were part of the... more
Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick, a...
Shows only a small part of Canada and western part of New Brunswick. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered, according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd, in the Clerk's Office of the District Cour... more
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania, 1863, Hanover Junction station. Detail...
Original negative at National Archives, No. B-360. Title from item. Photograph attributed to Mathew B. Brady or assistant.
Winter quarters built by the rebels, now occupied by the 67th reg. P.V...
"Designed December 21st, 186[3?]." Bird's eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Tears and mends on all sides, with losses across bottom. Mounted on paper. Acquisi... more
Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad,...
Shows the area of Fairfax County, Va., which was the site of the Battle of Bristoe Station. The map is oriented with Cedar Run to the south, Bristoe to the west and indicates the route of the Orange and Alexan... more
Rebel signal station, 1863, Wauhatchee side, Lookout Mountain Point, T...
Title from item. Historical Civil War Port. 5. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)
Headquarters of the Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station, Va. 1864 (i.e...
No. 4202. Title from item. Alternate title and date from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & ... more
Repairing Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Catlett's Station, after...
No. 448. Title from item. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Hanover Junction, Pennsylvania--1863--Hanover Junction Railroad Statio...
People standing in front of railroad station. Photograph by Mathew B. Brady or assistant. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Pontoon boat, Brandy Station, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, ...
Photograph showing a wooden boat, used by the Army of the Potomac to build pontoon bridges, resting on a cart. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : P... more