united states, history

Plan of the encampment and position of the army under His Excelly. Lt....

Scale ca. 1:14,400. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 650

An accurate map of the United States of America, with part of the surr...

Scale ca. 1:4,100,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. Shows national boundaries, towns and cities, frontier forts, trading posts, Indian villages and tribal territory, rivers an... More

Comanche pictograph map of the Battle of Sierra Blanca, 1787

Shows battle between two warring Plains Indian tribes, the Comanche and Apache. Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink with fold lines. Map pasted on larger sheet of paper which includes key to map signed by ... More

Colton's railroad & township map of the state of Ohio, drawn by George...

Detailed map showing drainage, railroads under construction and completed, canals, post roads, towns, townships, villages, post offices, and county boundaries. Scale ca. 1:750,000. LC also has 1856 and 1859 edi... More

Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three ...

Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown by hachur... More

Topographical map of Virginia between Washington and Manassas Junction...

Shows Union and Confederate positions at "Battle of Bull Run, July 21st 1861." Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. In right margin at bottom: Guide to Mount Vernon by the Road Maker. Available ... More

Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...

Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More

Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi Rive...

Scale 1:84,480 ("3/4 of an inch = one mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 299.8 From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the W... More

Plan of Rebel redoubt and barracks [at] "Camp Misery" : surveyed April...

Layout of "Camp Misery," a Confederate fort on the Virginia Peninsula located in a swampy area on the Ship Point road. The camp was evacuated on April 5th, 1862, as Union forces began their siege of Yorktown.

Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, every point o...

Scale ca. 1:250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 633 Indicates location and dates of battles, "McClellan's present defensive line" at Harrison's Landing, principal roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Descri... 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

Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia ...

Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), ... More

Plan of the attack on Ft. Sumter, April 6th, 1863.

Map shows a regional view of Charleston Harbor including Confederate fortifications and Union naval vessels. This April 1863 atttack by Union ironclads was unsuccessful. Color coding indicates the location of U... More

Plan of fortifications at Columbus, Ga.

Shows fortifications near Columbus, Georgia. Relief shown by hachures. Similar map appears in the U.S. War Dept.'s Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies, 1891-95, pl. 132, ... 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

[Schofield crossing the Chattahoochee, July 1864].

Shows military camp west of the Chattahoochee River near the Ulrich farm and troop positions in Fulton County between Roswell and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Title and date from Stephenso... More

Battlefield of Dinwiddie Courthouse, Va. from official map made by Col...

Map shows the area between Dinwiddie Court House and Five Forks, Va., including the location of troops at different times during the engagement. Beginning on March 30, 1865, Sheridan advanced on the Five Forks ... More

Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April 186...

This detail of an unidentified printed map has annotations by Sneden showing the locations of troops surrounding Appomattox Courthouse, April 9th, 1865. Union forces identified include Sheridan's 9th Corps, Hum... More

Bird's eye view of Lake Geneva, Walworth Co., Wis. 1882.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Wisconsin, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Where Old Glory floats. - Public domain vintage map

Shows U.S. posessions around the world after 1898. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

World's Fair, St Louis, 1904. - A painting of a view of a large city

"American Expositions and World Fairs Exhibit, January-March 1976." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Gallery of natural history, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences [B...

Corpus Christi, Texas. Privately supported tuberculosis clinic supervi...

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Map of Alabama sculpted by Gregg LeFevre and Jennifer Andrews in 2005 ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Civil War newspaper maps from the New York times and the New York hera...

Issues of the New York times and the New York herald published between Sept. 5, 1861 and June 28, 1862, each with a front page map depicting a Civil War battle, campaign, or other related military event. Some i... More

Birds eye view of Sixth Street wharf, Washington, D.C.

Print shows the busy wharves in southwest Washington, DC, where wounded soldiers oftenarrived. In the foreground, the U.S.M. paddle steamboat "John Brooks" filled with Union soldeirs in the foreground, soldiers... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Newspaper clip...

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An illustrated historical atlas of Henry Co., Indiana /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4530 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Henry County, brief histories of Henry County townships, ... More

Combination atlas map of Kosciusko County, Indiana

Title from atlas facsimile. Evansville, Ind. : Unigraphic, 1974. On cover: Kingman Bro's. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4539 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In... More

Plat book of Washington County, Nebraska : containing carefully prepar...

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Washington County, and portraits of early Saunders County residents and residences. LC copy imperfec... More

An illustrated historical atlas map of Randolph County, Ills. : carefu...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4348 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Randolph County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

An illustrated historical atlas map of Randolph County, Ills. : carefu...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4348 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Randolph County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Financial pape...

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

Plat book of Saunders County, Nebraska : containing carefully prepared...

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The Hartford Convention or Leap no leap / Wm. Charles, Sc.

Charles's satire attacks the Hartford Convention, a series of secret meetings of New England Federalists held in December 1814. The artist caricatures radical secessionist leader Timothy Pickering and lampoons... More

The county of Saginaw, Michigan : topography, history, art folio /

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The county of Saginaw, Michigan : topography, history, art folio /

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The county of Saginaw, Michigan : topography, history, art folio /

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The county of Saginaw, Michigan : topography, history, art folio /

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Illustrated atlas and Columbian souvenir of La Grange County, Indiana ...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4542 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of the United States, brief history of LaGrange County, and biographies ... More

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

Union and Confederate campaigns in the lower Shenandoah Valley illustr...

Shows positions of Federal and Confederate armies. Relief shown by hachures. Part blueprints and part blue-line prints. "The maps are copies of those published in 1880 in Col. Allan's 'Campaigns of Stonewall Ja... More

Atlas of Steuben Co., Indiana : to which are added various general map...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4570 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Steuben County, and brief biographies and portraits of earl... More

Atlas of Steuben Co., Indiana : to which are added various general map...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4570 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Steuben County, and brief biographies and portraits of earl... More

General Wright, Commander of the "Bloody Sixth Corps."

Stereograph showing General Horatio Gouverneur Wright seated in front of a tent with a soldier standing on the left. The headquarters flag from the VI Corps is displayed behind Gen. Wright.

Caldwell's illustrated, historical, combination atlas of Jefferson Cou...

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Caldwell's illustrated, historical, combination atlas of Jefferson Cou...

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Historical atlas of Paulding County, Ohio : containing maps of Pauldin...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5954 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Paulding County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

Historical atlas of Paulding County, Ohio : containing maps of Pauldin...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5954 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief history of Paulding County, and brief biographies and portraits of ear... More

Caldwell's atlas of Holmes Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5912 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, maps of the United States and Ohio, brief history of Holmes County, and bi... More

Caldwell's atlas of Holmes Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5912 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, maps of the United States and Ohio, brief history of Holmes County, and bi... More

Caldwell's atlas of Holmes Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5912 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, maps of the United States and Ohio, brief history of Holmes County, and bi... 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

Riddell's Greene County atlas, 1896.

Title from cover. LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5899 Includes index, advertisements, and brief history of Greene County. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annota... More

[Full-length portrait of an unidentified civil war soldier] / from Bal...

Photograph shows soldier leaning against a column. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52. "GD1185" and "1270" written on back of the mount. Purchase; Wil... More

Guide leaflets for the tour of historic Civil War defenses, Washington...

Relief shown by contours on some maps. Title from title sheet (sheet #1). Facsims. of Civil War fortification maps of Washington D.C. Original version: [S.l. : s.n., 1861?-1865]. LC sheets imperfect: Use-worn, ... More

Combination atlas map of Delaware County, Pennsylvania /

On title page ill.: "N. Friend, engr. Philad." ; "C.L. Smith, del." LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 6166 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, brief hi... More

Illustrated historical atlas of Traill and Steele counties, North Dako...

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Illustrated historical atlas of Traill and Steele counties, North Dako...

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[Sketch map of fortifications in the vicinity of Fort Washington, Manh...

Relief shown by hachures. In German. Title devised by cataloger. Gift; Carroll B. Cox, Dana Point, Calif.; 1997. From the Johann Carl Philipp von Krafft papers in LC Manuscript Division. Pen-and-ink. Watermark ... More

Art gallery, the Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, 1864

Photograph shows paintings and sculpture at the Sanitary Fair in Philadelphia. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Ce... 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

Tertiary history of the Grand cañon district, with atlas,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a world heritage landmark, natural or regular park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of Charleston S.C. from Fort Wagner, Morris Isla

Flag view across harbor, toward city and waterfront. Confederate flags flying over docks, and fortress at right. Title inscribed below image. Transfer, Map Division.

Caldwell's atlas of Madison Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5929 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of Ohio, map of the United States, brief history of Madison County, and ... More

Caldwell's atlas of Madison Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5929 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of Ohio, map of the United States, brief history of Madison County, and ... More

Caldwell's atlas of Madison Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5929 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of Ohio, map of the United States, brief history of Madison County, and ... More

Caldwell's atlas of Madison Co., Ohio /

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5929 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index, map of Ohio, map of the United States, brief history of Madison County, and ... More

Military maps of the United States. - Public domain map

The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the...

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Atlas of the battles of the American Revolution, together with maps sh...

LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 609, 910, 1003, 1013, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1200, 1291, 1321, 1327, 1337, 1342, 1346, 1356, 1375, 1465, 1474, 1476, 1516, 1543, 1561, 1564, 1566, 1576, 1630, 2075 Availabl... More

The county of Bay, Michigan : maps, history, illustrations and statist...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4962 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Bay County, and brief biographies and portraits of early ... More

The county of Bay, Michigan : maps, history, illustrations and statist...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4962 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Bay County, and brief biographies and portraits of early ... More

Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio : published from actual survey...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5951 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Noble County, portraits of early Noble County residents, ... More

Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio : published from actual survey...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5951 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Noble County, portraits of early Noble County residents, ... More

Illustrated atlas of Noble County, Ohio : published from actual survey...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 5951 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexes, brief history of Noble County, portraits of early Noble County residents, ... More

Carte du théatre de la guerre entre les anglais et les Américains / dr...

Print shows cartouche with a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt reclining against wall which bears title inscription; flags, banners, and shield on his right, trees in the background. Illus. in: Cart... More

[Views from offshore of islands in the Bay of Fundy and the entrance t...

Prints show distant views of The Wolves, a cluster of islands off New Brunswick in the Bay of Fundy, Grand Manan Island, and the entrance to the Saint John River, with ships passing in the foreground. Illus. i... More

Map of Chenango County, New York : from actual surveys /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows landowners. LC Land ownership maps, 482 Includes statistics and illustrations. Bainbridge -- Coventry -- Greene -- Guilford -- Plan of New Berlin -- Plan of Norwich -- Oxford --... More

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

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and U.S. belt buckle with pisto...

Case: Leather, floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). NewsetLilj02 pp/liljunion

New map of Virginia : compiled from the latest maps

Accompanied by cover: New map of Virginia. Richmond, Va. : J.W. Randolph ; 14 x 9 cm. Insets: Harpers Ferry -- Norfolk Harbor and vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Shows principal cities, towns and railroads,... 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 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

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

"The Rebel troops and batteries were commanded by Genl. Holmes, C.S.A. during the blockade which lasted from Decr 1861 to 9th March 1862." -- Page caption. Color coding shows location of Union and Confederate f... 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

Charleston Harbor and its approaches showing the positions of the Rebe...

[Scale 1:30,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 380 Another issue. Shows roads, railroads, houses, vegetation, a street plan of Charleston, drainage, soundings, and shoals. Overprinted to show positions occupied... More

Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd

After two days' preparation, the main Federal assault took place in the early morning of June 3rd against a well-entrenched Confederate army. Federal losses were overwhelming, and by noon Gen. Grant called a h... More

[Map of the environs of Olley Creek near Marietta, Georgia, July? 1864...

Shows troop positions, fortifications, and names of some residents. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S96, 198 Available also through the Library of Congress We... More

Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864

Devaux Neck is a peninsula formed by the Tulfinney and Coosawatchie rivers as they branch off the Broad River. The peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. This map, in closer detail than... More

Phelps & Watson's historical and military map of the border & southern...

Shows locations of battles and skirmishes, 1861 to May (?) 1864, with red dots or by red underlining of place names. Also shows population statistics for each state; statistics positioned near blue dots. Relief... More

Campaign map of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, showing all the battle ...

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Map of the Hawaiian Islands. - Public domain old map

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of the County of Santa Barbara, California /

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral map showing drainage, roads, railroads, land ownership, landowners' names, ranchos, township and section lines, school and supervisorial districts, etc. LC Land ownership map... More

A full brass band composed of women, heading one of the posts from the...

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Company B, Confederate Veterans, Nashville, Tennessee Giers, Nashville...

Photomontage shows portraits of identified Confederate veterans taken by Giers Art Gallery. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Veteran's Attic, Kingston, ... More

JACKSON, ANDREW - Public domain portrait engraving

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Orange County before 1810 / - Public domain map drawing

Pictorial history map with drawings of early buildings/settlers/events and with names of early settlers/landowners. Relief shown pictorially. "Buildings marked * are standing in 1935." "Copyright Jan. 1, 1936."... More