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Virginia, Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:1,310,000. Facsimile. Ninth state. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

The tourist's guide through the States of Maryland, Delaware, and part...

Relief shown by hachures. Cover title: Map of Maryland and part of Virginia &c. From the papers of Orlando M. Poe in LC Manuscript Division. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1836 by F. Lucas Jr... 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

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

A map of Fauquier Co. Virginia / - Public domain old map

LC Land ownership maps, 1256 Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Pen-and-ink over pencil grid with pencil emendations. Imperfect: torn vertically with some staining along tear, and moun... More

Plan of battle of Salem Church near Bank's Ford, Virginia : May 3rd & ...

As part of a series depicting the Chancellorsville Campgain, this map gives details of the area around Salem Church, where Union Gen. Sedgwick's forces, en route from Fredericksburg to reinforce Hooker near Cha... More

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

[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

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

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

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 showing the West Virginia Midland Railway and its connections.

Map of West Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. 15902 U.S. Copyright Office Scale 1:760,320. LC Railroad maps, 612 Descripti... 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

Manpower, junior size. Soldiers without uniforms but determined home f...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Virginia, area 2 : Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Culpeper, Fairfax, ...

Shows Soil Conservation Service field, area, and state offices. Also covers Greene County. "Base Source: Virginia State Family of Maps base series." Includes location map. "1-16931." Available also through the ... More

Memorial at the Pentagon - Psalm 23

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Assateague Island National Seashore : Assateague Island National Seash...

Also covers Assateague State Park (Md.) and Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (Va.). "*GPO:2012--372-849/80966 Reprint 2012." Title from panel. Includes text, inset of state park, and color illustrations. T... More

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

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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

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

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

King's Highway (Remains), Parallel to U.S. Route 1, Woodbridge, Prince...

Significance: Narrow roadway bordered by hedgerows, extending from ferry landing opposite Colchester for several hundred yards to Belmont Subdivision. This early north-south highway can be picked up intermitte... More

Map of Virginia / Historic map, Library of Congress

Vessels destroyed at Norfolk 1861. - Public domain map

Sketch map of "U.S. Navy Yard" vicinity at Portsmouth (Va.) showing buildings, shipbuilding docks, drydock, buoys, and locations of the scuttled U.S. ships "Pennsylvania", "Columbia", "Raritan", and "Delaware".... More

Map of George Washington's land at Mount Vernon, Fairfax Coy., Virgini...

Insets: drawings of mansion house and of Washington's tomb ; "Plan of the grounds around Mt. Vernon Mansion with the names of the buildings as used in G. Washington's time." Available also through the Library o... More

[Map of Nelson and Amherst counties, Va.] /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, on a 3/4-inch grid, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth... More

Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...

Scale ca 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton'... More

Map of 1st and 2nd Bull Run battles. Official map from the Topographic...

In this detail of a printed map, Sneden has juxtaposed troop locations during First Bull Run (21 July 1861) and Second Bull Run (29-30 August 1862). He has also noted the location where Union General Philip Kea... More

Battle of Beaverdam Creek Va., Chickahominy River, June 27th 1862

While dated June 27th, this map depicts an engagement that took place the day previously, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles. It shows the area of Hanover County that includes Mechanicsville, with th... More

Map of Powhatan County, Virginia /, Confederate States of America

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. "May 20 1864." North oriented toward the upper left. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer Chief Engineer - Pres... More

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... More

[Map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5 /

Relief shown by hachures. Includes names of some residents in outlying areas. Civil War salted paper maps. Title taken from other version. Names of surveyors and draftsmen have been added by hand in the lower l... More

The lower parish of Nansemond County, Va. with adjoining portions of N...

Shows early land ownership. Relief shown by hachures. "Copyright 1946 J.H. Granbery." LC Land ownership maps, 1309 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes notes on the area.

Flood plain inundation map, Roanoke River

Scale ca. 1:35,500. Folded title: Floods in Roanoke and Salem, Virginia; how to avoid damage. Text, illus., and 2 flood profiles on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

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

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

Map of the United States compiled from the latest and most accurate s...

Detailed map of the eastern United States to about the 97th Meridian. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, state and county boundaries, cities, towns and villages, canals, roads, and railroads in operation and p... 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

[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

[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 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.

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

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

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

[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

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

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

Westover Library/Reed School, 1644 N. McKinley Rd., N.W., Washington, ...

The library opened to the public on October 30, 2009. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Print... More

Guillaume Thomas Reynal / JS [encircled monogram].

Print shows Guillaume-Thomas-François Reynal, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right; in oval with lyre, map of Virginia, and a cherub in the foreground. Engraving attributed to Dupin. Published in: The Ame... More

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

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: General Correspondence, 1846-1899; 1882

[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.

[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

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 the lower Shenandoah Valley, Virginia] /

Shows the Shenandoah Valley from the Potomac to the north to Front Royal and Strasburg to the south, including roads, drainage, railroads, and names of residents. Relief shown by shading. Title derived from Ste... 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 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

Yorktown, Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia

"*GPO: 2007--330-358/00775. Reprint 2007." Title from panel. Includes text, col. ill, and map of "The final campaign, 1781." Text, map of "Echoes from the past, Yorktown on foot", and ill. (some col.) on verso.... More

Architectural details on the Carnegie Library at Mount Vernon Square, ...

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

Gen. Robert Edward Lee - Public domain portrait engraving

Photograph of a painting in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; signed "J.A. Elder, Richmond, Va." Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 29914. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

1:25 000-scale topographic map of Colonial National Historical Park, V...

Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Title from panel. Title in right lower margin: Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia : 37076-B5-PF-025 : 1981. "Compiled ... More

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Legal papers; ...

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Legal papers; ...

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Legal papers; ...

Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: Miscellany, circa 1846-1908; Scrapbooks; Mo...

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Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers: General Correspondence, 1846-1899; Letterbo...

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

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

[Map of portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, centering o...

Shows roads in red, and railroads, place names, etc. in black. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Following the statemen... 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

View of Fredericksburg, Virginia Nov. 1862.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 956 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 554 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

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