virginia peninsula

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 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.

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

Official map of the Union works in front of Yorktown, Va.

Shows the vicinity of Yorktown, Va., including Union batteries located along the Warwick Court House Road. Also shows the Confederate barricade made up of abatis, palisades, slashings of trees, felled trees, an... More

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

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

The assault on the "Red Battery," April 25th, 1862 Yorktown, Va.

Shows the area between the Warwick River to the west and the Warwick Road to the east as McClellan's forces attacked Confederate batteries on the Peninsula south of Yorktown, Va. Color coding indicates the loca... More

[Map of the part of Virginia lying between the York and James rivers :...

Covers the Virginia Peninsula inland to Richmond and Hanover. Shows settlements, battle sites, troop movements, roads, railroads, county names, and county boundaries. Title from R.W. Stephenson's Civil War maps... More

Position of Richmond, Va. - Public domain vintage map

Area map of Richmond showing locations of roads, railroads, waterways, and landforms, as well as outlying Confederate defenses. Also includes notations of Union positions on June 13th and June 20th, 1862, and ... More

Map of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York counties.

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

Map of the vicinity of Richmond, and part of the peninsula /

Position of Union Army - Public domain vintage map

Map shows the location of Union troops in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia poised to begin McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, March 1862. Among the landmarks noted are the location of McClellan's headquarters i... More

Richmond and York River Railroad - Public domain old map

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

1862 map of the James River. - Public domain old map

Payne, a member of the 4th Virginia Cavalry, C.S.A., was wounded and captured during the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., in May 1862. This map depicts the area of the Virginia Peninsula between Williamsburg and Ri... More

Map of the vicinity of Richmond, Va. and part of the Peninsula

"Photographic Reproduction from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies." "The defense of Richmond, 1861-1865" with text and ill. on verso. Includes text. Relief shown by hachures. Similar to n... More

Map of the Peninsula of Virginia : showing route of McClellan's Army t...

On what appears to be a portion of a published travel map showing steamship and railroad routes out of Baltimore, Md., Sheden has indicated the route of the Union Army as it moved up the Virginia Peninsula towa... More

Plan of the Rebel position at Howard's Bridge, April 4th 1862

The map shows the area of the lower peninsula around Howard's Bridge, including the Confederate works on the north side of the Poquosin River. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapboo... More

The battle fields and military positions in the Virginian Peninsula, f...

Scale ca. 1:375,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 459 "Presented by the Home Insurance Compy. of New York." A few battle sites are marked by crossed swords. Shows roads, railroads, towns, county names and bound... More

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

Sun print. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 625 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Map of the Virgi... More

This map of the peninsula between the York and James rivers was found ...

Shows unnamed major roads and a few place names. Ink and pencil mounted on paper. Folded into 16 sections, with losses along fold lines. In lower left corner: "[AC 12,509]". Available also through the Library o... More

Map of the lines at Yorktown, Virginia, April 1862.

Shows the vicinity around Yorktown, Va., including Warwick Court House, the Warwick River, and Wormsley Creek as siege lines were drawn by McClellan's Union troops and Magruder's Confederate forces.

Johnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign in V...

"35-36." "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by J. Knowles Hare ..." Description derived from published bibliography. From an edition of the author's New illustrated family atlas of the worl... More

Map of the vicinity of Richmond, Va. and part of the Peninsula /

Chart showing the depth of the James and York rivers as they enter Che...

Scale ca. 1:200,000. Title from P. L. Phillips' A list of maps of America, p. 227. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Oriented with north to the right. Shows settlements, points of interest, and aids to navigation. Avail... More

Plan of Rebel fort (Camp Misery) on Ship Point Road - Virginia.

Shows the layout of "Camp Misery" and the surrounding woods and swamp; Ship Point Road is to the south. The camp was evacuated as the Union forces began their siege of Yorktown. NOTE: Researchers will be serve... More

The Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va

Shows the fortifications of the Union and Confederate forces on opposite sides of the Warwick River in Warwick County [now city of Newport News], Va., at the time of the engagement Lee's Mill, also known as Bur... More

Map of the Peninsula of Virginia : showing route of McClellan's Army t...

On what appears to be a portion of a published travel map showing steamship and railroad routes out of Baltimore, Md., Sheden has indicated the route of the Union Army as it moved up the Virginia Peninsula towa... More

Johnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign in V...

Public domain scan of a 19th-century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

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

Sun print. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 625 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Map of the Virgi... More

The Union position before Yorktown, Va., 18th April 1862

A regional view of Yorktown, Va., and vicinity, with Yorktown and Gloucester Point on opposite sides of the York River and indicating where the Warwick River feeds into the James, and also the Poquoson River as... More

Plan of Rebel redoubt and barracks at "Camp Misery" : surveyed April 1...

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. ... More

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

Shows the fortifications of the Union and Confederate forces on opposite sides of the Warwick River in Warwick County [now city of Newport News], Va., at the time of the engagement Lee's Mill, also known as Bur... More

Extract from Fort Monroe, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Yorktown, with their c...

Shows Virginia Peninsula region, south of Yorktown to Fort Monroe. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy: Publication information annotated in ink. Sun print. Civil War salted paper maps... More

Map of the vicinity of Richmond, and part of the peninsula

Relief shown by hachures. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Available also through the Libra... More

Richmond and York River Railroad - Public domain old map

"Sketch 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 ... More

Plan of Union and Rebel position at Yorktown Va.

Shows the area between the Warwick River and Yorktown to the north and Wormsley Creek to the south that was the Confederacy's first line of defense against McClellan's advance up the Virginia Peninsula. The loc... More

The Rebel works at Howard's Bridge Virginia April 4th 1862.

Shows the fortifications of the Confederate forces at Howard's Bridge on the banks of the Poquoson River, which succeeded in slowing McClellan's advance up the Peninsula.

Johnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by J. Knowles Hare in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern ... More

Johnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by J. Knowles Hare in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern ... More

Map of the lines at Yorktown, Virginia, April 1862

Shows the vicinity around Yorktown, Va., including Warwick Court House, the Warwick River, and Wormsley Creek as siege lines were drawn by McClellan's Union troops and Magruder's Confederate forces. "Yorktown w... More

Johnson's map of the vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in ...

Plan of the Rebel position at Howard's Bridge, April 4th 1862.

The map shows the area of the lower peninsula around Howard's Bridge, including the Confederate works on the north side of the Poquosin River.

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. Color coding indicates the location of Union a... More

Map of New Kent, Charles City, James City and York counties

"Chief Engineer's Office D.N.V. Colonel J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer."--map. "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historica... More

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

Relief shown by hachures. Covers that portion of the Virginia Peninsula between Round Squirrel Church, 15 miles northwest of Richmond, to Old Barrell's Ferry on the Chickahominy River, 35 miles southeast of Ric... More