virginia

[Detail of A map of Virginia of 1612, showing Powhatan in the royal wi...

Engraving by Robert Vaughan. Illus. in: John Smith's, Generall Historie of Virginia ... London, 1624, plate 13. Reference copy may be in SSF - Indians of North America Dwellings. This record contains unverified... More

A survey of the northern neck of Virginia, being the lands belonging t...

Scale ca. 1:875,000. Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Annotated to show roads, plantations, counties and towns. AACR2: 651/1;700/1

A general map of the middle British colonies in America: Viz. Virginia...

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: London and Philadelphia. Relief shown pictorially. Includes numerous notes, especially concerning inland water communications and natural resources, 3 distan... More

At a council, held at the Palace, May 2, 1775. Present his Excellency ...

Not in Evans. 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 178, Folder 13c.

[Theater and hotel building ("Theatre, Assembly Rooms and an hotel"), ...

Inscriptions on recto: "Elevation of the S.W. Flank, being the FRONT of the HOTEL." "Elevation of the N.E. Flank, being the FRONT of the ROOMS," "VIII." Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: B... More

The war in Virginia Lieutenant General Grant in a council of war at Ma...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Inger.

A proposal for publishing by inscription, Poems on several occasions, ...

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Joseph C. Lewis II, head-and-shoulders portrait, right profile

Title devised by Library staff, other information from Miles. Trimmed to image. Dexter, 474 Published in: Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical profile portrait in America / Ellen G. Miles. Washington, D.C. : Nation... 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

Loco Foco hunters treeing a candidate

A satire on the Democrats' or "Loco Focos'" 1852 pursuit of Franklin Pierce for the presidential nomination. At the foot of the White Mountains in the "Dismal Swamp," an immense, swampy region of North Carolina... More

Yorktown - Public domain image of steamship

Sidewheeler using steam as auxiliary power, showing men with crates of tobacco marked "P.B." (Paulin Byrd). LOT subdivision subject: Ships (clipper and steam). Title and other information transcribed from capti... More

[R.M.T. Hunter, Senator from Virginia, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-len...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 125. Each item includes subject's orig... More

The Queen of the trotting turf. Manufactured by Seth Halsey, Lynchburg...

Tobacco label showing jockey on four wheeler pulled by horse, on racetrack.

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

Mount Vernon, Virginia no. 634 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows Mount Vernon estate, Virginia. Gottheim collection code: GCW 56. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs (Library of Congress) Publisher attrib... More

R.E. Colston, C.S.A., Colonel of 16th Virginia Infantry., C.S.A.

A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Somerville - Public domain scan / drawing during American Civil War

Two men by pond, barn in background. Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.58) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at the tomb of Washington, Octo...

The Prince of Wales and other men gathered outside Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, Virginia. Illus. from: Harper's Weekly, 1860.

[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

General Butler's Headquarters, Chapin's Farm during American Civil War

No. B131. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, p. 231". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Headquarters of convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia

No. B1174. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Confederate fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia, Confederate States of ...

No. B141. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 8, page 371. Hand written on verso from an unidentified source: Confederate Battery at Yorktown which fired upon the Federal Balloonist and upon which "Balloon Bry... More

[Burial of Union soldier at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 33. Title d... More

Gabions in Engineer Camp in front of Petersburg, Virginia

No. B6. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and... More

Camp of the 44th New York Infantry near Alexandria, Virginia

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

Co. F, 6th Vermont Infantry - Camp Griffin, Virginia

No. 4122. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Monitor "Lehigh" in Trent's Reach, James River, Virginia, just below C...

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[U.S.S. Casco, light draft monitor, in the James River]

Title devised by library staff. See also: LOT 4182, no. 76. Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941.

Officers on deck of monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B889. Mounted with four other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Hotel at Spottsylvania [i.e. Spotsylvania] Court House

Photograph shows people arriving at Sanford's Hotel opposite the court house in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. No. 5042. No. "113" etched in the negative. Mounted with one other photograph. Photograph is half ... More

Richmond, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Gift; George Holmes; July 26, 1941. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and sal... More

[A group of soldiers stand on gabions used as fortifications near Pete...

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Pontoon bridge at Deep Bottom, James River, Virginia

No. 254. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921-... More

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia

No. B596. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Bomb proof quarters at Ft. Burnham. The sides and top are 7 feet thick...

Stereograph showing three Union soldiers in front of bombproof quarters at Fort Burnham, near James River, Virginia.

[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

Great siege train at Yorktown, Virginia

Rows of mortars and field guns in foreground. Stereo half by Brady, #2358. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865.

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

Confederate ram Atlanta (after capture), Trent's Reach, James River, V...

No. 5129. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Alexandria, Virginia. The Marshall house, American Civil War Glass Neg...

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Practice Chapel Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia

Photograph shows five men seated on the lawn in front of the chapel. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

Bull Run, Virginia. Robinson's house near center of battlefield

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View on James River, below Aikens

No. B757. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

[Ruins at Hampton, Virginia showing chimneys, and man standing]

Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

[Private James B. McCutchan of Co. D, 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment]

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Domenick A. Serrano, 2012. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of... More

View on James River, near Jones' Landing

Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, w... More

The monitor Casco, James River, Virginia

No. B589. Hand written on mount: "Light draft monitor turret has been removed". Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 177". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Mansion House Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 1290. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, pg. 233". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, ...

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Headquarters of Surgeon Jameson, Stoneman Station, Virginia

No. B190. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 7, p. 193". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Appomattox Court House, Virginia. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows Federal troops with rifles in front of the court house. Two children stand on the fence. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 9, p. 127". Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; ... More

Army transports in James River, Virginia near Deep Bottom

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View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...

Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia. No. 29. Caption continues: Hospital, with old school houses, barns &c.

General Grant's headquarters at City Point, Virginia

No. 2545. Mounted with 3 other photographs. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Pontoon bridge across Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg, Virgini...

No. B613. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run (i.e. Antietam)

Illustrated in: Divided We Fought: A Pictorial History of the War, 1861-1865, p. 21. Illustrated in: Frassanito, William A., E474.65.F7 (P&P) Antietam: The Photographic Legacy of America's Bloodiest Day, E474.... More

Fairfax Seminary, near Alexandria, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B1143. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Swamp on Appomattox River, Virginia, near Broadway Landing

No. B497. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

[Private Stanford Lea Jessee of Co. A, 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; geometric. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: Rick Brown, July 2014. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War P... More

[James Monroe's tomb, near Richmond, Virginia]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - cemet... More

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... 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.

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group. T. Anderson, Esq. Lt. Colonel F...

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Yorktown, Virginia. Naval battery with Nelson house in background used...

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Hard times in Ole Varginny, an worse a cumin'! Scene--Rebel pickets in...

Cartoon showing two Confederate pickets standing in the wilderness on a cold Virginia night, complaining about the cold, the lack of quinine or alcohol to warm the body and boost the spirits; they conclude with... More

Headquarters of General Smith near Manassas

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.9) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Fredericksburg, Virginia (vicinity). The Barnard house below Frederick...

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Lacy House, Fredericksburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-163. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1090) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Manassas Junction, Virginia after its evacuation by the Confederates, ...

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Yorktown, Virginia. Confederate battery with McClellan's No. 1 mortar ...

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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.

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Servants of officers of staff. (The "Be...

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Culpeper Court House, Virginia. View of houses and army wagons

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Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Group of contrabands at Allen's farm ho...

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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

Manassas Junction, Virginia, after its evacuation by the Confederates,...

No. B831. Mounted with 5 other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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

Woodbury's bridge - Chickahominy River, American Civil War Glass Negat...

Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 17. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

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

The Peninsula, Virginia. Officers of General George B. McClellan's sta...

A group of men sitting in front of a tent. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run / negative by Barnard & Gibson ; posit...

Illustration showing ruins of a stone bridge which was destroyed to prevent pursuit by Confederate troops. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp... More

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

Culpeper, Virginia, August 1862 during American Civil War

View of Civil War military encampment in Culpeper, Virginia. Civil War Photograph Collection. Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, positive by A. Gardner. Corresponds to illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of... More

[Railroad construction workers] (Andrew J. Russel)

No. 63 (handwritten) and 2563 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Private Samuel H. Wilhelm of I Company, 4th Virginia Infantry Regimen...

Photograph shows identified soldier in Confederate uniform, who died as POW of acute diarrhea at Fort Delaware, Del., on September 22, 1863. Case: Leather; floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012... More

Alexandria, Virginia. Soldier's cemetery. American Civil War glass neg...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Soldiers Cemetery near Alexandria, Va. File print in LOT 4161-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and ... More

Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity). Battery No. 4, mounting 13-inch mortars...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battery No. 4, near Yorktown mounting ten 13 inch mortars each weighing 20,000 pounds. South end. May 1862. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-J... More

Manassas Station, Virginia. General Beauregard's headquarters

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Bealeton, Virginia. Regimental staff 93d New York Infantry. (Morgan Ri...

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Joe sketched near Culpeper, Virginia / EF.

"Joe, the driver of the mess wagon" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.171) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[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

Culpeper, Virginia (vicinity). Generals, [Gershom] Mott, [John H.H.] W...

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Culpeper, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardn...

Photograph showing a post boy, seated at left, and another man in front of a tent used by the Post Office Department at General Headquarters in Brandy Station, Virginia. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketc... More

Falmouth, Virginia. General George Stoneman and staff

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The war in Virginia - farmers' families on their way to the Union comm...

People on horseback and with ox-drawn cart. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 Nov. 28, p. 152. Reference copy may be in LOT 4420 R. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Culpeper, Virginia. Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of the Poto...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Officers of U.S. Horse Artillery, Army of Potomac, Culpeper, Va., September 1863. Attributed to Alexander Gardner based on similarity to LC-B817... More

Evacuation of Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek Landing, Virginia, June 1863

No. 4213. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, no. 33. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Bealeton, Virginia. Company I, 93d New York Infantry

Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Co. I, 93rd New York Infantry Bealton [sic], Va. August 1863. Corresponding print is... More