Collection Items

  •
    Map
    [Sketch of the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, and... LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H129 Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. A similar map, somewhat reduced, with the above title is contained in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 41. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of the battle of Fredericksburg, Saturday, Dec. 13th 1... LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 551 Signed in facsimile: Maj. Genl. Franklin, compliments, Danl. Butterfield, Chief of Staff. Probably printed by the Union Army since the inscription contains the names of the Union generals Franklin and Butterfield. Shows names of residents. Mounted on cloth-backed paper. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    View of Fredericksburg, Va. 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
    • Contributor: E. Sachse & Co
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of the battle of Fredericksburg, Dezember [i.e. Decemb... Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) over a 2-inch pencil grid on gray tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H123 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes index to Confederate divisions' positions. In pencil on verso: 95.
    • Contributor: Blackford, W. W. (William Willis)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    [An unfinished drawing of the battle of Fredericksburg, Satur... Shows "Gen. Lee's Hd. Qrs." and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. Similar to the map reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 31, no. 4. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H125 In pencil on...
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Battle of Fredericksburg. Dec. 13, 1862. Scale ca. 1:50,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 557 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 32, Aug. 1886. p. 622. "In indicating the Union artillery, we have followed an official map made under the direction of General Henry J. Hunt, chief of artillery." Gives troop positions, batteries, names of commanders, roads, R.F. & P Railroad and the unfinished railroad, houses and names of...
    • Contributor: Wells, Jacob
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of Banks Ford. Shows fortifications and names of some residents on the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg. Relief shown by hachures. Date and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H139 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 291.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 553.6 In this issue, the map is printed on a yellow background with the Rappahannock River colored green. Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road," street plan of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, houses, fences, names of residents in rural areas,...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] Relief shown by hachures. Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road," street plan of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, houses, fences, names of residents in rural areas, vegetation, and drainage. Surveyed & drawn by Maj. J.E. Weyss, assisted by F. Theilkuhl, J. Strasser & G. Thompson. Description derived from...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 553.8 Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road," street plan of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, houses, fences, names of residents in rural areas, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd... Illustrates the placement of Union and Confederate forces during the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, culminating in the battle of Chancellorsville fought May 1-4, 1863. This map focuses on the Sunday, May 3rd, action, which is referred to by Sneden as "Second Fredericksburg."
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-05-03
  • Map
    Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg Va. By Maj.... Area depicted includes the Rappahannock River to the northeast, Taylor Hill to the northwest and Deep Run to the south. The Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad is also indicated. As part of Gen. Hooker's plan to drive the Confederate Army back toward Richmond, Gen. Sedgwick was to undertake a diversionary attack across the Rappahannock River toward the Confederate entrenchments above Fredericksburg. On May 3rd, having...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va. Printed map with annotations by Sneden highlighting the defenses of Richmond, Va., and locations associated with the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864.
    • Contributor: Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony) - Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    The line of the Rappahannock, 30th April 1863 Showing positio... This map shows the location of the two armies on the eve of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Union Gen. Hooker has moved his forces via Kelly's Ford into position south of the Rappahannock near Chancellorsville, Va., to launch what he believes will be a rear attack on Gen. R. E. Lee's Fredericksburg stronghold. Meanwhile Federal forces under Sedgwick continue a diversionary frontal assault on Fredericksburg....
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-04-30
  • Map
    Plan of the battle of Fredericksburg. Fought 13th Decr. 1862. Map shows Gen. R. E. Lee's strong position on the heights overlooking Fredericksburg, Va. While he could not prevent the Union forces from crossing the Rappahannock River on December 13 and taking the town, they were unable, despite repeated suicidal assaults, to take the hills on which the Confederate forces were entrenched. After several days astride the river, the Union forces withdrew the night...
    • Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-12-13
  • Map
    Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1... Map shows the area surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., including Spotsylvania Courthouse, Chancellorsville and Falmouth, during the Fredericksburg Campaign. This image shows the situation several days before the battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13th, during which Burnside ordered several futile attacks against Lee's forces. After losing over 12,000 men, the Federal forces withdrew on December 15th.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-12-01
  • Map
    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 able to use the bluffs overlooking the river to his advantage. After sustaining heavy losses crossing the river, Burnside decided against renewed attacks and withdrew on the 15th of December.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-12-13
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862. This unsigned hand-drawn map shows the area surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., and includes the location of General Lee's field headquarters, Jeb Stuart's cavalry, the Washington Artillery, and forces under the commands of Col. Pelham and Col. Walker. The locations of pontoon bridges are also indicated.
    • Contributor: Cooke Family
    • Date: 1862-12-15
  • Map
    Passages of the Rappahannock and Battle of Fredericksburg, De... "Map originally prepared following the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862 ... enhanced by the addition of details from a captured map prepared by topographical engineer Jedediah Hotchkiss for the use of Confederate lietenant general Stonewall Jackson. A significant feature of the map is an overlay (overleaf) depicting the rapidly changing positions of Federal troops during and after their successful crossing of the Rappahannock...
    • Contributor: Hains, Peter C. (Peter Conover) - Hotchkiss, Jedediah - Doull, Alexander - Callahan, Denis - United States. Topographical Bureau - Wainwright, Charles S. (Charles Shiels)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    The field of Fredericksburg : showing the positions of the tr... Annotated in red and blue to show Union and Confederate positions. Map no. XIII from: The story of the Civil War, vol. 2 / John C. Ropes. Boston, 1898. 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 Library of Congress web...
    • Contributor: Ropes, John Codman - Geo. W. Stadly & Co.
    • Date: 1898-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the battle field of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862
    Map of the battlefield of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862     Annotated in red and blue to show Federal and Confederate positions. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. 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 Library of Congress web site as raster image. April 2002, John Hart (April 1933), f, Map Cataloging Team....
    • Contributor: Braxton, Carter M. - A. Hoen & Co. - Blackford, B. L. (Benjamin Lewis)
    • Date: 1866-01-01
  • Map
    Battle-field & environs of the city of Fredericksburg.
    Battlefield and environs of the city of Fredericksburg     "To James G. McCabe, Jr., from his friend James W.B." Dated 1863 in pencil in upper right corner. Dated on map: 13th Dec. 1862. Relief shown by hachures. Signed in lower right corner: J.M.B. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Swem, C.E. Maps relating to Virginia, 1008...
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, and ... "Accompanying report of Gen. R.E. Lee, C.S. Army Series I. Vol. XXV Part 1: page 795." Plate 41, map 1 from: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington : GPO, 1891-1893. Relief shown by hachures. Shows location of Union and Confederate forces. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1891-01-01