Collection Items

  • Map
    The retreat from Petersburg, April 2-9, 1865 "A series of 32 pen and ink maps picturing the progress of Lee's retreat and Grant's pursuit from Petersburg to Appomattox Courthouse, approximately 100 miles, (with descriptive notes) divided into three phases." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Russell, Robert E. L.
    • Date: 1934

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  • Map
    Military map of south-eastern Virginia Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 489 Map title appears inside the border in the upper right corner. Indicates 5-mile concentric circles centered on Richmond, roads, bridges, railroads, towns, houses, drainage, vegetation, and some fortifications in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Military map of south-eastern Virginia LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 490 Another issue. [Indicates 5-mile concentric circles centered on Richmond, roads, bridges, railroads, towns, houses, drainage, vegetation, and some fortifications in the Richmond-Petersburg area] Map title on this and the following two issues appears outside of the top border. Fortifications and vegetation in the Richmond-Petersburg area are more extensive here than on the preceding issue. Another copy is...
    • Contributor: Fillmore, Millard - Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Military map of south-eastern Virginia, [Scale 1:200,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 491 Differs from G3881.S5 1864 .L52 with more detail southwest of the city of Petersburg. Another issue. Indicates 5-mile concentric circles centered on Richmond, roads, bridges, railroads, towns, houses, drainage, vegetation, and some fortifications in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Map title on this and the following two issues appears outside of the top border. Fortifications and vegetation...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Military map of south-eastern Virginia, [Scale 1:200,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 492 Differs from G3881.S5 1864 .L52 with more detail southwest of the city of Petersburg. Differs from G3881.S5 1864 .L53 with statement "No. 3010 price 30 cents" outside of the border in upper left corner. Another issue. Indicates 5-mile concentric circles centered on Richmond, roads, bridges, railroads, towns, houses, drainage, vegetation, and some fortifications in the...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the vicinity of Petersburg Relief shown by hachures. Sun print. Map of parts of Prince George, Dinwiddie and Chesterfield counties, showing roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, houses and names of residents. Major rivers are colored blue by hand. Fortifications at Petersburg and Drewry's Bluff are outlined in pencil. Description derived from published bibliography. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-61. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 606 Available also through...
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Petersburg Shows fortifications and names of some residents. Official [signed] N. Michler, Major [of Engrs.]. Civil War salted paper maps. LC copy annotated in pen-and-ink, watercolor, crayon and pencil to show picket lines of the 2nd, 5th, and 6th Union corps situated between Fort Wadsworth and Billup's P.O. on the Weldon and Petersburg R.R. "Gilbert Thompson" stamped on lower right corner, annotated in pencil. Sun...
    • Contributor: United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Department - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch showing the positions of the redoubts and batteries of the lines of the U.S. Forces in front of Petersburg Shows fortifications and names of some residents. Negative sun print with pencil annotations, on irregularly shaped sheet made from 2 sheets (32 x 36 cm and 34 x 47 cm) unevenly pasted together. Following the word "Official:" is an effaced inscription "N. Michler ... [illegible]". Civil War salted paper maps. LC copy imperfect: Holes and liquid staining throughout. Torn right edge along fold line....
    • Contributor: United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Department
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map showing the Federal and Confederate works during the siege of Petersburg : between the Appomattox River and Hatchers Run, June 16, 1864, to April 3, 1865]. Wall map of Petersburg (Va.) vicinity showing fortifications, roads, railroads, city street network, and streams. Title from R.W. Stephenson's Civil War maps, 2nd ed., 1989. Traced from a map formerly in the office of Chief of Engineers. Pen-and-ink (black and red) with lead-pencil annotations. Originally drawn on 10 sheets. Each of the present 5 sheets consists of 2 former sheets stitched together horizontally at...
    • Contributor: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of part of the Union lines during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia] Relief shown by form lines. Description derived from published bibliography. North oriented towards right in pencil. Shows names of some residents. "Gilbert Thompson" stamped on lower left corner, annotated in pencil. Sun print. Civil War salted paper maps. AL 94.1, AL 94.2. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 616 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Walker, Lewis E. (Lewis Emory)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Hughes topographical military map of Richmond and Petersburgh [sic] cities with adjacent country in perspective showing the rebel fortifications Scale ca. 1:220,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.1 Copyright no. 27521. Deposited July 23, 1864. Stamped in lower left corner: Copyright Library Mar. 1865. This appears to be the work map for "Hughes military map of Richmond & Petersburgh [sic]. Va" (entry no. 632). A portion of Adolph Lindenkohl's "Military map of southeastern Virginia" (entry no. 463) has been used as a...
    • Contributor: Hughes, William C.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Richmond-Petersburg and adjacent territory showing lines of communication and points of historical interest Scale ca. 1:135,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 647 Union fortifications are colored purple, and Confederate fortifications are colored red. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Virginia Passenger and Power Company
    • Date: 1907-01-01
  • Map
    The heart of the rebellion: scene of the late Seven Days battles near Richmond; new base of operations of the Army of the [P]otomac. Scale ca. 1:138,000. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650.2 From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, July 19, 1862, p. 1. Map indicates battle sites, "Union redoubts abandoned," "batteries," "line of Union retreat," and the "present Rebel picket lines." Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the country between Richmond and Petersburg Includes the area of Chesterfield County, located between Richmond and Petersburg. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. Shows street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, fortifications, landowners, roads, railroads, vegetation, and marsh areas. 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...
    • Contributor: Penfield, Henry L. - Gilmer, Jeremy Francis
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the country between Richmond and Petersburg Shows fortifications and landowners. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 99-39 CW3
    • Contributor: Penfield, Henry L. - Gilmer, Jeremy Francis
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the neighbourhood of Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows confederate and federal positions as of December, 1864. Annotated in ink on verso: Richmond, defences of &c., 1864. "Lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office under the Superintendence of Major A.C. Cooke, R.E., Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E.: F.R.S.: &c. Director, 1864". "This map is principally compiled from the copy of a plan found on the dead...
    • Contributor: James, H. - Cooke, A. C.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond from ten to twelve miles from here. Shows troop positions, batteries, etc. near Dutch gap on the James River. Pencil and black and red ink on paper, map torn on fold line. Accompanied by letter, includes transcription. On verso: N.B. direct, Geo. M. Nicol, hd. qrs. 3d. Brig. 3d. Division, 18 A.C. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 2001-32
    • Contributor: Nicol, Geo. M. (George M.)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Hughes military map of Richmond & Petersburgh [sic], Va. Showing the Rebel fortifications drawn on the ground for the War Department by Major W. C. Hughes of Michigan Scale ca. 1:105,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632 Copyright no 27521. "Deposited-July 23, 1864. R. J. Meigs Clk." "Respectfully dedicated to the Army of the Potomac." Insets: [View of] Libby Prison. 13 x 16 cm. [View of] Belle Island. 13 x 18 cm. Shows Confederate forts, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, hachures, and houses. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through...
    • Contributor: Hughes, William C.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Region embraced in the operations of the armies against Richmond and Petersburg Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 644 From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1862]-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A. No. 12. "Authorities. North of James & Appomattox from photograph map captured from the enemy. South of Do. from surveys of Col. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers." Union works are colored red and Confederate works are blue. Map includes roads, railroads, towns, street patterns...
    • Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Region embraced in the operations of the armies against Richmond and Petersburg Shows fortifications, troop movement routes of Confederate and Union forces, and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Printed on 2 sheets of paper pasted together. "Authorities. North of James & Appomattox from photograph map captured from the enemy and surveys of Maj. P.S. Michie, Corps of Engineers. South of Do. from surveys of Col. N. Michler, Corps of Engineers." This issue is...
    • Contributor: Michie, Peter Smith - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Seven Days' battles Scale 1:95,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650.4 General map of the area between the Chickahominy River and the James River indicating roads, railroads, villages, and the names of some land owners. Troop positions are not given. Stamped "War Department Library" on the verso. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Palfrey, John Carver
    • Date: 1876-01-01
  • Map
    Map [of] central Virginia showing the movements of the Tenth New York Cavalry in the campaigs [sic] of 1864.
    Map central Virginia showing the movements of the Tenth New York Cavalry in the campaigs of 1864
    Covers Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg city regions extending from Rappahannock Station southward to Dinwiddie C.H. and from Trevillian Station eastward to King & Queen C.H. Shows troop movement routes, encampments, battle sites, roads, railroads, streams, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Printed version appears in N.D. Preston's History of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, August 1861 to August 1865 (New...
    • Contributor: Preston, Noble D.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map showing the battle-fields around Richmond, Va. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 634 Battlefields are located by small flags. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: J. T. Redd & Son
    • Date: 1896-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond, Petersburg, and vicinity Genl. Grant's campaign war map
    Genl. Grant's camgaign war map
    "Shows fortifications, camps, roads, railroads, street pattern of Richmond and Petersburg, towns, drainage, vegetation, hachures, and houses. The horizontal and upright lines represent one mile square. " -- LC Civil War maps / Stephenson. "The horizontal and upright lines represent one mile square. By referring to the number on the left and to the letter on the base, any point may be found to...
    • Contributor: Bufford, John Henry - Baumgarten, J.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Troop movements in Richmond, Petersburg, Appomattox area, April 1865 Drawn on tracing paper. Shows towns, rivers, roads, railroads, troop movements and proposed parks at Five Forks and Appomattox. 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 2003, Conservation Commission (1949), gift; Map Cataloging Team. Civil...
    • Contributor: Oakley, J. J.
    • Date: 1900-01-01