Collection Items

  • Map
    Falls in Red River, surveyed by L. G. De Russy. Scale ca. 1:2,200. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 240.5 Pen and ink manuscript map drawn on tracing linen showing soundings and obstructions in Red River. A red line delineates the river channel. Stamped at bottom: From collection of David Dixon Porter. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: De Russy, Lewis G.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of the Red River campaign, March 10-May 22. 1864]. Shows the Red River valley in Arkansas and Louisiana, indicates the location of Camp Worth near Logansport, Louisiana, and the battle sites of April 8 and 9, 1864, between Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 241.2 Endorsed in lower left corner: No. 210. Respectfully forwd. Richd. M. Venable Capt. & Chf. Topol. Bur. West La. Ark. Title, date, and...
    • Contributor: Venable, Richard M. (Richard Morton)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of the two breakwaters above Alexandria in the Red River, Scale ca. 1:2000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 241 "M. Section VIII.66." Detailed map showing upper and lower dams, falls, "Tennyson's channel," "De Russy's Channel," and some relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Gerdes, F. H. - De Russy, Lewis G.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Military map of part of Louisiana Scale ca. 1:390,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 232.5 General map of southern Louisiana from St. Francisville south to Atchafalaya Bay and Lake Borgne west to Vermilion Bay. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) - United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Louisiana & Arkansas. Scale ca. 1:650,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 230 At head of title: Department of Louisiana. General map showing roads, railroads, drainage, names and boundaries of counties, towns, forts, "military road to Memphis," and camp sites in St. Francis County, Ark. On August 2, 3, and 6, 1864. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as...
    • Contributor: Holtz, Helmuth
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of LA & ARK / by S.T. Risler
    Map of LA and ARK | Map of Louisiana and Arkansas Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    Shows battles, towns, railroads and troop movements during the Civil War. "Designed to point-out the various Battle fields of the Trans Miss: Dept. Also the Travels of Walker's Division wich are Represented by the red line Beginning at the Confederate Flag on Sulpher River in Texas." Portions of map missing along top border and along left lower border. Stained with losses throughout. Mounted on...
    • Contributor: Risler, S.T.
    • Date: 1863
  • Map
    Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operations of the U.S. Forces in the Department of the Gulf Relief shown by hachures. Covers the area from west to east, Alexandria, La. to Pearl River, and from north to south, Vidalia, La. to Atchafalaya Bay. "Track of Gen. Banks" shown in red. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 232 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 20-83
    • Contributor: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - United States Coast Survey - Molitor, E. - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi : illustrating the operations of the U.S. Forces in the Department of the Gulf Covers the area west to east from Alexandria, La. to Pearl River, and north to south from Vidalia, La. to Atchafalaya Bay. Relief shown by hachures. Shows march of Gen. Banks Corps d'Armée & Mai 1863 in red. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 231.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces, in the Department of the Gulf Scale ca. 1:380,160. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 231 In margin at bottom: Line of marsh [sic] of Gen. Banks corps d'armee April & Mai 1863. Map extends from Natchez, Mississippi, in the north to Marsh Island, Louisiana, in the south, and Columbia, Mississippi, in the east to Alexandria, Louisiana, in the west. Roads, railroads, drainage, and towns are shown. Description derived from...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of the region east and north of Baton Rouge, showing batteries on the Mississippi north of Port Hudson]. Relief shown by hachures. Title supplied by cataloger. In pencil in lower right: E. Deleceauax. Pen-and-ink and watercolor with crayon and pencil notes on three sheets of tracing cloth pasted together. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In ink in all corners: 3038. Stamped on 3 times across bottom: 1240. Copy imperfect: Losses at folds, some losses...
    • Contributor: Clark, John S.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Approaches to Fort Butte La Rose, Louisiana, Scale 1:31,680. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 233 Gives vegetation, drainage, houses, fences, road leading from fort, and the position of the U.S. steamers Clifton, Arizona, Calhoun and Estrella, and the Confederate transport Anna and gunboat Marytie. Insets: [Plan of] Fort Butte La Rose. 1:600. 22 x 20 cm.-[Two] cross sections. 1:300. 7 x 15 cm. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also...
    • Contributor: Oltmanns, J. G. - United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Plan showing the defences of the fort on Red River, Scale ca. 1:9,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 234.2 From Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with an appendix, containing reports from officers. December, 1863 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1863). opp. p. 482. Map of Confederate Fort De Russy, Louisiana, and vicinity. Original sketch from which this was reproduced was sent to the Secretary of the Navy by Acting Rear Adm. David...
    • Contributor: United States. Navy
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Fort de Russy. Relief shown by hachures. From Harper's weekly, v. 8, April 30, 1864, p. 277. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 233.5 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Sketch of Fort De Russy, Louisiana Scale 1:10,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 234 Shows rifle pits, breastworks, location and number of guns, roads, houses, fences, woods, and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. Prof. A. D. Bache, Supt. Stamped in lower right corner: From collection of David Dixon Porter. Pen and ink manuscript drawn on tracing cloth, covering the environs of forts St. Philip and Jackson, Louisiana. "Note: The forts and their immediate vicinity were taken from data furnished by Major Barnard, U.S.E., excepting the trigonometrical determinations of the forts...
    • Contributor: Bowen & Co - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - United States Coast Survey - Gerdes, F. H.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of Fort Jackson, showing the effect of the bombardment by the U.S. mortar flotilla and gunboats, April 18th to 24th 1862 : flag officer D.G. Farragut commanding fleet, Com. D.D. Porter ... Annotated in pencil on verso: Plan of Fort Jackson. [1862?]. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 237 Includes explanatory note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy 3 imperfect: Torn at upper edge.
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - Harris, J. S. - Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin) - Bowen & Co - Gerdes, F. H. - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. Includes note describing positions of Union "mortar flotilla" on April 18-21, 1862. Annotated in pencil on verso: Forts of Jackson/St. Philip, [1863?]. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 236 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Bowen & Co - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - United States Coast Survey - Gerdes, F. H.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    New Orleans to Vicksburg Covers area of Louisiana and Mississippi adjacent to Mississippi River from approximately 15 miles north of Vicksburg to 20 miles west of New Orleans. At head of title: Map no. 2. "Photographed by Brown & Ogilvie." "Authorities: Township surveys, La Tourett's [sic] ...." Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 229.5 LC copy annotated in pencil and ink. Available also...
    • Contributor: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss - Brown & Ogilvie - United States. Army. Department of the Gulf - Elliot, Charles Darwin - Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Port Hudson and vicinity Scale ca. 1:,950. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 238 Map indicates fortifications, drainage, hachures, vegetation, roads, and houses. Positions of Confederate batteries are shown with the number of guns in each. Inset contains a keyed list of the Union batteries giving the number and type of guns in each position, and the names of the battery commanders. Description derived from published bibliography. Available...
    • Contributor: Houston, D. C. (David Crawford) - Hains, Peter C.
    • Date: 1875-01-01
  • Map
    Port Hudson Compiled from government surveys and other sources and drawn by Charles McGregor, Historian of the 15th N.H. Volunterrs. [Lith. by] Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston. Scale ca. 1:8250. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 239 Shows fortifications, relief by hachures, vegetation, drainage, roads, railroad, houses, and contains an index to artillery batteries and principal points of action. The index includes the number and type of Confederate and Union guns, and the names of the Union battery commanders Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: McGregor, Charles
    • Date: 1900-01-01
  • Map
    Port Hudson and its defences Scale ca. 1:72,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 239.5 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 3, between p. 16 and 17. Signed (facism): Charles: Sholl, Topl. Engineer. "Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1863 by Virtue, Yorston & Co." Caption in lower margin: A topographical map of Port Hudson and its vicinity, shewing...
    • Contributor: Sholl, Charles
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Port Hudson and its defences Scale ca. 1:72,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 239.6 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 3, between p. 16 and 17. Signed (facism): Charles: Sholl, Topl. Engineer. "Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1863 by Virtue, Yorston & Co." Caption in lower margin: A topographical map of Port Hudson and its vicinity, shewing...
    • Contributor: Sholl, Charles
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Tomlinson's map of Port Hudson, showing all of the batteries, strongholds, principal plantations &c. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by G.W. Tomlinson, Boston, Mass." Shows east and west banks of Mississippi River, portions of East and West Baton Rouge parishes, north to Waterloo and south to Baton Rouge. Relief shown by hachures. Alternate title: New map of Port Hudson : showing the scene of Gen. Bank's operations together with all of the fortifications,...
    • Contributor: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss - J. Mayer & Co - Tomlinson, G. W. (George W.)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    [Shreveport, Louisiana, and vicinity]. Relief shown by hachures. Sun print. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 241.4 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 20-83
    • Contributor: Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    Siege of Port Hudson The map shows the Union troops on land and water surrounding Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson, La., on the Mississippi River, approximately 25 miles north of Baton Rouge. The Union XIX Corps under Gen. Banks had its first engagement May 26th on the Bayou Sara Road, and laid siege to the fort on May 27th. Confederate Gen. Franklin Gardner surrendered Port Hudson on July...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-01-01