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    [Map of northern Virginia and part of Maryland]. Relief shown by shading. Shows area south of Frederick, Maryland to Colchester, Virginia and west of Baltimore, Maryland to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, including fortifications at Munson Hill. Note on verso obscured by mounting: From Capt. James W. Abert, U.S. Army Topog. Engrs. LC copy annotated in ink: Capt. James W. Abert, Capt. U.S. Army Topog. Engrs. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil...
    • Contributor: Abert, J. W. (James William)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Topographical map of Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Showing the Union forts and defences built 1861-3. Detail from a printed map of the Potomac River region of Maryland and Virginia, and including Washington, D.C., which Sneden has annotated to show the locations of Union forts and picket lines.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper Potomac River. Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlighting rivers, especially the Potomac River, and including the rail system through this area. Just north of Winchester, Va., there is a line of unidentified Confederate troops. The only other...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Map of the state of Virginia
    Map of Virginia
    "August 1863." "Lith. by Chas. G. Krebs." Accompanied by cover: Map of Virginia / compiled in the office of the United States Coast Survey. Washington, D.C. : W.H. & O.H. Morrison : 15 x 10 cm. Also covers Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and parts of adjacent states. Shows cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. Map has concentric circles centered on Richmond,...
    • Contributor: Krebs, Charles G. - Nicholson, W. L. - United States Coast Survey - W.H. & O.H. Morrison (Firm) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of Virginia and neighboring states showing the location of battles in the Civil War 1861-1865. Scale ca. 1:366,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 509.4 Map of eastern Virginia and parts of North Carolina, Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, showing "battles in which New York regiments were engaged," "railroads at time of war," and "turnpikes and plank roads." Union states are colored yellow, and Confederate states are green. Copyright no. "C1. F 22761." Description derived from published bibliography. Available...
    • Contributor: Northrup, William P.
    • Date: 1912-01-01
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    Upper Potomac from McCoy's Ferry to Conrad's Ferry and adjacent portions of Maryland and Virginia. Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 245.2 Another edition. Corrections S.W. of Winchester by Capt. Meigs, Sept. 1864. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Bacon's topographical map of the seat of war in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania "July 1863." 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. Mar. 2002; D.H. Newhall, 1926, c; Map Cataloging Team.
    • Contributor: G.W. Bacon & Co.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Johnson's Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland "Longitude West from Washington" at the bottom of map, with longitude 0 equal to longitude 77. Captions under illustrations in upper and lower case. Includes ill.: "University of Virginia," "Dismal Swamp," and "City of Baltimore." Plates 29-30. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. Shows counties, railroads, and includes the counties in Virginia which became West Virginia in 1863. This item is in...
    • Contributor: Johnson & Browning
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Ball's Bluff Va. Fought October 21st 1861. Shows the Potomac River in the area of Loudoun County, Va., and Montgomery County, Md., where Union troops under Col. Edward D. Baker faced Confederate troops commanded by Evans. What was meant to be a "a slight demonstration" against the Confederate forces guarding the fords quickly became a rout. Col. Baker was one of the casualties.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1861-10-21
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    New map of the seat of war in Virginia and Maryland [Scale ca. 1:360,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 478 Another issue. This issue contains the following additions: a) Washington is described as being "Surrounded by forts, batteries, and redoubts." b) Fredericksburg is labeled "H. 2 Rebel forces, Dec. 1862." c) "Explanation" contains the statement that "Washington City is the centre of the circles of measurement, 10 miles apart" d) Town and country names...
    • Contributor: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Virginia-Maryland Civil War trails
    Virginia, Maryland Civil War trails | Civil War trails Catalog Record Only
    Covers Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia. Tourist map showing designated highway itineraries connecting Civil-War-related points of interest. Title from panel. Includes text, notes, 13 city vicinity insets, and ill. (some col.). Text, tourist information, time-line (chronology), location map, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Itinerary maps on verso: 1862 Peninsula Campaign -- 1862 Antietam Campaign -- Gettysburg invasion & retreat -- Lee vs....
    • Contributor: Communication Design, Inc - Virginia Civil War Trails (Firm)
    • Date: 2006
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    J.H. Colton's topographical map of Virginia, Maryland & eastn. Tennessee : & part of adjoining states.
    Topographical map of Virginia, Maryland & eastn. Tennessee
    "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." "No. 2" in upper left corner. Also cover parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. This item is in the Map...
    • Contributor: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins) - Lang & Laing Lith
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Baltimore, a house divided : war on the Chesapeake Bay
    Maryland Civil War trails, Baltimore, a house divided Catalog Record Only
    Baltimore region tourist map showing Civil-War-related points of interest. At head of panel title: Maryland Civil War Trails. Copyright: 2007 Virginia Civil War Trails, Inc. Includes directory of Civil War historic sites. Insets: Baltimore City -- Baltimore Riot Trail (1.6-mile walking tour) -- Chestertown -- Ellicott City. Text, tourist information, location map, and ill. (some col.) on verso.
    • Contributor: Maryland Civil War Trails (Organization) - Communication Design, Inc - Virginia Civil War Trails (Firm)
    • Date: 2007
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    Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland : fought Septr 14th 1862. Shows the area surrounding Burkittsville, Frederick County, Md., as the left wing of McClellan's army moved toward Crampton's Gap to try to prevent the Confederate assault on Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-09-14
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    Pictorial map of the seat of war, showing parts of the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and North Carolina, and also the coast line from Cape Henry to Fort Pickens, with the ... From: Harper's weekly, June 8, 1861, p. 360-361. Relief shown by shading. 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. c. 1 Mar. 2002; Mrs. Cora Wilson, 1941, i; Map Cataloging Team; c. 2 Nov. 2002; Mrs....
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    New map of the seat of war in Virginia and Maryland Scale ca. 1:360,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 477 Map of eastern Virginia and Maryland showing the location and date of battles, forts, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Birds eye view of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia the seat of war
    Seat of war
    "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by W. Schaus in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Southern District of New York." Insets: [Lower Mississippi Valley] -- [Richmond]. Relief shown by shading. Shows railroads, forts, cities, towns, and principal roads. Similar to no. 17.3, LC Civil War maps (2d ed.). This is a map, not...
    • Contributor: Schedler, J. - William Schaus (Firm) - Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Maryland-Virginia Civil War trails
    Civil War trails Catalog Record Only
    Tourist map showing designated highway itineraries connecting Civil-War-related points of interest. Title from panel. Includes text, notes, 13 city vicinity insets, and ill. (some col.). Text, tourist information, time-line (chronology), location map, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Itinerary maps on verso: 1862 Peninsula Campaign -- 1862 Antietam Campaign -- Gettysburg invasion & retreat -- Lee vs. Grant, the 1864 campaign -- Lee's retreat,...
    • Contributor: Maryland Civil War Trails (Organization) - Communication Design, Inc
    • Date: 2005
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    [Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md., 1862]. This hand-drawn map accompanies a letter to Dabney's mother describing a recent foray by Jeb Stuart's cavalry into Maryland and Pennsylvania, and an encounter with Union forces when the Confederates attempted to recross the Potomac River at White's Ford, Va.
    • Contributor: Dabney, Chiswell - Saunders Family
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Military map refering [sic] to the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania Relief shown by hachures. Indicates location and date of battles, county names and boundaries, roads, railraods, drainage, and towns. 1864 edition is listed as entry no. 486. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 502 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: H.H. Lloyd & Co
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Confederate spy country, 1861-1865 : [King George and Caroline Counties, Virginia, and Charles County, Maryland] Catalog Record Only VA 38-134 U.S. Copyright Office Scale ca. 1:118,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 512.5 Includes text and list of map sources. Accompanied by text: Confederate spy country. ([1] leaf ; 28 x 22 cm.) AACR2
    • Contributor: Tidwell, William A.
    • Date: 1979
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    Surveys & reconnaissances in the vicinity of Budd's Ferry, Charles Co., Md. Relief shown by hachures. In upper lefthand corner: 211, L. Sheet 5. In lower righthand corner: Transferred from Office of Chf. Engr., Defenses of Washington, to Engr. Dept., Jan'y 1866. Shows roads, drainage, houses, names of residents along the Potomac River, "Hd. Qrs. Genl. Hooker's Dvn.," "Hd. Qrs. Sickles Brgd.," breastwork and battery at Budd's Ferry, and the location of batteries in Prince William...
    • Contributor: Williamson, R. S. (Robert Stockton)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Sketch book of Jed. Hotchkiss, Capt. & Top. Eng., Hd. Qrs., 2nd Corps, Army of N. Virginia : [Virginia].
    Sketch book of Jedediah Hotchkiss, Captain and Topographical Engineer, Headquarters, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
    Shows general maps of northwestern Virginia and parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, with some showing roads, troop movements, and the names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. "This volume is my field sketch book that I used during the Civil War. Most of the sketches were made on horseback just as they now appear. The colored pencils used were kept in the places...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1862-01-01

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    Virginia-Maryland Civil War trails
    Virginia, Maryland Civil War trails | Civil War trails Catalog Record Only
    Covers Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia. Tourist map showing designated highway itineraries connecting Civil-War-related points of interest. Title from panel. Includes text, notes, 13 city vicinity insets, and illustrations (some color). Text, tourist information, time-line (chronology), location map, and illustrations (some color) on verso. Itinerary maps on verso: 1862 Peninsula Campaign -- 1862 A ntietam Campaign -- Gettysburg invasion & retreat -- Lee...
    • Contributor: Communication Design, Inc - Virginia Civil War Trails (Firm)
    • Date: 2011
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    Map of part of Maryland and Virginia : showing the probable theatre of the war. From: Harper's weekly, May 4, 1861, p. 275-276. 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. Aug. 1946, Book & Print Shop, cf; Feb. 2003, Map Cataloging Team. Civil War project no.: lva00097. Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center,...
    • Date: 1861-01-01