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  • Map
    Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing ... Nautical chart with extensive annotations in col. and lead pencils to show proposed railroad routes connecting central Washington and Alexandria (Va.). Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Originally printed on 2 sheets. Includes note. LC copy soiled, stained, missing edge sections, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Turnbull, Wm. (William) - Kearney, James - Alexandria Canal Company - Fairfax, Wilson M. C. - Ewing, Maskell C. - Stone, William James
    • Date: 1838-01-01
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    Map showing the location of the Virginias Railway across the ...
    Virginias Railway across the grand divisions of West Virginia and Virginia from the Ohio to Hampton Roads
    Shows iron ore locations. In upper right margin: No. 1. Copy imperfect: Annotated to show Guyandot area and mounted on cloth. Includes index to "Grand divisions of the Virginias" and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Norris Peters Co - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1896-01-01
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    Map showing the Southern Maryland Railroad and its connection... Covers Maryland, eastern Virginia, Delmarva Peninsula, and southeastern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Also shows shipping routes in Chesapeake Bay. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1881 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington." Hand col. in red to show Southern Maryland R.R. and in blue to show connecting lines and...
    • Contributor: Southern Maryland Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
    • Date: 1881-01-01
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    Map of central Virginia showing proposed southern extension o... Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H270 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1880-01-01
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    Transportation lines of Chesapeake Bay serving the port of Ba... Shows steamship lines, ferries, and railroads. Also covers Delmarva Peninsula. Annotated in ink handwriting in lower margin: From Port Series No. 16--1926. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes indexed "List of steamship lines".
    • Contributor: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Ritter, Alfred H. (Alfred Hotchkiss)
    • Date: 1926-01-01
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    Map showing the location of the Virginias Railway across the ...
    Virginias Railway across the grand divisions of West Virginia and Virginia from the Ohio to Hampton Roads
    Copy imperfect: Annotated to show distances from Richmond, certain railways traced in red, and in green sites of Civil War battles of 1861 in W. Va. and mounted on cloth. Includes inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Norris Peters Co - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1896-01-01
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    Map showing the projected route of the Potomac and Ohio Railway. Middle Atlantic area showing drainage, cities and towns, county boundaries, coal in West Virginia and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated by the West Virginia legislature, 1867-68.
    • Contributor: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co - Potomac and Ohio Railway
    • Date: 1874-01-01
  • Map
    Map showing the war operations, in Virginia & Maryland. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 449 Indicates railroads, principal towns, and a few batteries. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Bufford, John Henry
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Railway map of Virginia and West Virginia
    Map showing the location of Lynchburg, Virginia
    Shows railways in Virginia and West Virginia, counties, towns and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Copy imperfect: Annotated in red, major losses in center of map, and mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah - A. Hoen & Co
    • Date: 1887-01-01
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    Map showing proposed routes of the Richmond and Southwest Rai... Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' In pencil on verso: Geological, Va. ... [illegible] and red & white sticker: 138. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1875-01-01
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    Profile, Royal Land Co. R.R.
    Profile, Royal Land Company Railroad
    Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H268 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil in upper right corner: No. 2. In pencil on verso: 330 crossed...
    • Contributor: Braxton, Carter M. - Royal Land Company
    • Date: 1880-01-01
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    Railroads in Virginia and part of North Carolina, drawn and e... Shows rail connections between Harpers Ferry and Winchester, Acquia Creek to Rocky Mount and Huntsville, N.C., and a line from Gosport to Newsons Depot.
    • Contributor: Doggett, John
    • Date: 1848-01-01
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    Transportation map of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. Scale ca. 1:1,457,280; 1 in. represents approx. 23 miles. Shows transportation zones, trackage rights, principal stations, distances between rail intersections, major U.S., Interstate, and State highways, and navigable waterways. Includes "Index to railroads." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
    • Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.) - United States. Federal Railroad Administration. Office of Policy and Program Development
    • Date: 1976-01-01
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    Map showing the Fredericksburg & Gordonsville Rail Road of Vi... Maps of the middle Atlantic states showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads, with emphasis on the main lines. Includes a list of distances for "Short Cut to Tide-Water..." Chartered March 1, 1853. Name changed in 1876 to the Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmonth Railroad. See entry 541.
    • Contributor: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co - Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Railroad
    • Date: 1869-01-01
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    Map of the Manassas Gap Railroad and its extensions; Septembe... Topographical map of part of northern Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, and railroads with distances. Includes profiles. Chartered March 11, 1850. Opened in 1854 from Manassas Junction to Strasburg. Va. Consolidated June 1, 1867, with the Orange and Alexandria, forming the Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad. See entries 507 and 508.
    • Contributor: Manassas Gap Railroad Company - Dwyer, Thomas
    • Date: 1855-01-01
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    Map showing the West Virginia Midland Railway and its connect... Map of West Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line.
    • Contributor: West Virginia Midland Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
    • Date: 1883-01-01
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    Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester an... Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia."
    • Contributor: Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company - Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson)
    • Date: 1831-01-01
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    Map of eastern Virginia Shows railroads and radial distances from Richmond. Also covers parts of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Relief shown by hachures. Inscribed in pencil inside front cover: Geo. W. Lay to Genl. Beauregard. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.35 LC copy imperfect: Worm holes on left side of map. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey - Krebs, Charles G. - Nicholson, W. L. - W.H. & O.H. Morrison (Firm) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Map of Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, and por... Scale ca. 1:126,720. Manuscript; pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Imperfect: Lacks sections of margin. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by shading and hachures. Shows routes of the Manassas Gap, the Orange and Alexandria, and the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire railroads. Stephenson. Cartography of northern Virginia pl. 37 Described in LC Information bulletin, v. 39, no. 15, Apr. 11, 1980, p. 122....
    • Contributor: [Blythe, Washington]
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    A map of the Virginia Central Railroad, west of the Blue Ridg... Detailed topographic map between Waynesboro and Covington showing relief by hachures, drainage, county roads and turnpikes, railroad lines, and "preliminary lines," county names, and boundaries. Distances are indicated at lower right of map. Consolidated in 1868 into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. See entry 365. [From published bibliography]
    • Contributor: Citti, L. F.
    • Date: 1860-01-01
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    Potomac, Fredericksburg, & Piedmont R.R. from Fredg., to O.C.... Sketch map of part of Virginia from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House. Shows relief by form lines, drainage, cities and towns, and the line of survey in red. Chartered as the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville Rail Road. See entry 412.
    • Contributor: Potomac, Fredericksburg, and Piedmont Railroad - Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1876-01-01
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    Route of the New River R.R., 188-. Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah - New River Railroad Company
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    Experimental survey for the Eastern Shore Rail Road, Maryland... Survey map along route of line covering strip of land in Maryland from Elk Landing to Tangier Sound. Shows streams, fields, land owners, roads, and the "lines run with compass & level, Lines run with compass." The line was chartered in 1853, organized in 1859, and the first section of road completed in 1860.
    • Contributor: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley) - Eastern Shore Railroad - Kearney, James - McClelland, J.
    • Date: 1853-01-01
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    South western Virginia and environs : Big Stone Gap, Va., coa... Scale ca. 1:950,000. Relief shown by hachures. Reference meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Stamped on LC copy: Rogersville. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
    • Contributor: Big Stone Gap Improvement Co - Nader, J.
    • Date: 1892-01-01
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    Map and profile of the Orange and Alexandria Rail Road with i... Printed topographic strip map with manuscript annotations to show the geologic structure along the route of the railroad. The Alexandria and the Chesapeake and Ohio canals and stage stable for horses used on the Piedmont stage route to North Carolina are also indicated. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company was founded in 1848 to divert hinterland products away from Baltimore and Richmond to Alexandria,...
    • Contributor: Faul, August - Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company
    • Date: 1854-01-01
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    Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Va. The purpose of this map is uncertain; it may have been to identify the rail lines within the corridor between Fredericksburg and Petersburg. Included (as phrased by Sneden) are the Richmond and Danville Railroad, Lynchburg Railroad, Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, Virginia Central Railroad, and the Richmond Fredericksburg (Railroad). A few key events in the entire war are indicated such as the surrender of Lee...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Map of the Virginia Central Rail Road showing the connection ... Map of Virginia and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, county boundaries, place names and "McAdamised" roads.
    • Contributor: Vaisz, W. - Virginia Central Railroad Company
    • Date: 1852-01-01
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    Richmond and York River Railroad "Sketch 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. Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Map of Royal Land Company's railroad (narrow gauge) from thei... Shows central Virginia from the Allegheny Mountains to the Chesapeake Bay. Relief shown by form lines. Pencil (some col.) on tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) H267 LC Railroad maps, 549 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Contributor: Braxton, Carter M. - Royal Land Company
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    Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road. Strip map of Virginia between Lynchburg and Bristol, Tenn. Shows drainage, coal and copper fields, county boundaries, cities, towns, and roads. Chartered March 24, 1848, under the name of Lynchburg abd Tennessee Railroad. Consolidated in 1871 under Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. See entry 331. [From published bibliography]
    • Contributor: Ritchie & Dunnavant - Blackford, W. W. (William Willis)
    • Date: 1856-01-01
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    Map showing proposed routes of the Richmond and Southwest Rai... Base map: Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia, the Geology by Prof. William B. Rogers, chiefly from the Virginia State Survey, 1835-41, "With later oservations in some parts.' On verso: Hotchkiss' Geography of Virginia, No. 3, Geological section by Profs. W.B & H.D. Rogers (1842). Horizontal scale 2.5 miles to 1 inch, 6 illustrations, and red & white sticker: 138. Stamped in...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1875-01-01
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    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
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    Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virgin... Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. This was part of the Bristoe Campaign, 9 October-9 November 1863, during which the rail line was destroyed by the
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Map of the state of Virginia : showing the advantages of the ... Shows major railways to the west. Relief shown by contours. Also covers Maryland, West Virginia, and Delaware. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy in lower left corner stamped in blue ink: 66. LC copy imperfect: Torn with minor losses along vertical fold lines and mounted on cloth.
    • Contributor: Quackenbush, Eugene - Ed. W. Welcke & Bro
    • Date: 1875-01-01
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    Map showing the Albemarle & Pantego Railroad and its connecti... Map of the coastal regions of Virginia and North Carolina showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, and mills; main railroads in heavy lines.
    • Contributor: Albemarle and Pantego Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
    • Date: 1887-01-01
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    Maps showing the Norfolk, Albermarle & Atlantic Railroad and ... Main map shows southern tidewater Virginia and eastern North Carolina. Indicates drainage, cities and towns, counties, canals, and railroads in blue and red.
    • Contributor: Norfolk, Albermarle, and Atlantic Railroad - G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co
    • Date: 1891-01-01
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    Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide... Scale ca. 1:625,000. LC Railroad maps, 81 Description derived from published bibliography. Annotations added in pencil and colored inks to indicate "Railroads tending to Richmond, Norfolk Alexandria and Baltimore," and the "proposed extension of the Manassas Gap Railroad west . . . Sep. 1852." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Vaisz, W. - Virginia. Board of Public Works
    • Date: 1852-01-01
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    Railway mail map of Virginia Shows names of some residents. Includes table of abbreviations and inset of western Virginia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Hopkins, Earl P. (Earl Palmer)
    • Date: 1910-01-01
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    Map showing location of and railways to the Flat-top and New ...
    Flat-top and New River Coking Coal-field of Virginia and Wast Virginia
    "Copyright 1885 by Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Va." Annotated in color pencil showing railway routes and mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah - A. Hoen & Co
    • Date: 1888-01-01
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    Map of the Springfield & Deep Run estates on the Coal Lands o... Outline map of southeastern Virginia showing railroad connections in Richmond, Petersburg, and West Point. Indicates the Lynchburgh canal.
    • Contributor: Debow, S. Herries
    • Date: 1856-01-01
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    Map showing locations of iron properties on and near Chesapea... Relief shown by hachures. Shows area west of Staunton to Covington, Virginia. Pen-and-ink and watercolor over pencil grid on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H234 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 203.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1879-01-01
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    Greensville Co. east of the Halifax road and that portion of ... "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. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Shows towns, waterways, roads, geographic features and land owners. Title handwritten on map. Available also through the Library of Congress web site...
    • Contributor: Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map showing the economic minerals along the route of the Ches... Covers area from Richmond, Va., to the Ohio River along the route of the railroad and shows the geological sections in which minerals are found. Consolidated from the Virginia Central and Covington and Ohio Railroads in August 1868.
    • Contributor: Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company - Ridgway, Thomas S. - Maury, Matthew Fontaine
    • Date: 1872-01-01