Collection Items

  • Map
    Forbes' new and complete map of Richmond and its fortifications Scale ca. 1:48,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 629 Printed in blue ink. Shows forts, street pattern of Richmond, towns, roads, railroads, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Forbes, W. H. And Benjamin B. Russell
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Richmond, Va., shewing fortifications surrounding the ... Scale ca. 1:57,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 622 At top of map: Map of Richmond. (6D) A description of "The city of Richmond" and the "Forts around Richmond, with their armament" appears to the right of the map. Important buildings are identified and the positions are located on the map by letters and numbers. Gives the street pattern of Richmond and Manchester,...
    • Contributor: Bailey, A. M.
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond & vicinity. Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of some residents. Title on verso obscured by mounting. Pen-and-ink and pencil on 2 pieces of tracing linen, pasted together and mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 636 In pencil in lower left: 12. Copy imperfect: Ink spots thoughout, and large area of liquid staining in upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond and its defences. Constructed and engraved to illust... Scale ca. 1:90,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640.4 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South. New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 236 and 237. Signed (facsimile): Charles: Sholl, Topl. Engineer. "Entered according to act of Congress AD. 1863 by Virtue, Yorston & Co." Caption in lower margin: A topographical map of Richmond and its vicinity, showing all...
    • Contributor: Sholl, Charles
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula Scale 1:92,000 (not "1:80,000"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 626 Cover title: Fac-simile reproduction of the Confederate war map of the "Vicinity of Richmond and part of the Peninsula" which was issued to Gen'l. Robert E. Lee and his corps commanders in 1864. This facsimile was made from the preceding photocopy (entry no. 625) Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the...
    • Contributor: Ball, T. Sewell - Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Richmond, Va., and surrounding country showing Rebel f... Scale ca. 1:70,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640 Shows fortifications, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, relief by hachures, and rural houses. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. LC copy 1 dedicated in ms: Maj. Genl. H. W. Halleck with the compliments of D. Van Nostrand....
    • Contributor: D. Van Nostrand Company - Van Nostrand, David - Sholl, Charles
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of Richmond, Virginia, showing its defenses and railroad ... Scale ca. 1:52,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 640.2 From Harper's weekly, v. 8, May 21, 1864. p. 332. "Map of Virginia, showing the military operations of Generals Grant and Butler" is on the verso. 36 x 24 cm. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Sholl, Charles
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the city of Richmond, Virginia Scale ca. 1:13,350. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 645.5 General map indicating streets and street names, important buildings, and relief by hachures. Water is tinted blue. LC Copy 1: This map was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1948 with the purchase of the papers and maps of Jedediah Hotchkiss. LC Copy 1: Longitude and latitude of the Washington Observatory added in...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the city of Richmond, Virginia LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 645.6 General map indicating streets and street names, important buildings, and relief by hachures. Water is tinted blue. Map annotated with a 1 1/4 inch grid. Water is colored green and built-up area is colored brown. On verso in ink: "To be returned to Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Augusta Co., Va." Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of a part of the city of Richmond showing the burnt distr... Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 641 "The black markes indicates burnt." Confederate imprint. Another copy is in the Hubbard family papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., container no. 17. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Smith, William Ira
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    One hundred & fifty miles around Richmond. 10th ed. [Scale ca. 1:880,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.4 "Tenth edition 3000 of Magnus' all around map." Cover title of accompanying envelope: Magnus' half dollar portfolio. For the Army of the Potomac. Containing a new military map: 150 miles around Richmond and 1200 miles of southern territory in smaller circles, acknowledged for the best published, and the glorious Union packet inside . ....
    • Contributor: Magnus, Charles
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    [Map exhibiting the approaches to the city of Richmond prepar... [Scale ca. 1:76,000]. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-53. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 620 Another issue. "Drawing by J. C. Babcock" is in the lower left corner. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Babcock, John C.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Birds eye view of the seat of war around Richmond showing the... Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 621 Perspective drawing. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Bachmann, John
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the battle ground near Richmond, showing plainly, ever... Scale ca. 1:250,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 633 Indicates location and dates of battles, "McClellan's present defensive line" at Harrison's Landing, principal roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: L. Prang & Co
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    A complete map of Richmond and its fortifications within a ci... Scale ca. 1:54,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 628 "As a guide to note the approach of the Federal army, this map is invaluable, as the plan of its fortifications is taken from a correct drawing of a Southern engineer, who recently escaped to Europe." Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: William H. Forbes & Company
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the city of Richmond shewing its defences. Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H177 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 69.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of the city of Richmond, Virginia Scale ca. 1:13,350. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 645.7 Another issue. Sold by booksellers in Richmond, Va. 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
    Richmond : surveyed under the direction of N. Michler, Maj. o... Relief shown by hachures. Shows military fortifications in red and blue. Sun print pasted on sheet with title information and at bottom: "surveyed & drawn by Maj. J.E. Weyss & L. Dessex, assisted by Theillaihl, Buchardt, Schuman, Thompson, Brown, Collett." Civil War salted paper maps. AL-20. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 648 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a...
    • Contributor: Weyss, J. E.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond [1862-1865] Scale 1:42,240. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.7 In this issue, the map is printed on a yellow background with the James River colored blue. Detailed topographic map of the environs of Richmond showing Confederate fortifications in red, Union fortifications in blue, roads, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, hachures, houses, and names of residents. Description derived from published...
    • Contributor: Michie, Peter Smith - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond [1862-1865] LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632.8 Detailed topographic map of the environs of Richmond showing Confederate fortifications in red, Union fortifications in blue, roads, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, hachures, houses, and names of residents. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Michie, Peter Smith - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond [1862-1865] Relief shown by hachures. Detailed topographic map of the environs of Richmond showing Confederate fortifications in red, Union fortifications in blue, roads, street pattern of Richmond and Manchester, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, houses, and names of residents. Shows landownership. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 632.9 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Michie, Peter Smith - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Map showing the Chicahominy [sic] and James rivers and from R... Shows the terrain over which the Peninsula Campaign was waged during March-June 1862.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Plan of part of Richmond, Virginia : showing locations of Reb... Shows the streets of Richmond below Church Hill from the Canal to Broad Street and from 17th to 21st streets, including Castle Thunder and Libby prisons and the Union officers' and soldiers' hospitals.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the tunnel and vicinity [of Libby Prison, Richmond, V... Map of an escape tunnel from Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., showing surrounding sites including other prisons, warehouses, the canal and dock closest to Libby, and the railroad depot.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    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
  • Map
    Map of Richmond, Virginia...1863. Identifies Confederate prisons, forts, and hospitals in Richmond, Va.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the defences [sic] of Richmond, Va., April 1865. Portrays 23 numbered forts around the city of Richmond, which includes the following named forts, Johnson, Magruder, and Harrison.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    The defenses of Richmond, 1864 Shows the fortifications surrounding Richmond including, Brook Run to the north, and Harrison's Landing to the south. The James River and major roads and railroad lines are also indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • 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
    [Ge]ographical sketch of the city of Richmond, Virginia, with... Shows Confederate encampements and prisons in Richmond and south of the James River in Manchester and Spring Hill. Sneden has added an index listing the governenment buildings and the houses of important persons.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Position of Richmond, Va. Area map of Richmond showing locations of roads, railroads, waterways, and landforms, as well as outlying Confederate defenses. Also includes notations of Union positions on June 13th and June 20th, 1862, and of Genl. Grant's position June 1st, 1864.
    • Contributor: Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson) - Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Map of a part of the city of Richmond showing the burnt distr... "Confederate imprint" -- LC Civil War maps / Stephenson. "Published by Wm. Ira Smith proprietor Richmond Whig." Advertised to be sold for 50 cents each on Apr. 10, 1865 -- Evening Whig (Richmond), Apr. 8, 1865. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. Shows an area north of the James River surrounding the capitol and includes...
    • Contributor: Ludwig, C. L. - Smith, William Ira
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond and its defences [sic] : constructed and engraved to...
    Richmond and its defenses
    Caption in lower margin: A topographical map of Richmond and its vicinity, showing all batteries in existence. From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 236 and 237. Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, rivers, railroads and batteries. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's...
    • Contributor: Sholl, Charles - Kemble, W. (William)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the rebel capital : topographical sketch of the city o... From the New York herald, Nov. 12, 1861, p. [1]. Relief shown by hachures. Shows buildings, streets, rivers, railroads and encampments. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Bosse, D. Civil War newspaper maps, 692 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. C....
    • Contributor: Hall, Edward S.
    • Date: 1861-01-01
  • Map
    Richmond, Henrico County, Manchester and Springhill, Chesterf... From the Illustrated London news, Sept. 7, 1861. Relief shown by hachures. Shows buildings, railroads and roads. 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, Map Cataloging Team. Civil War project no.: lva00128. Conservation: Etherington...
    • Contributor: Ettling, Theodor
    • Date: 1861-01-01