Collection Items

  • Map
    [Map of parts of Caroline, Hanover, and Henrico counties, Va.... Shows the names of some residents, some of the outer fortifications of Richmond and those along the railroad north of the South Anna River. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H25 LC Land ownership maps, 1233 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Imperfect: staining...
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    Henrico County, Virginia : prepared under the direction of Li... Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, drainage, houses, churches, mills, and woodland. Sun print. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-11. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 559.2 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inset: map of Richmond area. Annotated in ink: Presented to P.O. Dep't. by W.L. Nicholson, Toporapher, P.O. Dep't....
    • Contributor: Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin)
    • Date: 1862
  • Map
    Henrico County, Virginia, 1862. Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, rivers, houses, names of residents, and woodland. The map is based on James Keily's "Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia" (Richmond, Robert P. Smith & C. Carpenter, 1853) Civil War salted paper maps. AL-13. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 559.18 LC Land ownership maps, 1279 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of...
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Map of part of Henrico and Chesterfield Counties, July 12th, ... Shows the names of some residents. At head of title: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V. Maj. W.H. Stevens Chief Eng. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, sectioned in 2 and mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H40 LC Land ownership maps, 1280 Annotated on the reverse in pencil, "Gen. Lee's." No longer visible because of mounting. Available also through the Library of Congress web...
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Stevens, W. H. (Walter H.)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Henrico County, Virginia
    Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia
    Relief shown by hachures. Title and statement of responsibility in manuscript above bar scale. Annotated in ink: Smith's map of Henrico County, Virginia, from actual surveys by James Keily, Richmond, Robert P. Smith & C. Carpenter, 1853. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-83. LC Land ownership maps, 1278 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 559.3 Sun print. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Keily, James
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of Henrico, Hanover and Caroline counties.] From the collection of an anonymous donor Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. "Examined May 19th 1864 J.H."
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    White House to Harrisons Landing
    Campaign map, Army of the Potomac, map no 3
    Description derived from published bibliography. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 594 Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 943 Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Dougal, William H. - United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Dept - Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    White House to Harrisons Landing Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 594 At head of title: Campaign map, Army of the Potomac, map no 3. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    White House to Harrisons Landing Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage. At head of title: "Campaign map, Army of the Potomac, map no. 3." Description derived from published bibliography. Gift; Col. C.M. Townsend; Oct. 22, 1940. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 594.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    White House to Harrisons Landing Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage. At head of title: "Campaign maps, Army of the Potomac, map no. 3." "Photographic reduction by L.E. Walker, Treasury Department." Principal rivers are hand colored in blue. Description derived from published bibliography. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-59. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 595 Available also through the...
    • Contributor: Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of Henrico County, Va. : showing fortifications around R... LC Land ownership maps, 1281 Shows the names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Drawn on a 3/8-inch pencil grid. Pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor on paper composed of many sheets pasted together. Sectioned in 3 and mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H41 Available also through the Library of Congress web...
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Henrico, Co., Virginia, with additions showing the defensive ... Scale ca. 1:62,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 643 "Authorities From Henrico Co. map photographed by U.S. Coast Survey and captured Rebel map." Indicates Confederate fortifications, houses, names of residents, towns, roads, railroads, relief by hachures, drainage, and vegetation. 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
  • Map
    Plan of the battle of Savage's Station, Virginia, fought Sund... Concerns the Battle of Savage's Station, Henrico County, Va., which was one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-29
  • Map
    Plan of the battle of Glendale and White Oak Swamp, Virginia,... Concerns the Battle of Frazier's Farm, Henrico County, Va., 30 June 1862, variously known as the Battle of Glendale and the Battle of White Oak Swamp. Considered one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. Map indicates Union and Rebel brigades with lines of cavalry and artillery and shows homes of local residents, churches, and locations of livestock.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Map shewing [sic] retreat of Union Army from Savage's Station... Bottom margin: "The swamp was 8 miles long and 3 miles wide." Key across the bottom margin indicates the symbols for positions of the Union and Confederate armies, including infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Farms, homes, and churches are included as well as all major roads and waterways. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page. This item is from the...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (offic... Details the action of July 1, 1862, with most of the major Confederate forces under the command of Stonewall Jackson, D. H. Hill, and Magruder, identified in their location north of Malvern Hill, and all the Union troops due south of the Confederates, notably including Berdan's sharpshooters and the troops of Heintzelman, under whom Sneden served, Couch, Morell, and others.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-07-01
  • Map
    Position of Union Army 30th June 10 1/2 a.m. and 2 1/2 p.m. Concerns the Battle of Frazier's Farm, 30 June 1862, also known as the Battle of Glendale and the Battle of White Oak Swamp. It was one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862. Includes the Confederate positions as well as the Union positions.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Glendale or Frasier's Farm Va. Fought 3... Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., from White Oak Swamp to the north to Glendale to the south. This was the location of both the Battle of White Oak Swamp and the separate skirmish at Frazier's Farm, both part of the Seven Days' Battles.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Va. Fought June 29th 1... Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., that includes Savage's Farm to the north and the Williamsburg Stage Road to the south. The Richmond and York River Railroad is also indicated. The Battle of Savage's Station was one of the Seven Days' Battles.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-29
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Virginia. Sunday, June... The Battle of Savage's Station was part of the Seven Days' Battles of the Peninsular Campaign. This map shows the area of Savage's Farm in Henrico County, Va., to the north and the Williamsburg Road to the south. The Richmond and York River Railroad is also indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-29
  • Map
    Plan of Battle of Savage's Station Va. Depicts the locations of troops and landmarks during the Battle of Savage's Station, one of the Seven Days' Battles. Shows the area of Henrico County between the Chickahominy River and White Oak Swamp. The Richmond and York River Railroad is also indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-29
  • Map
    Map showing position Union and Rebel armies 2 p.m. 30th June ... Shows the area of Henrico County between Richmond and New Market, in which occurred the Battle of White Oak Swamp, one of the Seven Day's Battles.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Glendale or Frazier's Farm. Virginia. 3... Shows the area of Henrico County that includes White Oak Creek and White Oak Swamp.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Plan of Battle of Malvern Hill Va. Fought 1st July 1862. Shows the terrain surrounding Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Va., the sight of the last of the Seven Days' Battles.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-07-01
  • Map
    Battle of Malvern Hill showing Magruder's 1st attack June 30th Shows the area of Malvern Hill, Henrico County, Va., where McClellan's retreating army made a final stand, effectively ending the Seven Days' Battles.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-30
  • Map
    Map of the night march [from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landi... Shows the route used by the retreating Union forces to march from Malvern Hill (Henrico County) to Harrison's Landing (Charles City County), July 2, 1862.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-07-01
  • Map
    The battle of Fair Oaks, Va., 2nd Day's battle, Sunday June 1... Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., between Cold Harbor and White Oak Swamp. The Chicahominy River and the Richmond & York River Railroad are indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-06-01
  • Map
    The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. Fought 31st May 1862. This map shows an area of Henrico County, Va., east of the city of Richmond and south of the Chickahominy River, where the Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, took place 31 May-1 June 1862. Confederate Gen. J. E. Johnston's plan to attack the Union Army of the Potomac's IV Corps (under Keyes) at Fair Oaks called for Longstreet to approach from the...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-05-31
  • Map
    The Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia Shows the area of eastern Henrico County, Va., where the battle of Malvern Hill was fought. The landscape gave the Union forces a strong natural position from which to fend off the Confederate attack.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-07-01
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, Va. Fought 31... Shows the distribution of troops during battle, with majority of McClellan's forces northeast of the Chickahominy River and the Confederates under Joseph E. Johnston attacking the two Union corps on the south side of the river. Map indicates locations of 9 Mile Road and Old Williamsburg Road, the Richmond and York River Railroad, and Confederate defenses, chiefly felled trees. Edwin V. Sumner's route of...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1861-01-01
  • Map
    A part of Henrico County "Approved Albert H. Campbell Capt. P. Engrs. & Chf. Top. Dept."--handwritten note on map. "This Confederate States Map was saved by My Mother Mrs. J.F. Gilmer in April 1865 & taken to Georgia. I now give it to my dear friends at Brook Hill. Louisa Porter Minis née Gilmer, May 24th 1897."--handwritten note on map. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Gilmer, Jeremy Francis - Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the counties of Charles City, Goochland, Hanover, Henr... "Chief Engineer's Office D.N.V. Maj. Gen. J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer."--apears above title. "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. With...
    • Contributor: Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office - Alexander, Edward Porter
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of the Chaffin's Bluff area of Henrico County, Virginia] Additional annotations made in pencil. Map shows federal and Confederate positions September 28, 1864. One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for...
    • Contributor: Smith, Normand
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    Affair of the Wmsbg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-28/64
    Affair of the Williamsburg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, October 26-27-28, 1864
    One of a series of five maps drawn by Col. Normand Smith showing Civil War battle lines. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 24417, Gaines Family Papers, 1776-1905. 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...
    • Contributor: Smith, Normand
    • Date: 1800-01-01
  • Map
    Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Sept. 29th 1864 : topography of 189... Ink on tracing cloth. Map shows troop positions and movements Sept. 29, 1864. 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, April 2003; Earl A. Scott, Div. of Planning, Commonwealth of Va. (1968), gift; c....
    • Date: 1894-01-01
  • 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
  • Map
    [Semmes Battery and vicinity, Chesterfield County, Virginia, ... Shows batteries, roads, rivers, names of property owners, and vegetation. Red concentric circles centered on Semmes Battery indicate range of the battery over Chesterfield and Henrico Counties, Virginia in the vicinity of Dutch Gap. 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: Brooke, John M. (John Mercer) - Ost, Charles J. - Confederate States of America. Navy Dept. Office of Ordnance and Hydrography
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [White House to Harrisons Landing]. Annonymous pen and ink manuscript map traced on linen from a portion of: White House to Harrisons Landing. Prepared by Capt. H.L. Abbot, topographical engineer, Army of the Potomac. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents and vegetation. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Title...
    • Contributor: United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Dept - Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1860-01-01