[Map of the Potomac River].
Regional map of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania showing the Potomac River and its tributaries.
Contributor:
Sneden, Robert Knox
Date:1861
Map
Potomac River (in four sheets)
Chart of the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. to its entrance into the Chesapeake Bay. Chart indicates soundings, tides, lighthouses, and the shoreline configuration. Description derived from published bibliography. Maps numbered 20-23 in upper left corners. Seal of U.S. Coast Survey Office printed below the map title. Similar to no. 35.2, LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) This item is in the Map Collection...
Contributor:
United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
Date:1862
Map
Jones Point, Potomac River, near Alexandria, Virginia
Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, supdt. At lower right: Coast Survey Office, Washington D.C., April 29th 1863. India ink, red ink, and lead pencil. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 523.5 Includes note. At upper left: 211, L., sheet 7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster...
Contributor:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus) - Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina) - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
Date:1863
Map
Potamac River (in four sheets).
Scale 1:40,000 and 1:60,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 35.2 Various issues of each sheet, some colored. Sheets 1 to 3 titled as above; sheet 4 titled "Preliminary chart of the Potomac River (in four sheets)" Sheets 1 to 3 published at the scale of 1:60,000; sheet 4 is at 1:40,000. Chart of the Potamac River from Washington, D. C., to its entrance...
Contributor:
United States Coast Survey
Date:1862
Map
A reconnaissance of the Potomac River from Point Lookout to Washington City
Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.85 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt. Pencil note in the bottom margin reads "This is the first chart of the Potomac River issued by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. Inform. obtained from C. & G. (Mr. Ellis) Aug. 23, 1932." Preliminary chart indicating place names and soundings. Includes "Sailing directions for...
Contributor:
Maedel, J. W. - Phelps, T. S. - United States Coast Survey
Date:1861
Map
Chesapeake Bay from its head to Potomac River,
Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 33.5 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1864 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866). Maps 17-19. At head of title: Coast charts nos. 31, 32, 33. Overall title cited above appears on coast chart no. 32 (map 18). Available also through the Library of...
Potomac River (in four sheets): Sheet no. 4, from Indian Head to Georgetown
Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 53.4 "No. 391" in upper left corner of map. "Electrotype copy no. 1, by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." is printed in the upper margin. Information concerning lighthouses, tides, soundings, and the geographic coordinates of the Capitol dome is given in the lower right corner. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web...
Contributor:
Harrison, A. M. (Alexander Medina) - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
Date:1864
Map
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...
Operations of the Army of the Potomac, May & June 1864.
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 494 "Map no. 3" is in the upper left corner. Map of Virginia from Culpeper south to Malvern Hill and Gordonsville east to White House, showing fortifications around Richmond, roads, railroads, towns, and rivers. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Date:1864
Map
[Detailed map of part of Virginia from Alexandria to the Potomac River above Washington, D.C. 186-].
Relief shown by form lines. Shows parts of Arlington and Fairfax counties, part of the defenses of Washington, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, houses, fences, names of residents, and drainage. "211, L. Sheet 2." Ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 523 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Contributor:
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Date:186?
Map
Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].
Union forts on the Virginia shore
This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure.
Contributor:
Sneden, Robert Knox
Date:1862
Map
Union forts on Maryland shore
[Contours of Union forts on the north side of the Potomac, 1862] :
Shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases the name of the regiment that built the structure. This appears to be a companion piece to the image on p. 43.
Contributor:
Sneden, Robert Knox
Date:1861
Map
Map of the Shenandoah & Upper Potomac including portions of Virginia and Maryland
Scale 1:253,440. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 655.5 General map extending from Charlottesville north to the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary and showing roads, railroads, towns, rivers, houses and names of residents, and relief by shading. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Contributor:
Meigs, John Rodgers
Date:1864
Map
Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortification, etc. on & near the Potomac River
Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and relief by hachures. Principal Union and Confederate positions are marked by small flags or underlined in blue and red respectively. List of 33 forts defending Washington is in the right...
Contributor:
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough
Date:1861
Map
Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc. on & near the Potomac River.
Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 455 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and relief by hachures. Principal Union and Confederate positions are marked by small flags or underlined in blue and red respectively. List of 34 forts defending Washington is in the lower...
Contributor:
Bruff, Joseph Goldsborough
Date:1862
Map
Army map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing the battle fields, fortifications etc. on & near the Potomac River
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1861, by John Disturnell, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Lithograph of P.S. Duval & Son, Philadelphia. Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions, battlefields, cannon use, railroads, turnpikes, common roads and canals. This item is in the Map Collection of the...
Operations of the Army of the Potomac, May & June 1864.
"Map no. 3" is in the upper left corner. Map of Virginia from Culpeper south to Malvern Hill and Gordonsville east to White House, showing fortifications around Richmond, roads, railroads, towns, and rivers. 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.), 494 Available...
Date:1864
Map
Bacon's new army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fortifications, etc., on & near the Potomac River
Scale ca. 1:180,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 452 Map of northeast Virginia, Washington, D.C., and part of Maryland showing the location and date of engagements, battles in which cannons were used, country names and boundaries, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, hachures, and a few soundings in the Potomac River. Positions held by Union and Confederate forces are marked by flags. Description derived from...
Contributor:
Bacon & Co.
Date:1862
Map
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.), 245.17 Another edition. Map, extends from Frederick, Maryland, west to Winchester, Virginia, and Hagerstown, Maryland, south to Front Royal, Virginia. Depicted are roads, railroads, canals, drainage, houses, cities and towns, and relief by hachures. In some areas, countryside is described by terms such as "hilly & wooded country," "open country," etc. Includes border. Inset: Strasburg...
Contributor:
Macomb, J. N. (John N.) - Strother, D. H. - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Battle-field map showing field of operations of the Armies of the Potomac and James
Scale ca. 1:508,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 520.5 Title when folded: 26th annual encampment, G.A.R., Washington, D.C., September 20th, 1892. Battlefield map, Maryland & Virginia. Location of battle fields of 1861 to 1865, furnished by Gilbert Thompson, Topographical Engineer, Headquarters, Army of the Potomac. Map of Virginia and Maryland showing engagements, railroads, rivers and streams, place names, and relief by hachures. "Dates...
