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    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: 1864-01-01
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    Stono Inlet, South Carolina Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 389.4 Preliminary edition. "The triangulation was executed in 1852; the topography and hydrography were executed in 1862." General chart showing soundings and bottom contours. Includes sailing directions. Listed as no. 118 in the Catalogue of Hydrographic Maps, Charts, and Sketches, Published by the United States Coast Survey (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866) Description derived from published...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Willenbücher, Eugene
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Map of the Straits of Florida and Gulf of Mexico : to accompany a report from the Treasury Department by Israel D. Andrews in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of ...
    Straits of Florida and Gulf of Mexico     [Chart no. 1422]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy signed on verso: Millard Fillmore. Sectioned into 18 and mounted on cloth, folding to 24 x 15 cm.
    • Contributor: Andrews, Israel D. (Israel Dewolf) - United States. Department of the Treasury - Fillmore, Millard - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1852-01-01
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    Northern Alabama and Georgia Relief shown by hachures. Slight variant and most recent edition. Accompanied by 2 copies of note "Field map carried by General Sherman on his famous march from Atlanta to the sea, prsented by him to Vinnie Ream soon after the close of the Civil War and bequeathed by her to her husband. [signed] R.L. Hoxie Brig. Gen." U.S.A." Original in LC Manuscript Division, container...
    • Contributor: Krebs, Charles G. - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg LC copy annotated in pencil on verso: Map illustrating operations against Vicksburg, [1863?]. Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 289.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Maedel, J. W. - United States Coast Survey - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Middle Georgia & South Carolina
    Middle Georgia and South Carolina     Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 129.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy 1 From the papers of Joseph Roswell Hawley. AACR2
    • Contributor: Fillmore, Millard - Krebs, Charles G. - Lindenkohl, A. - United States Coast Survey - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Preliminary chart of North Landing River (head of Currituck Sound), Virginia & N. Carolina. Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 592.5 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1861 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1862). Map 12. "No. 12" is in the upper left corner. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    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
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    [Southern Virginia and northern North Carolina]
    Map of Virginia and North Carolina     Printed map without title. 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. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.3 Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 1201 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. April 2002; Map...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, A. - United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - Krebs, Charles G.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Map showing the operations of the national forces under the command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman during the campaign resulting in the capture of Atlanta, Georgia, Sept. 1, 1864 Shows dates and troop positions in northwestern Georgia between Chattanooga and Atlanta. Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other 1864 ed. (Sher 28) in inclusion of note at lower left. Gift; Mr. Sherman Ewing; Feb., 1965. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 128, S27 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes note. Signed in ink at lower left:...
    • Contributor: Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe) - Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin) - United States Coast Survey - Krebs, Charles G.
    • Date: 1864-05-06
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    Sketch H. showing the progress of the survey in section no. VIII, from 1846 to 1862. Scale 1:600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 35.5 From its Report of the Superindent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1862. (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864). Map 35. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. A. D. Bache, Superindent. "No. 35" in the upper left corner. Map shows the extent of the triangulation network from Mobile...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. Prof. A. D. Bache, Supt. Stamped in lower right corner: From collection of David Dixon Porter. Pen and ink manuscript drawn on tracing cloth, covering the environs of forts St. Philip and Jackson, Louisiana. "Note: The forts and their immediate vicinity were taken from data furnished by Major Barnard, U.S.E., excepting the trigonometrical determinations of the forts...
    • Contributor: Bowen & Co - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) - United States Coast Survey - Gerdes, F. H.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Map of eastern Virginia and North Carolina from the United States Coast Survey Railroad lines superimposed in red as are mileage circles in ten-mile increments from Richmond to 120 miles. Relief shown 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. Parrish & Willingham. Confederate imprints, 6162 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Mar. 2002;...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Evans & Cogswell
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Chesapeake Bay Nautical chart of part of the Chesapeake Bay between the Magothy River (at north) and Kent Point (at south) including the Annapolis city region. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by shading and soundings. Map sheet removed from documentary publication (U.S. Senate document). LC copy imperfect: Part of left-hand margin torn away presumably where the map sheet was attached to the document. Includes inset...
    • Contributor: United States. Congress. Senate - United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    [Map of Virginia and North Carolina from the coast to the Blue Ridge] Gilbert Thompson stamped on verso. "No. 1: Parts of Virginia and N. Carolina, 6 sheets, index inside; U.S.G.S. 1865. 1'=10 ms." on verso in red and black ink. Sheet 1 of a 6-sheet series of maps used by Gilbert Thompson during the Civil War. An index which is pasted on the verso shows the areas covered by the sheets. In addition to this sheet,...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Hydrographic reconnaissance of James River, Virginia, from entrance to City Point General nautical chart. Depths shown by soundings and contours. At head of title: A.D. Bache Supt. Copy 1 is hand col. in blue watercolor to show shallow waters, in red and black inks to show buoys, in pink ink to show "Stn." area outlines, and in black-ink handwriting (printing) to show "Stn." area names. Copy 2 in not col. or annotated. In upper margin:...
    • Contributor: Maffitt, John Newland - Muse, W. T. - Wainwright, R. (Richard) - United States Coast Survey
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    [Northern Mississippi and Alabama Relief shown by hachures. Differs from G3980 1865 .L5 CW 259.5 : lacks names of cartographer and litographer. On verso in ink: Portions Alabama, Mississippi, etc., U.S. Coast Survey. 1865. 1in = 10ms., No. 4. 1865 sett [sic] 6 sheets. Stamped on verso: Gilbert Thompson. Sheet 4 of a 6-sheet series of maps used by Gilbert Thompson during the Civil War. In addition to...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Historical sketch of the rebellion Scale 1:5,850,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 49 "Limit of loyal states in July, 1861, limit of territory controlled by U.S. forces July 31st 1863, [and] limit of territory gained from July 31st 1863 to Jan. 1st 1864" indicated by colored lines. Small ships denote the extent of the naval blockade. "Population census 1860" in the lower right corner. See also Civil War...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Preliminary coast chart ... Florida Reefs [on four sheets] Scale 1:80,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 117.54-117.58 From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1863 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1864). Maps 14-17. "No. 15" is in the upper left corner of chart no. 69, "no. 16" is in the upper left corner of chart no. 70, "no. 17" is in...
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Preliminary chart of Port Royal entrance, Beaufort, Broad and Chechessee Rivers, South Carolina "No. 12" is in the upper left corner. Identified in the report of the Superintendent as the "resurvey of 1863." Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy imperfect: tears on folds.
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of a part of Louisiana and Mississippi, illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces, in the Department of the Gulf Scale ca. 1:380,160. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 231 In margin at bottom: Line of marsh [sic] of Gen. Banks corps d'armee April & Mai 1863. Map extends from Natchez, Mississippi, in the north to Marsh Island, Louisiana, in the south, and Columbia, Mississippi, in the east to Alexandria, Louisiana, in the west. Roads, railroads, drainage, and towns are shown. Description derived from...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of supplementary reconnaissance of the approaches to Philadelphia by the West-Chester Road : including the section from Newtown Square to the east branch of the Brandywine Creek Topographic map showing Civil War earthworks and batteries. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Authorship statement citing Whiting's name is in handwriting (black ink). Pen-and-ink, red ink (contours), and watercolors. "No. 2863X" and "854W" (former Coast Survey numbers) are handwritten in ink on sheet and on adhesive label at lower right. Imperfect: Fold-lined. Originally drawn on 3 sheets. Includes notes. LC Civil War...
    • Contributor: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) - United States Coast Survey - Whiting, Henry L.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    [Eastern Tennessee, with parts of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky] Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 75.8 General map, without title. State names and boundaries are printed in red. "Library of the Department of State" is written in ink in the upper margin. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Military map of south-eastern Virginia Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, drainage, and some vegetation. A list of authorities is in the lower right corner differs from list on G3880 1862 .U54 CW 472. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 473 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Krebs, Charles G. - Lindenkohl, H. (Henry) - United States Coast Survey - Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Map of reconnaissance of the valley of Brandywine Creek : including the section from Smiths Bridge to the State Road Topographic map showing roads, railroad, bridges, fortifications, batteries, and various Revolutionary War sites along Brandywine Creek, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. Pen-and-ink (black and red) and blue wash. Fold-lined crosswise in 3 places; lower fold line completely torn to separate lower panel; has adhesive paper label with inked no. "854 St 1863" in lower right corner; former owner's...
    • Contributor: Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas) - United States Coast Survey - Whiting, Henry L.
    • Date: 1863-01-01