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    [Map of the Manassas battlefield area in Northern Virginia]. Shows fortifications. Does not include place names. Relief shown by hachures on central bottom sheet only. Wall map believed to have been used by the author after the Civil War for lecture purposes. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on 9 sheets of paper pasted together, sectioned into 12 pieces, mounted on cloth, and laminated. Copy imperfect: Tears...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1860-01-01
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    Bermuda Hundred. [1864-1865] Scale 1:42,240. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 525b.2 In this issue, the map is printed on a yellow background with the James and Appomattox rivers colored blue. Map indicates roads, railroads, towns, drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and names of residents. Union and Confederate entrenchments are colored blue and red respectively. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of...
    • Contributor: Michie, Peter Smith - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    The Rebel works at Howard's Bridge Virginia April 4th 1862. Shows the fortifications of the Confederate forces at Howard's Bridge on the banks of the Poquoson River, which succeeded in slowing McClellan's advance up the Peninsula.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-04-04
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    [Swift Creek area, Chesterfield and Prince George Counties, Virginia] 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 more information. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image....
    • Contributor: Smith, Normand
    • Date: 1800-01-01
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    Map of Virginia : showing the distribution of its slave population from the census of 1860 West Virginia shown as Kanawha. "Washington, June 13th, 1861." "Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1861 by Henry S. Graham, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia." "Sold for the benefit of the sick and wounded of the U.S. Army." "Census Office, Dept. of the Interior, Washington, Sept. 9th, 1861. After a careful examination of this very interesting map I am...
    • Contributor: Hergesheimer, E. (Edwin) - Graham, H. S. (Henry S.)
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Map of Hampton to Howard's Bridge, Virginia. The area depicted includes the York River to the north, the James River to the south and the Hampton/Five Points area to the east.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-03-27
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    Central [Virginia] showing Maj. Gen'l P. H. Sherida[n's campaigns] and marches of the cavalry under his [command] in 1864-65 Scale 1:350,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 520a.5 At head of title: Engineers Office Mi[lit. Div. of the Gulf] map n[o. 6] Imperfect. Part of the title and the extreme eastern portion of the map are wanting. Map is annotated, in different colors, to show seven cavalry raids by General Sheridan. Map extends from Martinsburg south to Danville, and Lexington east to Washington,...
    • Contributor: Von Reizenstein, B. - Gillespie, G. L.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Map showing the battle grounds of the Chickahominy, and the positions of the subsequent engagements in the retreat of the Federal army towards James River and all the other points of interest ... Scale ca. 1:160,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 639 Confederate imprint. Map of the environs of Richmond showing location and dates of battles, roads, railroads, towns, names of counties, drainage, and the names of a few residents. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Sheppard, Edwin
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Military map of south-eastern Virginia, [Scale 1:200,000]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 491 Differs from G3881.S5 1864 .L52 with more detail southwest of the city of Petersburg. Another issue. Indicates 5-mile concentric circles centered on Richmond, roads, bridges, railroads, towns, houses, drainage, vegetation, and some fortifications in the Richmond-Petersburg area. Map title on this and the following two issues appears outside of the top border. Fortifications and vegetation...
    • Contributor: Lindenkohl, A.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    [Map of Craig, Giles, Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Va.]. "Chief Engineer's Office D.N.V. Maj. Gen. Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Chief Engineer."--map. "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. Available also...
    • Contributor: Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Sketch of the country occupied by the federal & Confederate armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861 Inset: [Sketch of the environs of Bull Run from Washington to Fredericksburg]. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Relief shown by hachures. Shows confederate and federal troops, notes on battles, roads, homes and names of homeowners, 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. LC Civil...
    • Contributor: Mitchell, Samuel P. - White, W. Hargrave - Bornemann, F. W.
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    The siege of Yorktown, April 1862 Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 673.7 "Entered accord. to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by C. Bohn in the Clerks Office of the District of Columbia." Bird's-eye view of the Union siege of Yorktown, with 23 places, batteries, ship positions, troop positions, and field headquarters keyed by number to list in lower margin. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also...
    • Contributor: Worret, Ch
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    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
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    Map of battle-grounds of August 28th, 29th, & 30th, 1862, in the vicinity of Groveton, Prince William Co., Va.
    Illustrative map accompanying argument of petitioner's counsel, positions of troops delineated by his counsel : no. 2 | Engineer Department, U.S. Army, Bvt. Maj. Gen. A. A. Humphreys, Brig. Gen. & Chief of Engineers | Battle-grounds of August 28th, 29th & 30th, 1862, in the vicinity of Groveton, Prince William Co., Va.     "Official copy G.K. Warren Maj. Engrs. & Bvt. Maj. Gen. U.S.A." Includes: "Notes by Counsel." Relief shown by contours and hachures. Similar to nos. 577.5-577.7, LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.). 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: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers - McCrary, George Washington - Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson) - Warren, Gouverneur Kemble - Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell)
    • Date: 1878-01-01
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    Map of the vicinity of Petersburg
    Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V. Maj. Gen. J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer     Description derived from published bibliography. Map of parts of Prince George, Dinwiddie, and Chesterfield counties, showing roads, railroads, towns, vegitation, houses and names of residents. Relief shown by hachures. Similar to no. 606, LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.). Sun print. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information....
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Gilmer, Jeremy Francis - Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Plan of Yorktown, Virginia : showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862. Shows the street plan of Yorktown and the fortifications surrounding the town following the Confederate removal up the Peninsula. The York River and the town of Gloucester Point are also indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-05-04
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    [Map of Richmond and vicinity Relief shown by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Map consists of four sheets, each 32 X 26 cm., which have been joined together. Lower sheets are numbered "Range C, no. 2" and "Range C, no. 3." Depicted are cities and towns, roads and railroads, houses and names of residents, fortifications, and woodland. Gift; July 23, 1924; Mrs. Maud C. Brady; LC Civil War...
    • Contributor: Confederate States of America. Army. Department of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Eastern army guide : one hundred and fifty miles around Richmond.
    One hundred and fifty miles around Richmond     Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Spherical map showing railroads converging in Richmond, roads, names of cities and towns with Richmond at the center, Baltimore, Maryland to the north, Goldsboro, N.C. to the south, Delmarva Peninsula and Chesapeake Bay to the east, and Lexington, Virginia to the west. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact...
    • Contributor: Magnus, Charles - Boell, F. W.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    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: 1864-01-01
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    Map of Stafford County, Va. "Commenced July 19[,] 1863[.] Last field work done Aug. 14[,] 1863."--handwritten note on map. "It is impossible to designate definitely the exact character of the roads in this county, especially in the lower part. Some public roads seem to be altogether disused, and almost [effaced], and many farm & private roads have become thoroughfares. This is especially the case along the River -- The...
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Blackford, B. L. (Benjamin Lewis) - Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of Brunswick County, Virginia : Surveyed Top. Dept. under the direction of Capt. A.H. Campbell, in charge D.N.V., "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. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs....
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Graves, H. M. - Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    [Map of the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville battlefields, 1862-1863]. Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 550.8 Pen-and-ink, watercolor, col. pencils, and crayon on muslin. Wall map believed to have been used by the author after the Civil War for lecture purposes. Sometimes referred to as the "bed sheet map." Acquired in July 1948 with the purchase of the map collection...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Sketch exhibiting the approachs to Richmond from Pamunkey River : from reconnoissances [sic] made between May 18th and June 14th,1862 Sun print. Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 619.8 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In black ink handwriting on recto: Brig. Gen'l J. W. Ripley, Ordnance Corps, through Bureau Top. Engr. June 21, 1862. In red ink handwriting on recto: Drawer 48, Portfolio 2, No. 5. Copy...
    • Contributor: Abbot, Henry L.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    [Map of Alexandria, Virginia] Illustrates Alexandria's central position in the defense of Washington, where at least 12 outlying forts surrounded the city. Military camps of various Union officers such as Samuel Peter Heintzelman are indicated on this map.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Copy of section of photograph map captured from the enemy, showing country adjacent to Richmond and lines of defensive works surrounding the city. Relief shown by hachures. Similar to, but covering a larger area than G3884.R5S5 1864 .U5 CW 642. Gift; Mrs. Thomas P. Haviland. Signed, Official: N. Michler, Major, Engineers, U.S.A. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-58. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 642.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Department
    • Date: 1864-01-01