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    [An unfinished drawing of the battle of Fredericksburg, Saturday, December 13, 1862]. Shows "Gen. Lee's Hd. Qrs." and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. Similar to the map reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 31, no. 4. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H125 In pencil on...
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    [Map of portion of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, 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. Oriented with north toward the upper left. 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...
    • Contributor: Smith, Normand
    • Date: 1800-01-01
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    Map [of] central Virginia showing the movements of the Tenth New York Cavalry in the campaigs [sic] of 1864.
    Map central Virginia showing the movements of the Tenth New York Cavalry in the campaigs of 1864     Covers Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg city regions extending from Rappahannock Station southward to Dinwiddie C.H. and from Trevillian Station eastward to King & Queen C.H. Shows troop movement routes, encampments, battle sites, roads, railroads, streams, and settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Printed version appears in N.D. Preston's History of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, August 1861 to August 1865 (New...
    • Contributor: Preston, Noble D.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    [Sketch of the Manassas battlefield]. Shows area west of Manassas, from Haymarket on the west, to Bethlehem Church on the south, to the Stone bridge on the east, and Catharpen and Bull Runs on the north, and names of some residents. Title and date derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on brown tracing paper, drawn on a 1-inch pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil...
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Military map of Suffolk & vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix
    Military map of Suffolk and vicinity for Majr. Genl. J. A. Dix     Shows fortifications, houses, names of residents, roads, railroads, and drainage. Relief shown by hachures. Ink and pencil on tracing cloth, in three sections, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 661 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Soederquist, Oscar
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    [Map of Spotsylvania County, Va.]. Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications in the Chancellorsville area and the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on brown paper mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H59 LC Land ownership maps, 1348 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Date: 1860-01-01
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    Map of vicinity of Richmond Shows fortifications and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on tracing linen, sectioned in 2, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H176 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In lower left corner: Gen. R.E. Lee's. In pencil on verso: 62. At head of title: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V....
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Gilmer, Jeremy Francis
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Seat of war, Manassas and vicinity to the Potomac "Arranged from various maps principally Baumgarters, Gen. Beauregards & W.B. Elkin in camp Sept. the 7 1861." Gives distances in miles between Alexandria and various locations. Relief shown by hachures. Shows railroads, turnpike road, and common wagon 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...
    • Contributor: Elkin, J. B.
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Plan of the battle-field at Bull Run, July 21st 1861.
    Plan of the battlefield at Bull Run, July 21st 1861     Shows encampments, troop positions and troop movements and including names of commanders and some residents. Relief shown by hachures. "Route taken by Capt. Whipple to bring up Howard's Brigade." Pen-and-ink, red ink, and pencil on penciled grid on tracing linen. Cartographer's name from dealer information. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Imperfect: Brown discoloration along edges and...
    • Contributor: Whipple, Amiel Weeks
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    [Map of the vicinity of Richmond, north and east of the James River]. Shows some fortifications, troop positions and names of some residents. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen sectioned in 2, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H178 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes note. In pencil on verso: 178.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    [Three sketches on one sheet of fortifications, roads and streams in the vicinity of Salem Church and Banks Ford in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863]. Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on ledger paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H141 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 280.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Sketch of proposed defences for the depot at Aquia Creek "Copy for Col. G.H. Biddle 95th Reg N.Y. Vols. or the officer succeeding him, as commandant of the post." Oriented with north to the bottom. Pen and ink. Relief shown by hachures. Shows roads, railroads, rivers, houses and names of occupants. Troop placements marked in red. Shows the area from Accakeek Creek along the shore of the Potomac River to Aquia Creek. This item...
    • Contributor: Long, W. S. - Biddle, G. H. - United States. Army. Dept. Of the Rappahannock
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    [Southeastern part of Virginia, from York River, and west to Black Water River] LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 460 Shows fortifications and locations of the Battle of Hampton Roads. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Imperfect: Discoloration and spotting throughout.
    • Contributor: Hove, B.
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Battery no. 9 (near the Brooke turnpike) : total contents 8 91/100 acres. Gives measurements and latitude and longitude of perimeters. Map annoted with names of land owners: Widow Robert Gordon, Gen. Clay and Nath. Bowe. One of a series of ten maps showing the plats of land appropriated for Batteries 1-10 around Richmond. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 26971, B.M. Jones Papers. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library...
    • Contributor: Jones, B. M.
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    [Map of Kanawha, Boone, Logan, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Summers and Monroe Counties, West Va., and Tazewell, Smyth, Washington, Bland, Giles, Craig, Montgomery, Pulaski and Wythe Counties, Va. Cover the area from Charlestown south to Dublin Depot and east to White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Drawn with blue and green ink on blue-lined paper. Shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers and mountains with some distances given. One of a series of eight maps of southwestern Virginia and West Virginia. Originally in envelope with notations: "Maps of various kinds by residents of Western Virginia....
    • Contributor: Loring, William Wing
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Sketch book of Jed. Hotchkiss, Capt. & Top. Eng., Hd. Qrs., 2nd Corps, Army of N. Virginia : [Virginia].
    Sketch book of Jedediah Hotchkiss, Captain and Topographical Engineer, Headquarters, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia     Shows general maps of northwestern Virginia and parts of Montgomery County, Maryland, with some showing roads, troop movements, and the names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. "This volume is my field sketch book that I used during the Civil War. Most of the sketches were made on horseback just as they now appear. The colored pencils used were kept in the places...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1862-01-01

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    [Semmes Battery and vicinity, Chesterfield County, Virginia, 1864] 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
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    Battery no. 4 and outworks nos. 1 and 2 : Blakey & Stubbs. Components: Battery no. 4 -- Outwork no. 1 -- Outwork no. 2. Gives measurements and latitude and longitude of perimeters. Map annoted with names of land owners: Thos. H. Blakey and A.G. Stubbs. One of a series of ten maps drawn by showing the plats of land appropriated for Batteries 1-10 around Richmond. Original maps are included in Personal Papers Collection, accession 26971, B.M....
    • Contributor: Jones, B. M.
    • Date: 1861-01-01
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    Map showing portions of the Federal and Confederate forces at the battle of Five Forks, fought April 1, 1865 : it also shows the country over which was fought the Battle of ... Wall map of part of Dinwiddie County (Va.) showing Civil War troop positions, roads, railroad, settlements, buildings, farms with occupants' names, and streams. Does not show troop positions or movements for battles of Quaker Road or Dinwiddie Court House. Title from typewritten label affixed at upper left corner. Gift; Mr. A.S. Perham; 1920. Pen-and-ink (black and red) and lead-pencil guidelines. LC Civil War maps...
    • Contributor: Perham, Aurestus S.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
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    Map of the Rappahannock River fron [sic] Port Royal to Richards Ferry
    Map of the Rappahannock River from Port Royal to Richards Ferry     Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Fredericksburg city region. Shows "Lines of Gen. Hooker" at Chancellorsville, "Battle field of Gen. Sedgwick" at Salem Church, military bridges, towns, farmsteads with residents' names, wooded areas, and streams. Pen-and-ink (black/red) and watercolor (blue). Endorsed in ink handwriting on verso on 2 panels: Map of the Rappahannock from Port Royal to Kelly's Ford, showing the crossings of Gen....
    • Contributor: Vernam, John S. - Benham, Henry Washington - Woodbury, Daniel P. (Daniel Phineas) - United States Coast Survey - United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Brigade
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Sketch book showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va. in engagements of 1864-5 : [Virginia] Shows several battles with troop movements and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from paper label affixed to cover. "Return to Jed. Hotchkiss, Staunton, Virginia"--On label on cover. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on lined paper. Cloth spine with marbled boards with holes in center edge of boards. Some maps on separate sheets of paper tipped in. LC Civil War maps...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1865-01-01

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    [Federal fortifications near Petersburg in the region of Fort Gregg]. Anonymous pen and ink manuscript map drawn on tracing linen showing Civil War fortifications, roads, railroads, rivers and vegetation. Drawn on a 1-inch grid. 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 from bibliography. Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 1095 Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Fords on Occoquan and Bull Run : [Northern Virginia]. Covers Occoquan River from Bland's Ford to entrance of Bull Run and covers Bull Run from entrance of Cub Run to mouth. Shows fords, military roads, common roads, H.Q. Manassas Station, settlements, wooded areas, and streams. Pen-and-ink (red and black) and watercolors (blue and light green). "For Col. Harrston" handwritten in lead pencil below legend. In ink handwriting on cloth backing: Col. Harrston. Oriented...
    • Contributor: Harrston
    • Date: 1860-01-01
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    [Map of cavalry engagement near Bridgewater, Va., Oct. 4th and 5th, 1864 Relief shown by hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on verso of lined paper, mounted on cloth. Similar to the map reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 82, no. 12. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H193 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    [Map of Hanover County, Va.]. LC Land ownership maps, 1274 Shows fortifications near Mechanicsville, describes several bridges across the Chickahominy River as destroyed, and gives the names of some residents. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on 3/4 in. pencil grid on two sheets of paper pasted together and mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H39 Available also through the Library...
    • Date: 1860-01-01