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Map of the western United States framed in border giving major stations along the route and a shippers guide. Shows relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with named lines. The main line emphasized in heavy black.
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber Jr." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 25 x 18 cm. Map depicts rail lines, roads, cities and towns, state and county boundaries, and rivers. 1863 edition published by Willis. P. Hazard is listed as Civil War Maps entry no. 44. Geography and Map Division also has an uncolored issue with annotations made by the Topographer, U. S. Post Office Department. Another uncolored copy, in covers, is in the Samuel P. Heintzelman papers, Manuscript Division, LC, container no. 11. Cover title: Map of the southern states. Map is in 29 parts, 16 x 12 cm. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 31.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd." General map of the eastern United States showing state and county boundaries, cities and towns, forts, roads, and railroads. This map was in the possession of Jedediah Hotchkiss at the time of his death. Major Hotchkiss served as topographic engineer with the Army of Northern Virginia. In July 1948, the Library of Congress purchased his map collection. Handwritten note on the verso reads "Lloyd's [sic] map of the United States, 1863 captured and used as part of my collection of maps, during the Civil War, 1861-5. Jed. Hotchkiss, Top. Eng., 2nd. Corps, Army N. Va." For the 1864 edition see Civil War Maps entry no. 50. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 41.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Map of the Southeast showing towns, forts, rivers, and state boundaries. Railroad gauges are printed in color. Engraver's name appears below the map title and in the lower right margin. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:1,875,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 56 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
General map indicating cities and towns, roads and railroads, rivers, and some relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to show state names and highlight state boundaries and railroads. Another copy is in the James A. Garfield papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., series 8, container no. 1. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:633,600. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 259.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Hand colored. Shows railroads and indicates mileage between stations and state, county, and township boundaries. Scale 1:1,267,200; 20 statute miles to an in. LC Railroad maps, 121 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2: 100; 650/1; 700
Detailed topographic map between Waynesboro and Covington showing relief by hachures, drainage, county roads and turnpikes, railroad lines, and "preliminary lines," county names, and boundaries. Distances are indicated at lower right of map. Consolidated in 1868 into the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. See entry 365. [From published bibliography]
Detailed map indicating drainage, relief by hachures, county and township boundaries, and roads. [From published bibliography]
Map of the southern United States showing drainage, county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography]
Map shows drainage, county boundaries, cities, roads, and canals. Lines of surveys and railroads in operation are indicated by different colors. [From published bibliography]
Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography]
Detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, state and county capitals, cities and towns, common roads, the "Oregon Route," canals, and railroads. One of the earliest maps to indicate an operating railroad west of the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to Jefferson City. Topography is indicated by hachures only in the inset of California. Indian tribes are shown west of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography]
General map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities and towns, roads, railroads, canals, and distances. [From published bibliography]
Detailed map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, cities and towns, canals, land grant railroads, completed railroads, railroads in progress of completion, and projected lines. Major lines are named along their routes. Indian and military reservation are shown; land offices and lighthouses are also indicated. [From published bibliography]
Very detailed commercial map of the continental United States showing drainage, international and state boundaries, cities and towns, railroad stations, the entire railroad network with names or abbreviations of railroad companies along each line. [From published bibliography]
Outline commercial map of the eastern half of the United States framed in decorative borders indicating major drainage systems, state boundaries, cities and towns along railroad routes, and distances between stations. Includes detailed lists of railroad companies, stations, and distances by state in marginal text. [From published bibliography]
Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. The southern portion of map indicates proposed shipping routes to points in the West Indies and Middle America. This is one of the earliest small-scale government maps to show a railroad network. [From published bibliography]
Detailed map of the north-central states framed in decorative borders indicating drainage, state, county, and township boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, railroads, and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography]