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Library of Congress1862

G. Woolworth Colton's new guide map of the United States & Canada, with railroads, counties, etc

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by G. Woolworth Colton." Insets: Plan of the southern portion of Florida. 16 x 13 cm.-Western portion of the United States. 18 x 20 cm.-The southern portion of Texas. 9 x 10 cm. Includes tables of "Cities and towns with a population of 10,000 and over" and "Population of the United States." "Drawer 47, portfolio 1, no. 28" written in the right margin. General map annotated in red and blue to show military departments. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:3,168,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.3 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1866

Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads operated during the war from 1862-1866, as military lines

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.

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Library of Congress1861

Seat of war, Manassas and its vicinity

Confederate imprint. Shows "battle ground, July 18th," "battle ground July 21st," roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. "Blue Ridge," "Thorough Fare Mountains," and two unnamed mountains are indicated by hachures. Troop positions are not given. Roads, railroads, bridges, and distances are described in a brief text below the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:322,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 568 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1880

The War of the Rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies

Found also in the House Miscellaneous documents of the 52d to the 56th Congress. Each number has special index. Inserted in each volume: Additions and corrections ... Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902. Series 1, v. 1-53, series 3, v. 1-5, and series 4, v. 1-3 include "Alternate designations of organizations mentioned." Vol. 54-55 of series 1 [serial no. 112-113] "have not been published, and no material for them is in hand." cf. General index, p. xi. Series 2, v. 1 [serial no. 114] with imprint 1894, was not issued until 1898. Edited in the War Records Office, 1880-July 1899; in the Record and Pension Office, July 1899-1901. Robert N. Scott compiled and edited v. 1-18, 1880-87, and also collected the greater part of the material for v. 19-36, 1887-91. After his death in 1887 the work was continued by Henry M. Lazelle, 1887-89, and by a board of publication, 1889-99, consisting of George B. Davis, 1889-97, Leslie J. Perry, 1889-99, Joseph W. Kirkley, 1889-99, and Fred C. Ainsworth, 1898-99; from 1899-1901 edited by Fred C. Ainsworth and Joesph W. Kirkley. Supplemented by: "Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Pub. under te direction of the ... secretaries of war, by Maj. George B. Davis ... Mr. Leslie J. Perry ... Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley ... board of publicaton. Comp. by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles ..." (3 v. CLXXV (i.e. 178) fold. pl. (incl. illus., maps, plans) 48 x 40 cm.) published: Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1891-95. CALL NUMBER: G1201.S5U6 1891. Plates part colored. Issued in 37 parts. Assigned no. 261 of House Miscellaneous documents, v. 40, 52d Cong., 1st sess. (serial no. 2998). Documnet number does not appear i this copy; in other copies it appears in binder's title but not on t.-p. Inserted: ... Additions and corrections ... Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1902. 2 p. 23 cm. CONTENTS: pl. 1-135c. Military operations inthe field.--pl. 136-161. General topographical map.--pl. 161-171. Military divisions and departments.--pl. 172-175. Miscellaneous. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 99 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1913

Gettysburg battlefield today. Pennsylvania Railroad

Copyright no. 59616R June 3, 1913. Panoramic map of the Gettysburg battlefield. Round Top is in the foreground. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 345.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1864

Map of Atlanta and vicinity

Shows fortifications, roads, railroads, rivers, and towns. The battles of peach Tree Creek (July 20), Atlanta (July 22), and Ezra Church (July 28) are indicated. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 144.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1863

Map of the state of Virginia

Relief shown by hachures. General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and sourthern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, and rivers. Map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Richmond. A table of distances by railroads appears below the title. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 481.7 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1861

Map showing the war operations, in Virginia & Maryland

Indicates railroads, principal towns, and a few batteries. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 449 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1864

Northern Mississippi and Alabama

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.

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Library of Congress1862

Map of the state of Virginia : containing the counties, principal towns, railroads, rivers, canals & all other internal improvements

Relief shown by hachures. Also covers Maryland (without relief). Military features not shown. Confederate imprint. "Copyright secured by W. & J., May 1, 1862." Prime meridian: Washington D.C. Imperfect: Copy 1 fold-lined, trimmed, torn at fold lines, missing cover; Copy 2 fold-lined, halved, missing small internal sections at fold-line crosses, mounted on paper backing. Includes railroad directory, ill. "View of Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.", and imprint of state seal. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 475.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

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Library of Congress1864

[Map of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad between Blue Mountain Station and Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama]

Delineates the route of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad, (named on map as A. & T. Riv. R-Ra.). Also shows roads, rivers, section lines, houses, and outbuildings. Relief shown by hachures. Signed in pencil in two places by the Confederate engineer "Geo. Wadsworth Chf Engr." Pen and ink and watercolor. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 103.5 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 7-85 Vault

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Library of Congress1862

Lloyd's map of the lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico; compiled from Government surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Signed in ms: "Milliard Fillmore, March 9, 1863." Another edition. 4 sheets, each 48 x 66 cm. dated 1863. Stephenson, no. 41. Description derived from published bibliography. "Exhibiting the sugar and cotton plantations, cities, towns, landings, sand bars, islands, bluffs, bayous, cut-offs, the steamboat channel, mileage, fortifications, railroads, &c. along the river." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 28 LC Railroad maps, 139 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

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Library of Congress1864

Map of Resaca and vicinity. [1864]

Map of the environs of Resaca showing entrenchments, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:165,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 203.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1864

Map of Richmond, Virginia, showing its defenses and railroad connections

From Harper's weekly, v. 8, May 21, 1864. p. 332. "Map of Virginia, showing the military operations of Generals Grant and Butler" is on the verso. 36 x 24 cm. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:52,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 640.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1862

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &c

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border slave states" (yellow), and "seceded or confederate states" (green). Inset: Colton's map of the United States showing the proposed railroad routes to the Pacific Ocean. 19 x 26 cm. Advertisement for "Bacon's shilling war maps" is pasted onto the verso. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:3,120,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1881

Carte du Mexique

LC copy extensively annotated in English to show railroads. Prepared from a map originally published in 1873 in Paris. Prime meridian: Mexico City. Printed on two sheets. Includes inset "Carte des divisions politiques". LC copy mounted on cloth and sectioned in two. "Map of Mexico" written in ink on the verso. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S187 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. French. Publication information in English.

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