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Library of Congress1863

Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick, and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts : from the latest surveys showing every railroad & station finished to June 1862

Shows only a small part of Canada and western part of New Brunswick. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered, according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern district of New York." Includes inset of southern Florida. Copy imperfect: Water damage and losses along fold lines. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as 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

Lloyd's map of the southern states : showing all the railroads, their stations & distances, also the counties, towns, villages, harbors, rivers, and forts

Relief shown by hachures. Advertisement for the "$100,000 topographical map of the state of Virginia" printed in lower right corner. Text printed on verso : Lloyd's military map and gazetteer of the southern states, Sept. 7, 1861. Description derived from published bibliography. LC copy: Mounted on cloth, some text visible on verso. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 14.25 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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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 Congress1862

Battle of Fredericksburg. Dec. 13, 1862

From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 32, Aug. 1886. p. 622. "In indicating the Union artillery, we have followed an official map made under the direction of General Henry J. Hunt, chief of artillery." Gives troop positions, batteries, names of commanders, roads, R.F. & P Railroad and the unfinished railroad, houses and names of residents, street pattern of Fredericksburg, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:50,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 557 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1864

Map of the State of Virginia

General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C. A table of "Distances by Railroads" appears below the map title. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 493.6 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1865

Map of the State of Virginia

General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Richmond. Printed in blue are concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C. A table of "Distances by Railroads" appears below the map title. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 509.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1965

Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi

Descriptive leaflet illustrated with the following two maps: [a] Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Colored. Scale ca. 1:14,400. 11 x 22 cm. (Shows names of commander roads, railroad, and tour route.) [b] The Vicksburg campaign. Aug. 1962. Colored. Scale ca. 1:2,350,000. 40 x 23 cm. (Map of the Mississippi River from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico showing drainage, railroads, and towns.) Description derived from published bibliography. Various scales. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 291.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1958

Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi

Descriptive leaflet illustrated with the following two maps: [a] Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi. Colored. Scale ca. 1:14,400. 11 x 22 cm. (Shows names of commander roads, railroad, and tour route.) [b] The Vicksburg campaign. Aug. 1962. Colored. Scale ca. 1:2,350,000. 40 x 23 cm. (Map of the Mississippi River from Memphis to the Gulf of Mexico showing drainage, railroads, and towns.) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:62,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 291.1 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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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 Congress1866

The camp, the battle field, and the hospital; or, Lights and shadows of the great rebellion. Including adventures of spies and scouts, thrilling incidents, daring exploits, heroic deeds, wonderful escapes, sanitary and hospital scenes, prison scenes,

Published later, 1892, without change of text, by the Star pub. co. of Jersey City, under title: Scouts, spies, and heroes of the great civil war, by Captain Joseph Powers Hazelton [pseud.?] A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

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Library of Congress1862

Map of eastern Virginia

Shows railroads and radial distances from Richmond. Also covers parts of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Relief shown by hachures. Inscribed in pencil inside front cover: Geo. W. Lay to Genl. Beauregard. LC copy imperfect: Worm holes on left side of map. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.35 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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