Civil War manuscripts : a guide to collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
Includes index. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LAC aaa 2019-05-09 update (1 card)
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Relief and depths shown by gradient tints. Also shows railroads. Pulkovo (St. Petersburg) meridian. Includes table of extreme high elevations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In Russian. LC copy torn at edge, taped, inscribed in ink by the author in upper margin: The Congress Library, Washington D.C., from J. de Schokalsky in remembrance of 2 visits--1912.
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Atlas of Athens county, Ohio, to which is added a township map of the state of Ohio, also an outline and railroad map of the United States
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 2355 Library of Congress. Panoramic maps of cities in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.), 677.1, 693.1, 709.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
guysville↗
Insurance map of Boston. Volume 1
This is the earliest published Sanborn fire insurance map. Orientation varies. Includes index. In manuscript ink on index plate: "Filed Feb. 4, 1868" and "February 1868, no. 856." Index tabs removed. Maps mounted on cloth. Phillips, 14416 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Forms part of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress. Conserved; 002504 1978 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
suffolk county↗
In the Senate of the United States. May 29, 1890. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evarts, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following report. (To accompany S. 2672.)... authorizing the Librarian of Congress to purchase "Townsend's Library of National, State, and Individual Records, Comprising a Collection of Historical Records Concerning the Origin, Progress, and Consequences of the Late Civil War,"
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[Map of eastern Virginia and parts of Maryland and northern North Carolina showing railroads and principal cities and towns]
Title and date derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In pencil mounted on cloth. Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.): G3880 186- .M32 Vault. Imperfect: Losses along fold lines and discoloration throughout. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.55 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Gift; Mrs. Carroll Greenough; Nov. 6, 1943.
virginia↗
[View of fortifications near the ruins of the Western and Atlantic Railroad bridge across the Etowah River in Georgia]
Shows fortifications near the Etowah River in the vicinity of Allatoona, Bartow County, Georgia. Bird's-eye view. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil. Imperfect: Fold-lined, mounted on paper. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S80 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
georgia↗
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.
mexico↗
Map of the Atlanta Campaign
Relief shown by hachures. Map of the northwest Georgia showing location and date of engagements, railroads, towns, rivers, and county names and boundaries. Description derived from published bibliography. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 133.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
united states↗
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.
united states↗
[Map of the country between Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, showing roads, railroads, and some place names]
Title and publication date Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.56 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
fredericksburg region↗
Map of Rome, Adairsville and vicinity
Shows location of battles of Lay's or Tanner's Ferry, Adairsville, and Cassville, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:350,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 132.8 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
united states↗
Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas, and New Brunswick, from the latest surveys showing every railroad & station finished to June 1862 and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the United States Superintendent's official reports of the Coast Survey by order of Congress
"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.
united states↗
[Map of Albemarle County, north of the Virginia Central Railroad, and a portion of Augusta County along the south fork of the Shenandoah River]
Shows the names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Drawn on a 3/8-in. grid. Pen-and-ink and pencil mounted on paper. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H20 LC Land ownership maps, 1197 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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[Map of parts of Caroline, Hanover, and Henrico counties, Va., west of the Mattaponi River and the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad]
Shows the names of some residents, some of the outer fortifications of Richmond and those along the railroad north of the South Anna River. Date, title, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. Imperfect: staining on the lower right section of the sheet. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H25 LC Land ownership maps, 1233 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
hanover county↗
Birds eye view of Philadelphia and vicinity showing location of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
AACR2 Perspective map not drawn to scale. Library of Congress. Panoramic maps of cities in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.), 827.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
pennsylvania↗
Washington, the beautiful capital of the nation
DCP AACR2 Oriented with north toward the upper right. Bird's-eye view. Includes text and index to points of interest. Map of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on verso. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Library of Congress. Panoramic maps of cities in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.), 111.4 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
united states↗
Penn'a R.R. car shop's Altoona, Pennsylvania 1895
Vault AACR2: 100; 650/1; 610/2; 700/1 Bird's-eye-view. "Published by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer." Includes inset and index to points of interest. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Library of Congress. Panoramic maps of cities in the United States and Canada (2nd ed.), 731.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
altoona↗