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From San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from explorations and surveys /

From San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of California : from e...

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M... More

From the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from explorations and surveys /

From the northern boundary of California to the Columbia River : from ...

Scale 1:760,320. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Routes in Oregon and California. Map no. 2. "Drawn by John Young." From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the M... More

White House to Harrisons Landing - Public domain old map

White House to Harrisons Landing - Public domain old map

Annonymous pen and ink manuscript map traced on linen from a portion of: White House to Harrisons Landing. Prepared by Capt. H.L. Abbot, topographical engineer, Army of the Potomac. Shows fortifications, towns,... More

Reconnaissance of the battle field at Bull Run, Va., fought July 21, 1861 /

Reconnaissance of the battle field at Bull Run, Va., fought July 21, 1...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows names of some residents. Annotations show troop positions and engagements. Oriented with north to the right. Civil War salted paper maps. Sun print with annotati... More

White House to Harrisons Landing / - Public domain map

White House to Harrisons Landing / - Public domain map

Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 594 At head of title: Campaign map, Army of the Potomac, map no 3. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainag... More

Yorktown to Williamsburg Historic map, Library of Congress

Yorktown to Williamsburg Historic map, Library of Congress

Description derived from published bibliography. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library o... More

Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va., conducted by the Army of the Potomac under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd 1862

Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va., conducted by the Army of ...

Scale ca. 1:13,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 673 "This plan shows about half the line, including the point of attack. The Rebel works are laid down from reconnoissances [sic] made immediately after the evac... More

White House to Harrisons Landing - Public domain old map

White House to Harrisons Landing - Public domain old map

Description derived from published bibliography. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. This item is in the Map Collection of th... More

[Yorktown to Williamsburg] Historic map, Library of Congress

[Yorktown to Williamsburg] Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:95,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 600 Principal rivers are hand-colored blue. Description derived from published bibliography. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-57. Available also through the Libra... More

Sketch exhibiting the approachs to Richmond from Pamunkey River : from reconnoissances [sic] made between May 18th and June 14th,1862 /

Sketch exhibiting the approachs to Richmond from Pamunkey River : from...

Sun print. Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 619.8 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In black ink handwriting on recto:... More

Position of Richmond, Va. / - Public domain old map

Position of Richmond, Va. / - Public domain old map

Shows positions of Federal and Confederate armies in June and July 1862 in Richmond region. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on irregularly shaped piece of tracing linen, sectioned in 2 and ... More

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Scale ca. 1:63,630. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 596 At head of title: Campaign maps, Army of the Potomac, map no. 2. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and re... More

White House to Harrisons Landing / - Public domain map

White House to Harrisons Landing / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage. At head of title: "Campaign maps, Army of the Potomac, map no. 3." "Photographic reduct... More

Williamsburg to White House - Public domain old map

Williamsburg to White House - Public domain old map

"Julius Bien & Co., photo lith., N.Y." Description derived from published bibliography. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. This item is... More

Yorktown to Williamsburg / Historic map, Library of Congress

Yorktown to Williamsburg / Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 599 At head of title: Campaign maps, Army of the Potomac, map no. 1. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and re... More

Galveston, Texas, showing the fortifications &c

Galveston, Texas, showing the fortifications &c

Covers Galveston area, west to southeast, from Swan Lake to Gulf of Mexico, and north to Bolivar Point. At head of title: Map no. 3. From the Nathaniel Prentice Banks papers in LC Manuscript Division. "Authorit... More

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, and drainage. "Julius Bien & Co. Photo Lith. N.Y." Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil... More

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Williamsburg to White House / - Public domain old map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, and drainage. Principle rivers are hand colored in blue. "Photographic reduction by L.E. Walker, Treasury De... More

Campaign maps : Army of the Potomac : Map no. 2. Williamsburg to White House

Campaign maps : Army of the Potomac : Map no. 2. Williamsburg to White...

Williamsburg to White House Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Campaign maps : Army of the Potomac : Map no. 3. White House to Harrison's Landing

Campaign maps : Army of the Potomac : Map no. 3. White House to Harris...

White House to Harrison's Landing Courtesy of Boston Public Library

White House to Harrisons Landing / - Public domain map

White House to Harrisons Landing / - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, railroads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage. At head of title: "Campaign map, Army of the Potomac, map no. 3." Description derived f... More

New Orleans to Vicksburg / - Public domain old map

New Orleans to Vicksburg / - Public domain old map

Covers area of Louisiana and Mississippi adjacent to Mississippi River from approximately 15 miles north of Vicksburg to 20 miles west of New Orleans. At head of title: Map no. 2. "Photographed by Brown & Ogilv... More

Bushnell's American turtle. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Bushnell's American turtle. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows three views of the "Turtle", a one-man submarine designed and built by David Bushnell to attach bombs to British warships during the American revolutionary war. Illus. in: The beginning of modern s... More

Map of district north of Washington D.C. : made in 1859-60 by H.L. Abbot and F.W. Vaughan.

Map of district north of Washington D.C. : made in 1859-60 by H.L. Abb...

Shows "Courses and triangulation by pocket compass. Distances by counting steps." Does not show survey points. Covers area in N.W. quadrant bounded by Rock Creek, Rock Creek Ford Rd., Rock Creek Church Rd., 7th... More