mississippi river

Map of the proposed Northern Route for a railroad to the Pacific.

Outline map of the United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and names of states, with state population figures. Western states show topography by hachures. Some major rail lines are shown... More

Battle of Hermannstadt / sketched by Capt. Ed. Scheifele ; drawn on st...

Print showing a battle scene with Russian, Austrian, and Hungarian troops standing in formation, shooting at each other across an open field. Caption continues: Where the Hungarians (March 11th 1849) under Gen... More

A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...

Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Railroad maps... More

Rail road map accompanying the report an[d] exhibit of the Logansport ...

Map of the north-central and northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, place names, and state boundaries. Chartered as the Auburn and Eel River Valley Rail Road on March 8, 1853. Name cha... More

H. V. Poor's rail road map showing particularly the location and conne...

Covers the United States from the Mississippi River east, and from Maine to northern Florida. Includes drainage, relief by hachures, place names, state boundaries, canals, and the railroad network.

map from "Summary Narrative of an exploratory expedition to the source...

This image has been taken from scan 000244 from "Summary Narrative of an exploratory expedition to the sources of the Mississippi river in 1820: resumed and completed by the discovery of its origin in Itasca La... More

From the valley of Green River to the Great Salt Lake.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

From Great Salt Lake to the Humboldt Mountains.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy missing data on left side of map. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad ... More

Reconnaissance and survey of a railway route from Mississippi River, n...

"Map no. 2." Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

From the valley of the Mud Lakes to the Pacific Ocean.

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 41st Parallel. Map no. 4. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

Map of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany the report...

Outline sketch map of the United States west of the Mississippi River designed to show the relationship of the proposed railroad routes. First edition of the map appears in U.S. War Department, Report of the Se... More

Great Kansas meeting at St. Louis, Missouri / [from a photograph by Fi...

Crowd at public meeting on question of slavery in Kansas in front of the courthouse, St. Louis, Missouri. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 2, no. 40 (1856 Sept. 13), p. 209.

View fo the lake & north west-connections with Philadelphia.

Indicates railroads in the Great Lakes region, south to the Ohio River, and from New York State to the Mississippi River. Shows proposed railroads as far west as the Missouri River. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000]. LC ... More

170 miles saved to Northern Iowa and St. Paul! Chicago, St. Paul and F...

Transportation.; Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac r. R.; Milwaukee & Mississippi railroad. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGM... More

Cincinnati & St. Louis route. New York to St. Louis, Cairo, Vincennes,...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 86, Folder 4.

Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Spring arrangeme...

1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pitt...

Composite of eight illustrations showing skyline view of St. Louis, Mi...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 2, (1857 July 4), p. 429. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne, and Chicago R. R. in direct connection with the...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 22... More

Great western & south-western mail route to Cleveland Pittsburg, Colum...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 15.

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Scale 1:3,000,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Exhibition: Exhibited: Rivers, edens, empires: Lewis... More

Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River,

Scale ca. 1:140,000. Alternate title: From Natchez to New Orleans. Hand colored. Cadastral map showing landowners. LC copy 2 imperfect: Pieces missing primarily along outside margin and discolored. Shows planta... More

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Very detailed map of the United States west of the Mississippi River indicating drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, forts, trails, wagon roads, and routes of exploration. An important map of western... More

De Soto's party descending the Mississippi after his death / J.W. Orr,...

Indians in canoes shooting arrows at Spaniards. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Lloyd, 1858, p. 499. Refe... More

Map showing route of Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road and its connection...

Map of the eastern United States between the Chesapeake Bay and the Mississippi River. Shows drainage, place names and the railroad network. Chartered March 17, 1851. Line completed in 1858. consolidated in Apr... More

Transatlantic sketches--the Mississippi River

Wood engravings showing three views of the Mississippi River, captioned: 1. Down the lower Mississippi--from the Baton Rouge; 2. Voyageurs ascending the lower Mississippi; 3. Woodchopper's hut, lower Mississippi.

Map of the territory of the United States from the Mississippi River t...

Map illustrating the general geological features of the country west o...

Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

From the Pimas villages to Fort Fillmore : from explorations and surve...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Route near the 32nd parallel of north latitude. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississip... More

Map of the military dep't of Texas : being a section of the map of the...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows Indian tribal locations, military posts, and routes and dates of expeditions and surveys. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Mr. La Mountain's aerial voyage - the descent of the balloon

John La Moutnain's balloon voyage with John Wise and Gager from St. Louis to Rochester, 1859.

From the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean : from explorations and surve...

Scale 1:950,400. At head of title: Route near the 35th Parallel. Map no. 2. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad route from the Mississippi River to the Pa... More

From San Francisco Bay to the Plains of Los Angeles : from exploration...

Scale 1:760,320. At head of title: Coast route, California Map no. 1. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific ... More

Map of the Picket-Roads, Springfield, Mo., 1862. Surveyed & Platted, O...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

View of St. Louis, Mo. [Levee] - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...

Purchase; Christie's, South Kensington; 1981; (DLC/PP-1981:260). Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public ... More

The Republican Standard. - Public domain American music sheet

Partly colored broadside in five columns within a colored border of a rail fence. Heading in a large type. No 1745, Vol. 3. T. W. Streeter Collection sale, 1967.

Map of the Province of Texas - Public domain old map

This map was captured from the Ninth Division of the Imperial Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War. Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Galveston, Texas. . . Prepared by Order of Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks. Maj....

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Map of Arkansas - Public domain vintage map

United States

Map of Galveston, Texas, Showing the Rebel Line of Works. Surveyed and...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

St. Louis Democrat to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, October 09, 1860 (Tel...

Battlefield of Pleasant Hill. Surveyed and Drawn by Lt. S. E. McGregor...

Louisiana and the Mississippi River

Atchafalaya Basin. Prepared by order of Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks. Henry L...

This maps covers area in Louisiana. Louisiana and the Mississippi River

Detail map of the Atlantic & Pacific Rail Road from the Mississippi Ri...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Sectional map of the surveyed portion of Minnesota and north western p...

Shows portion of Morrison County to the west of the Mississippi River, this area shown on other editions as part of Todd County, and section lines in Traverse and Big Stone counties. Cover title: Sewall's map o... More

Scene on the upper Mississippi (Am Ober-Mississippi)

Two steamboats and raft in foreground. Public domain photograph of a steamboat ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Country around Alexandria from sketch made by order of Brig. Gen. R. A...

This maps covers area in Louisiana. Louisiana and the Mississippi River

The Naval attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans

Night scene illuminated by gun flashes from Federal gunboats on Mississippi River. Apr. 1862. Photo "copied from a painting belonging to Adm. Porter". This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

Map of the alluvial region of the Mississippi

Shows the Mississippi River from Cape Giradeau to the delta. Relief shown by rock drawings; depths shown by contours and soundings. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S185, 14.4 On cover on verso: No. 110-Q. Mississi... More

U.S. gunboat Pittsburg - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3136. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 148". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Lafayette, Mississippi River Fleet

No. 4584. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. gunboat Osage - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3126. Hand written on mount: "Lt. Comdr. Thos. O. Selfridge". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket] during American Civil War

No. 3145. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Condensed time table. Westward of the Indiana Central, Terre Haute & S...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 27a.

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3131. Caption continue: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

St Louis Daily Missouri, Friday, January 04, 1861 (Clipping)

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

U.S. gunboats DeKalb, Mound City, and Cincinati [i.e. Cincinnati] - Mi...

No. 3123. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. gunboat Queen City - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3147. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3149. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Ozark - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3124. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Confederate ram Tennessee, Mobile, Alabama, Confederate States of Amer...

No. 3151. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in The End of an Era: the Image of War, vol. 6, p. 106. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Map of northern military movements: between New York & St. Louis

Scale ca. 1:5,800,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.35 This map was originally published as an inset on Charles Magnus's Complete Map of the Rail Roads and Water Courses, in the United States & Canada (see C... More

... My dear Sir: We take pleasure in calling your attention to this gr...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 68, Folder 15.

Elihu B. Washburne to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, October 19, 1861 (Te...

Colonel Paine's barracks, brigade hospital, Dr. [Sim's?] headquarters,...

Photograph shows a commercial street in Cairo, Illinois with Union military barracks in the distance. Title from inscriptions on mount reading top left to right. "No. 4" upper left corner. Photograph possibly t... More

Com. Foot[e], Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, & Mip [i.e., Mississippi] riv...

Andrew Hull Foote in military uniform, full-length portrait, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Printed on verso: from photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. In album: Ca... More

U.S. gunboat Kickopee - An old photo of a boat on the water

No. 3138. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3122. Cited in Miller, vol. I, p. 203, as the U.S.S. Tyler. "U.S. Army Military History Institute also identifies it as (U.S.S) Tyler" inscribed on ve... More

Wreck of U.S. gunboat Indianola - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3117. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. gunboat Tyler - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3127. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 189". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

"United States Volunteers Attacked by the Mob, Corner of Fifth and Wal...

Engraving after M. Hastings. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, (1861 June 1), p. 349. Reference copy may be in LOT 4416 R (1861). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mi... More

U.S. gunboat Benton. Warship photograph collection

No. 3137. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Truman Woodruff to Abraham Lincoln, Saturday, June 15, 1861 (Situatio...

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the wate...

No. 3140. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. hospital boat Red Rover - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3125. Caption continues: Mississippi River fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3141. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Gun-boat New Era, just built at St. Louis, Missouri / sketched by ...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Oct. 12, p. 646. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

United States Volunteers attacked by the mob, corner of Fifth and Waln...

Soldiers firing at crowd of people attacking them. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 231 (1861 June 1), p. 349 (botttom).

U.S. gunboat Cricket - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3142. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

St. Louis Republican (newspaper), Saturday, October 26, 1861 (Clippin...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

U.S. gunboat Choctaw - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3116. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. gunboat Essex - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3134. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Lloyd's American railroad map. - Public domain old map

Covers area east of the Mississippi River. Omits most of Florida and northern Maine. Indicates "railroads in running order." [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. Hand colored. LC Railroad maps, ... More

Arrival of the Twenty-Second Indiana Volunteers, Colonel J.C. Davis, a...

Soldiers getting off steamboat. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 246 (1861 Sept. 14), p. 582.

U.S. gunboat Milwaukee - A black and white photo of a boat in the wate...

No. 3139. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Peosta - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3133. Cited in: The South Besieged: The Image of War, vol. 5, p. 49. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Jefferson Davis' house, Hurricane [i.e. Davis] Island, Miss.

Photograph shows Brierfield, the plantation home of Jefferson Davis on what was known as Davis Bend, now Davis Island, about 20 miles down the Mississippi River from Vicksburg, Mississippi (source website Missi... More

Headquarters and barracks of Colonel Morgan's Regt.

Photograph shows Union soldiers engaged in a training exercise or inspection, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on mount. Additional inscriptions on mount include: "commencement of t... More

Fleet above the Falls in Red River - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3119. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., lately the scene of great exciteme...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 12, no. 293 (1861 June 29), p. 106. Caption card tracings: C.W. Units Militia Mo.; C.W. Camp scen... More

Gunboat on the Mississippi - A black and white photo of people on a bo...

Part of the Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

H. H. Lloyd & Co's. campaign military charts showing the principal str...

Various scales. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 18 "H. H. Lloyd & Co's. military charts. Sixteen maps on one sheet." Maps of Annapolis, Key West, the Mississippi River, Chesapeake Bay and vicinity, Charleston, New... More

The Mississippi. Historic map, Library of Congress

Scale 1:380,160; 6 miles to 1 in. Relief shown by hachures. Shows railroads. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 17.5 Another copy is mounted as a scroll. 302 x 11 cm. (See G4042 .M5 1861 .S3 Vault Shelf.) Another copy... More

U.S. gunboat Cairo - Mississippi River Fleet

No. 3135. Copy neg., LC-B8184-3135, not made from this print. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The Mississippi River Fleet at Mound City, Illinois

No. 3132. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. gunboat Benton. Warship photograph collection

No. 3148. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi RIver Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Vindicator. Warship photograph collection

No. 3144. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Topographical Sketch of the Routes from Little Piney Ford on Gasconade...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

St. Louis Citizens to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, December 19, 1862 (Res...

[Civil War envelope showing flotilla of gunboats engaged in battle on ...

Addressed to Miss Josie Paige, Nelson, N.H.; bears 3 cent stamp. Initialed A.L.M. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More