potomac river, civil war

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More

Indian Head, M.D. [and] Fish house, Indian head

Two sketches. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-86. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.850) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bridge over Potomac Virginia side

Sketch of a covered railroad bridge. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.680) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Map of the northern part of Virginia and West Virginia, between the B...

Relief shown by hachures and shading. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In upper left: The square are miles. Pen-and-ink on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. Imperfect: horizontal creases and ... More

[Detailed map of part of Virginia from Alexandria to the Potomac River...

Relief shown by form lines. Shows parts of Arlington and Fairfax counties, part of the defenses of Washington, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, houses, fences, names of residents, and drainage. "211, L. She... More

Looking up the Potomac River, from Fort Sumner (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men, one seated and one standing, on a bank above the Potomac River in Fort Sumner, Maryland. No. 261.

Virginia, [Partial map of Virginia.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No scale given. Octagonal shape, surrounded by 32 portraits of military heroes of the Civil War.

View down the Potomac from Union Arch (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing an aerial view of a wharf facility with large stone bricks scattered around. No. 131. Title from published source: Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac River. Published i... More

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Three men are seated at right: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors. Exhibited: "East of th... More

Blockade of the Potomac - by Rebels, winter of 1861

Shows the Potomac River with the Confederate forces located near Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Va. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Color coding indicates the ... More

Battery Kemble near Tenleytown in Northwest Washington DC.

Battery Kemble mounted two 100-pounder Parrott rifles, and was designed to sweep Chain Bridge and Virginia along the Potomac River.

Fort Washington (Fort Washington, Maryland)

Fort Washington was the lone citadel that protected the nation's capital at the start of the Civil War in 1861. The fort was lightly garrisoned by Federal troops throughout the war. The Union Army designed and ... More

Chain Bridge spanning the Potomac River in northwest Washington DC dur...

Chain Bridge spanned the Potomac River in northwest Washington near Tenleytown. The crossing was heavily defended by earthworks (Fort Ethan Allen and Fort Marcy across the Potomac in Virginia and several artill... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

[Map of the lower Potomac River showing picket lines, January 1862]

Concerns Union and Confederate pickets positioned north and south around Pohick Church and Accotink in Fairfax County, Va., in January 1862. Includes a balloon pictured near Pohick Church and labelled as "Decr... More

[Map of the Potomac River]. - Public domain old map

Regional map of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania showing the Potomac River and its tributaries.

Falls of the Potomac from Maryland Shore

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: New York Illustrated News, January 4, 1862, p. 132. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.714) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

Government coal wharf, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men on the shore of the Potomac River facing the wharf. No. 123.

Union forts on Maryland shore - Public domain old map

Shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Maryland side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases the name of the regiment that built the structure. This appears to be a companion ... More

Entrance to Washington Water Works, Great Falls, Potomac River

Photograph shows two men standing in a small flat boat near the spillway.

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. B469. Hand written on verso: 15 inch Rodman. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 5, p. 87. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Potomac River, looking down from Georgetown, showing Mason's Island, L...

Photograph shows an aerial view of Georgetown rooftops and backyard gardens, the Potomac River, and Mason's Island, now known as Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C.

Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows Long Bridge over the Potomac River from the Virginia shore. No. 275.

American Civil War, the important events, such as battles, skirmishes,...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Boteler's Ford, Potomac River near Shepherdstown. Point at which Confe...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing construction on a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.

View of Georgetown and Aqueduct Bridge during the Civil War.

View of Georgetown and Aqueduct Bridge during the Civil War. The Potomac River is spanned by the bridge. The brigade was one of the three major crossing across the river (Chain Bridge and Long Bridge), and was ... More

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. 143. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 87. Hand written on verso: also BH825-16. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Potomac River, Sept. 31st, 1861

Broadside view sidewheel steamship. Signed upper left: Wau[d] Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image and crossed out: "Putnam" and "Lockwood." Formerly Waud no. C-113 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC?PP... More

Ruins of bridge, across Potomac River at Shepherdstown

Photograph shows a man in the foreground overlooking the ruins of the bridge at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. No. 5077. Mounted with five other photographs. Photograph is half of a stereograph pair. Gift; Col.... More

A reconnaissance of the Potomac River from Point Lookout to Washington...

Scale 1:200,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 17.85 At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, Supdt. Pencil note in the bottom margin reads "This is the first chart of the Potomac River issued by the Coa... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: man rowing raft of blanke...

No. 81 (handwritten) and 2582 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Bacon's new army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battl...

Scale ca. 1:180,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 452 Map of northeast Virginia, Washington, D.C., and part of Maryland showing the location and date of engagements, battles in which cannons were used, country ... More

Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].

This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure.

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Great Falls, Potomac Rive...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Great Falls, Potomac River, near Washington, D.C. File print in LOT 4161-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, ... More

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

"The Rebel troops and batteries were commanded by Genl. Holmes, C.S.A. during the blockade which lasted from Decr 1861 to 9th March 1862." -- Page caption. Color coding shows location of Union and Confederate f... More

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Rodgers, erected in 1863, ove...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Great Falls, Potomac Rive...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Great Falls, Potomac River, near Washington D.C. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divi... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 77b (handwritten) and 2578 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Libra... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 76 (handwritten) and 2576 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Rodgers, erected in 1863, ove...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Battery Rodgers, vicinity Alexandria, Va. Corresponding print is in LOT 4166-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congre... More

The war in Georgia -- Reconnoissance of a detachment of national troop...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 336 (1862 April 19), p. 376.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...

No. 74 (handwritten) and 2574 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River at Berlin, October 1862

No. 4218. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866], v. 1, pl. 25. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 56 - 57". Gift; ... More

Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 map

This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure. NOTE: Researcher... More

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan.

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...

No. 73 (handwritten) and 2573 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 78 (handwritten) and 2579 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated. "Copy of the Official map furnished by the War Dept., 1861.... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 77a (handwritten) and 2577 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Libra... More

Transports at Alexandria removing troops

Signed lower right: Alf. R Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed in pencil above image: Washington and the Capitol in the distance 5 miles away; Maryland shore; Fort; Steamer Vanderbilt, Steamer John Bro... More

[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and soldiers across th...

No. 79 (handwritten) and 2580 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 455 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

Washington, District of Columbia (vicinity). Great Falls, Potomac Rive...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Great Falls, Potomac River, near Washington D.C. File print in LOT 4161-H. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, P... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing the battle fields, f...

"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1861, by John Disturnell, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Lithograph of P.S. Duval & S... More

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

Pontoon bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin / Alex. Gardner, photogra...

Photograph showing a pontoon bridge across the Potomac River to the village of Berlin, Maryland. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomon... More

Part of the map of the Battlefield of South Mountains [sic], Sept. 14t...

Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River

The Potomac River, near Williamsport, on the morning of the crossing o...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.88) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper ...

Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlig... More

On the Potomac nr. Williamsport. Rebel crossing ; Rebel Pontoons at Fa...

[Two scenes of Rebel troop movements]

Jones Point, Potomac River, near Alexandria, Virginia /

Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, supdt. At lower right: Coast Survey Office, Washington D.C., April 29th 1863. India ink, red ink, and lead ... More

Potomac River (in four sheets): Sheet no. 4, from Indian Head to Georg...

Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 53.4 "No. 391" in upper left corner of map. "Electrotype copy no. 1, by G. Mathiot, U.S.C.S." is printed in the upper margin. Information concerning lighthouses, tid... More

Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridge across Eastern branch of Potomac River, Washington, D.C., April...

Photograph shows Navy Yard Bridge across the Anacostia River, Washington, D.C. (Source: similar image with caption "Navy Yard Bridge across the Anacostia River," Smithsonian Institution, "America on the Move" o... More

Pontoon bridge across Potomac River from Georgetown, D.C. to Analostan...

Photograph shows a group of civilians crossing a pontoon bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island (i.e. Roosevelt Island). A group of men seated in a carriage in the foreground while a woman stands at the sh... More

From the hills of Bolivar, athwart the Potomac to Maryland, the distan...

Postcard showing a panoramic view from Bolivar, West Virginia. Includes the Potomac River, hills and distant views of Maryland and Virginia. F65385 U.S. Copyright Office. Includes a vignette of a civil war s... More

Fort Circle Defenses of Washington

On forested hills surrounding the nation's capital are the remnants of a complex system of Civil War fortifications.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Report on situation along Potomac River

All quiet on the Potomac A.A. Turner, photographer, 765 Broadway, New ...

Photograph shows reproduction of painting by George Douglas Brewerton with a sentry standing next to graves on the snow-covered banks of the Potomac River; refers to telegrams sent by Major-General George B. Mc... More

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...

Report on situation along Potomac River

All quiet on the Potomac A.A. Turner, photographer, 765 Broadway, New ...

Photograph shows reproduction of painting by George Douglas Brewerton with a sentry standing next to graves on the snow-covered banks of the Potomac River; refers to telegrams sent by Major-General George B. Mc... More

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.

Three rivers, the James, the Potomac, the Hudson: a retrospect of peac...

Criticisms on art by Lieut. John Farley, U. S. A. 1828-29: p. 245-277. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site and on the Internet Archive Web site.