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Sketch of the Confederate and Federal lines around Petersburg /

Sun print. Photocopy (positive). Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 610 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster i... More

Great siege train at Yorktown, Virginia

Rows of mortars and field guns in foreground. Stereo half by Brady, #2358. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Civil War, 1861-1865.

Siege train at Yorktown Landing, Virginia

No. B121. 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

Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter.

Regional view of Charleston Harbor showing the city of Charleston on the Ashley and Cooper rivers, Castle Pinckney on Shute's Folly Island, Pleasantville and Mt. Pleasant Battery, Mechanicsville and batteries o... More

The great 10,000 mile wall China

No. 15348. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Virginia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Siege of Yorktown, Virginia Confederate Water Battery, Nelson Church i...

No. 463. Civil War Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War Fortifications; Civil War Batteries Water; Civil War Battlefiel... More

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga., by the U.S. forces under c...

Partial cadastral map showing selected buildings and householders' names beyond city limits. Covers area extending from Mt. Gilead Church in west to Decatur in east and from Buckhead in north to East Point in s... More

Siege of Yorktown. Federal Battery No. 1 near Farnhold's house, mounti...

No. 94. 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 and... More

View from the breastworks of Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldie...

Stereograph showing long wooden spikes, chevaux-de-frise, extending from the fortifications of Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Virginia.

[Fort Sedgwick near Petersburg], Confederate States of America. (Andre...

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 and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862

Shows the area of Wormsley Creek to the north and Poquoson River to the south as McClellan's forces prepared to launch the siege of Yorktown, Va. The locations of Howard's Bridge across the Poquoson and the roa... More

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.

Siege of Yorktown. Federal Battery No. 1

No. 4179. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 23. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 13. ... More

Map showing the battle grounds of the Chickahominy, and the positions ...

Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 ...

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

Siege of Yorktown, Virginia Views of Federal Battery, No. 4

Soldiers with three 13 inch mortars. LC-B811-375. Civil War Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Original glass negative no.: LC-B811-375. Caption card ... More

The Centre position of Union and Rebel armies, Yorktown, Va.

Shows both of the armies west of Yorktown, with the York River to the east, as the Siege of Yorktown got underway. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Color coding indica... More

[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

Map of siege of Fort Pulaski : Savannah River Georgia. 1862.

Shows the location of Jones Island, Turtle Island and Daufuskie Island on the north edge of the Savannah River and Querns Island, Wilmington Island and Big Tybee Island to the south, also indicated is the locat... More

The siege of Yorktown, April 1862

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 673.7 "Entered accord. to Act of Congress A.D. 1862 by C. Bohn in the Clerks Office of the District of Columbia." Bird's-eye view of the Union siege of Yorktown, wi... More

Plan of Union and Rebel position at Yorktown Va.

Shows the area between the Warwick River and Yorktown to the north and Wormsley Creek to the south that was the Confederacy's first line of defense against McClellan's advance up the Virginia Peninsula. The loc... More

The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th,...

Shows the area of convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that marks the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Details include the location of Union forces in the town of Harper's Ferry and ... More

Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia. (Drewry's Bluff, James River) A giant sling...

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Siege of Yorktown [Virginia]. - Public domain old map

Illustrates the positions of the Union and Confederate armies in York County, Va., around Yorktown, showing entrenchments and redoubts.

Copy of official plan of the siege of Fort Pulaski. Cockspur Island. S...

Shows a detailed drawing of Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island and the other Confederate fortifications on Long Island in the middle of the Savannah River. Union fortifications on Big Tybee Island are also indicated.

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

Attack on Ft. Pulaski Savannah, Georgia, April 1862.

Shows a section of the Savannah River with Long Island (containing an unnamed Confederate battery) and Cockspur Island (containing Fort Pulaski). Also shows the Union position on Big Tybee Island. "Foundation l... More

Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...

Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862. Color coding indicates... More

Siege of Yorktown, Virginia Federal Battery No. 4 mounting ten 13 inch...

No. 4178. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 14. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 23. ... More

Attack on Ft. Pulaski Savannah, Georgia, April 1862.

Shows a section of the Savannah River with Long Island (containing an unnamed Confederate battery) and Cockspur Island (containing Fort Pulaski). Also shows the Union position on Big Tybee Island.

Map showing the battle grounds of the Chickahominy : and the positions...

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

Copy of official plan of the siege of Fort Pulaski. Cockspur Island. S...

Sketch of the lines at Yorktown Virginia April 30th 1862

Shows an area that includes Gloucester Point on the north/east side of the York River, Yorktown on the south/west side of the river, and Wormsley Creek to the south of Yorktown as the Union forces finalized pre... More

Siege of Yorktown. Federal Battery No. 1, near Farnhold's house, mount...

No. 4225. Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [1865-66], v. 1, no. 12. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine

Shows Brig. Genl. Hickenlooper's design for the trenches approaching Vicksburg, Miss., for the placement of the explosives detonated on 25 June. Color coding indicates the location of Union mine shafts near Vic... More

Siege of Charleston - the magazine of Fort Moultrie exploded by a shel...

Wood engraving after sketch by W.T. Crane. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863 Oct. 3. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; US... More

Map showing siege operations against forts Sumter and Wagner, between ...

Scale ca. 1:6,750. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 389 Shows drainage, roads, high and low water line, 6-ft. and 12-ft. depth curve, batteries, trenches, stockades, and a plan of Fort Wagner. Fort Sumter does not ... More

Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and oth... More

Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine.

Shows Brig. Genl. Hickenlooper's design for the trenches approaching Vicksburg, Miss., for the placement of the explosives detonated on 25 June.

The Enemy's fortifications around Vicksburg, Confederate States of Ame...

Shows the terrain and Confederate fortifications around Vicksburg, Miss., in mid-May, 1863, just after Confederate Gen. Pemberton was forced to evacuate Hayne's Bluff. Indicated are the locations of Union forc... More

The siege of Vicksburg - Major General U.S. Grant, commanding / JG ; s...

Print shows soldiers in the foreground hiding behind trees and bushes during a bombardment of the encampment and earthworks of the Union army outside Vicksburg, Mississippi, with Confederate forts and earthwork... More

Siege of Port Hudson - Public domain vintage map

The map shows the Union troops on land and water surrounding Confederate fortifications at Port Hudson, La., on the Mississippi River, approximately 25 miles north of Baton Rouge. The Union XIX Corps under Gen.... More

The Rebel defences of Charleston Harbor S.C., August 1863

Map shows Charleston, S.C., the Confederate forts, the Union works surrounding Fort Wagner and the position of the Union monitor fleet in the harbor off of the coast. This view shows the Union attacks on Confed... More

[Battery Reynolds. Five 10-inch siege mortars against Wagner]

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery Weed. Five 10-inch siege morta...

A black and white photo of a snow covered hill. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss.

Scale ca. 1:17,000 (not "1:15,840"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 285 Signed (facsim.): C. B. Comstock, Capt. of Engrs. Detailed map showing entrenchments, roads, streets, railroads, hachures, vegetation, house... More

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Battery "B" of the last U.S. artillery...

A black and white photo of a group of men on horses. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces against Vicksburg.

Scale ca. 1:390,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 287 "Indicates "Genl. Grant's track," "Union forces surrounding Vicksburg," and "track of Genl. Blair." Roads, railroads, drainage, and towns are shown. "Unio... More

The Enemy's fortifications around Vicksburg, Confederate States of Ame...

[Map of the siege of Suffolk, Va., 1863.]

Concerns the unsuccessful Confederate siege of Suffolk, Va., 11 April-4 May 1863, and indicates the location of Federal troops, railroads, roads, parade ground, breastworks, hospital, and forts, and the placeme... More

The siege of Vicksburg, the fight in the crater of Fort Hill, after th...

Print shows Union soldiers in trench and behind wooden walls and gabions as an assault is made on Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Includes a "description of the position" with a key that i... More

Bombardment of Port Hudson by Admiral Farragut's fleet Assault of the ...

Print shows (top) Union ships under the command of Admiral Farragut bombarding Port Hudson, Louisiana, and (bottom) African American troops of the 2nd Louisiana Regiment attacking the Confederate defensive work... More

The Surrender of Vicksburg / Theodore R. Davis.

The rebels marching out and stacking arms, with Gen. Grant and staff on horseback meeting marching soldiers on left and Gen. Pemberton and staff on right; view of the city from the river bank, showing part of t... More

Siege of Port Hudson - Public domain vintage map

Plan der Schlacht von Gettysburg am 1, 2 & 3 Juli, 1863.-Plan zur Erla...

Public domain document scan of a map, military, war history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. /

Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), S120, 285 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Dedicated in ms: To Thomas E. Sherman to ke... More

Tomlinson's map of Port Hudson, showing all of the batteries, strongho...

"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863 by G.W. Tomlinson, Boston, Mass." Shows east and west banks of Mississippi River, portions of East and West Baton Rouge parishes, north to Waterloo and so... More

Map of the siege and investment of Savannah, Georgia, 5th to 20th Decr...

Map shows the location of Union forces near the Ogeechee River outside of the Confederate held city of Savannah, Ga. The map also depicts the location of the Union fleet on the Savannah River and in the Atlant... More

Sharpshooters 18th Corps wood engraving, Library of Congress

Based on DRWG/US-Waud, no 359 (A size).

Map illustrating the siege of Atlanta, Ga. by the U.S. forces, under c...

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Main entry from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S40, 138 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Inc... More

View of Fort Clifton Rebel from the Mills House looking across the App...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image, from left to right: The end as it should be; The Water Battery made two years ago; Rebel signal house; Clifton House; (Sketch 2); A Clifton Battery bearing do... More

Sketch of the forts and breastworks near Petersburg

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.281) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Battery on Turner's rocks : [Georgia]. during American Civil War

Shows a part of the defenses of Savannah. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S110, 211 Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth mounted on paper. Available also through the ... More

Casemated Field Work in the Union Siege lines at Petersburg

This text refers to DRWG/US - Waud, no. 950 (A size) Title inscribed above text. Inscribed below title: This fine specimen of field fortification, was constructed at an exposed angle of the line of siege works.... More

Hare house, Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

House and landscape. Title inscribed below image. Green sheet and white sheet joined, sketch on green sheet only. Formerly Waud no. B-145. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.909) Forms part of: Morgan co... More

Nr Fort Steadman [sic] - Public domain scan / drawing

Faint sketch of battery and earthworks. Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. B-33. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.798) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bacon's large print war map showing 50 miles round Washington and Rich...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Right Sect & 3rd N.Y. Capt. Ashby 20 pdnr.

Title inscribed upper right. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 30, 1864, p. 485. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.231) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Petersburg, Virginia - Public domain scan / drawing

Rough sketch with tents in foreground, city beyond. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-154. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1081) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Topographical map of the approaches and defences of Knoxville, E. Tenn...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Plan of enemy's battery no. 5 in front of Petersburg before the advanc...

Ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 613 Includes a cross section of the battery at scale 1:120. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

[Plan of the fortifications on Causten's Bluff, Georgia].

Shows a part of the defenses of Savannah. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S105, 150 Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth mounted on paper. Available also through the ... More

The struggle of Petersburg. The lines of rebel intrenchments carried b...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 612 Newspaper map showing "Gen Baldy Smith's line, Wednesday, June 15th," "first line of Rebel works," "line of 2nd & 9th Corps, Thursday & Friday, June 16th and 17... More

Trenches, Petersburg - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, 6 August 1864, pp. 504-505. Formerly Waud no. C-153. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1080) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Union artillery at Petersburg. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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

Near Lead works. Petersburg - Public domain scenic drawing

Portrait of a soldier and deforested landscape. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed below image: This the enemy was damming to drown the Union works; a creek through which much of the drainage of the siege l... More

Headquarters of Genl Meade of Jerusalem Plank road

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort McAllister : [Georgia]. Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S107, 182 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Pen-and-ink on ... More

Cave life in Vicksburg - A black and white drawing of a man and a woma...

Southern wife praying in makeshift cave home during bombardment of Vicksburg. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 30.

Map showing the investment and siege of Savannah, Georgia by Genl Sher...

Regional view of Savannah, Ga., with the many landforms (rivers, sounds, swamps, islands) noted as well as the locations of forts Jackson and Pulaski. The Savannah & Gulf Railroad, Georgia Central Railroad, and... More

Sketch of an officer - Public domain portrait engraving

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.160) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Plan of Siege Operations Against Fort Morgan by the U.S. Forces, under...

"Fortifications Map File" Plans of Military Forts

Chevaux-de-Frise in front of the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Pete...

Stereograph showing a barricade composed of long wooden spikes attached to a wooden frame placed by Confederate soldiers in front of parapets. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Capti... More

[Map of defenses of Petersburg, Virginia, showing the position of Gene...

Shows part of the fortifications east of Petersburg including roads, railroads, houses, and drainage. Relief shown by contours and hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil ... More

Appearance of the Union and Rebel lines at the "Front," from the Parap...

Landscape, with small figures indicating pickets, and cheveaux de frieze. A signal tower in tree in foreground. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: Mem = It will be well to delinate the Pi... More

Map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5 /

Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. Manuscript title and scale. Pencil annotations indicating troop positions. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 617 Includes names of some residents in outlying ar... More

Interior of the Union Fort Sedgwick, called by the rebel soldiers "For...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the gabion fortifications inside Fort Sedgwick, Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony &... More

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing three Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civ... More

[Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5].

This is an overlay designed to be used with the map of the siege of Petersburg by J.E. Weyss. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 619 Includes brief field notes in... More

Chevaux-de-Frise in front of the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Pete...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to the defensive fortification composed of wooden spikes attached to a frame in front of a Confederate fort. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic Histo... More

View from the parapet of the rebel works in front of Petersburgh (i.e....

Stereograph showing various fortifications inside the Confederate fort near Elliott's salient and Petersburg, Va. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthon... More

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...

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

Ft. Mahone. American Civil War 1861-1865.

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

The Investment of Petersburg, Va. Shewing [sic] battlefield of 5 Forks...

Shows the area surrounding Petersburg on the Appomattox River with all major transportation lines noted. Union forces under Grant are opposed by Lee's Confederates. Five Forks is to the left of the image; Port ... More

Interior view of the Confederate line, at Gracie's Salient / negative ...

Photograph showing the various defensive obstacles used to protect Confederate forces near Fort Haskell. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp &... More

Blandford Church, Petersburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan, ...

Photograph showing in the cemetery of Blandford Church in which space was reserved to bury Confederate dead. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Phi... More

[Dead Confederate soldier in the trenches of Fort Mahone, Petersburg, ...

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

A large gun in the Rebel Works at Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virgi...

Stereograph showing a cannon mounted on inner line of Confederate fortifications. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Imprinted on card: "It i... More

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