railroads, civil war

[Switch on a railroad track] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.772) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Clarks Station nr. Pilkins. U.S.M.R.R

United States Military Railroad depot with buildings and covered wagon.

[Railroad track and hillside with figures]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-11. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.776) 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.

[Saint Dennis Post-office, Baltimore County, Maryland]

Figures and store fronts on town street. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on signs upper left of image: St. Denis [sic] Post Office; Ladies Room. Inscribed lower right: [Rilais?] The inscription "Rilais"... More

Train of prisoners - Public domain scan / drawing

Train meeting steamboat Marion at dock. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-31. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.796) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-14. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.941) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Parkes Station, U.S.M.R.R., Petersburg Virginia

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.951) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cedar Level U.S.M.R.R., Nr Petersburg

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-22. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.949) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - An old photo of a train crossing a bri...

Photograph shows railroad tracks in foreground with bridge and town in background. No. 187. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Z... More

Remains of wreck on the track, ready for transportation to Alexandria....

Photograph shows the remains of a train derailed in battle returning to Alexandria by train. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe B... More

Eastern view of round house and depot, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph shows a locomotive moving away from the roundhouse at the Orange & Alexandria railroad yard in Alexandria, Virginia. Telegraph wire insulators on utility pole in foreground. No. 104.

Rail road map of the southern states shewing the southern & southweste...

Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 31.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber Jr." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 25 x 18 cm. Map depicts rail lines, roads,... More

[Map of eastern Virginia and parts of Maryland and northern North Caro...

Gift; Mrs. Carroll Greenough; Nov. 6, 1943. Title and date derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In pencil mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.55 Call no. cited in LC Civil War maps (2n... More

Annapolis Junction, on the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio...

Two trains, soldiers and tents. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 June 1, p. 39.

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

The National lines before Washington : a map exhibiting the defences o...

Includes text. Inset: "Port Royal and Tybee Island." Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts, batteries, and territory occupied by 8 Union divisions, extending from Washington to Virginia, ending at the north nea... More

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... More

Map showing the war operations, in Virginia & Maryland.

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 449 Indicates railroads, principal towns, and a few batteries. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web s... More

[View of Atlanta, Georgia, with railroad cars in left foreground]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of country between Fredericksburg and Richmond, Virginia, showing...

Scale [ca. 1:290,000]. Anonymous pen and ink manuscript map drawn on tracing linen. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 508.56 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Lloyd's map of the Southern States, showing all the railroads, their s...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.T. Lloyd in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States ..." Text of newspaper... More

Lloyd's American railroad map, showing the whole seat of the war.

Scale ca. 1:1,900,800. Hand colored. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 14 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., "Time dial," and inset of "Map of Escambia & Santa... More

Way Confederates destroyed railroads, Confederate States of America.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bird's eye view of machine shops, with east yard of Orange & Alexandri...

Photograph shows a railroad yard of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph taken from the top of the roundhouse. No. 293.

Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....

Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.

Complete map of the rail roads and water courses, in the United States...

Map of the eastern half of the United States and part of Canada showing drainage, state boundaries, and place names. Shows steamboat routes and railroads in operation, in progress, and projected. Scale ca. 1:5,... More

Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Va., Confederate States of America.

The purpose of this map is uncertain; it may have been to identify the rail lines within the corridor between Fredericksburg and Petersburg. Included (as phrased by Sneden) are the Richmond and Danville Railro... More

[Civil War: Railroad tracks and tents]

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Georgia., Confederate States of America.

Shows railroad lines emanating south and east of Atlanta going toward Macon and Columbus, Ga., with a notation "125 miles from Atlanta to Andersonville [Prison]."

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their st...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 14.2 "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. T. Lloyd." Copyright no. 290, July 12, 1861, written in right margin. Stamped: Deposited in ... More

Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways. NOTE: Researchers will be ... More

Outskirts of Alexandria, Virginia - A black and white photo of a train...

No. B1216. 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 ... More

[Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.]

Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways.

Ruins at Manassas Junction, Virginia after its evacuation by Confedera...

Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Ill... More

Battle between the Mexicans and the allied invaders, at the National B...

Ref. copy. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 February 22), p. 124. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Mex Hist 1862; France Hist 1862.

The President, Directors & Co. of the Powow River Bank will pay five h...

Print shows a railroad locomotive with fuel, freight, and passenger cars at top left, with buildings in the background. Circular design with large "D" and "Five Hundred Dollars" appears on lower left corner and... More

Magnus's county map of the United States, showing the forts, railroads...

Scale 1:2,111,789. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 30.2 Printed at the bottom of the map: Extra session of Congress map. Price 25 cents. General map of the eastern United States showing finished railroads, railroa... More

Map of the country surrounding Richmond, Virginia : showing the railro...

Public domain image of a banknote, paper money, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &...

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border ... More

Colton's rail-road and military map of the United States, Mexico, the ...

Detailed general map of portions of North America framed in decorative borders showing drainage, international and state boundaries, cities and towns, forts, railroads in operation, and proposed lines. [From pu... More

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their st...

Signed in ms: "Millard Fillmore 1862." LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 29 LC Railroad maps, 138 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ... More

Headquarters on Orange & Alexandria R.R. -- in Brandy Station Headquar...

Title inscribed below image. Sketch on verso inscribed: Nr. cattletts Picket posts on Orange & Alexandria R.R. 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.560) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &...

Scale ca. 1:3,120,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored t... More

Catletts Station where Stuart made a raid and captured Popes baggage

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1862, p. 792 as part of: The Army of the Potomac - At and on the Way to Fredricksburg. Gift, J.P. Morga... More

Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va

Printed map with annotations by Sneden highlighting the defenses of Richmond, Va., and locations associated with the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864. A topographical map of Eastern Virginia from "Frederi... More

G. Woolworth Colton's new guide map of the United States & Canada, wit...

Scale 1:3,168,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.3 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by G. Woolworth Colton." Insets: Plan of the southern portion of Florida. 16 x 13 cm.-Western portion... More

Map of eastern Virginia / - Public domain vintage map

Shows railroads and radial distances from Richmond. Also covers parts of Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Relief shown by hachures. Inscribed in pencil inside front cover: Geo. W. Lay to Genl. ... More

Destruction of bridge telegraph tanks Etc. in Warrenton Junction

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: hoops of tanks on front. Formerly Waud no. B-6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.771) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

First train across Bull Run Bridge, spring of 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows United States Military Railroad train going over Bull Run Bridge. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger an... More

Bridge at Acquia [sic] Creek - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscription continues after title: burned by rebels in 1863, when the line was given up by the Union troops. This replaced a temporary structure made by the army in 40 hours. Inscri... More

Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick, f...

Map of eastern United States, showing roads, railroads, distances by rail, towns, state and county names, and boundaries. Areas shaded pink represent the "rebellious states" and the green areas represent "all t... More

W. Alvin Lloyd's southern rail-road map, 1863

Southern Mississippi and Alabama showing the approaches to Mobile.

Map includes part of west Florida and shows drainage, place names, roads, and railroads. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 260.1 LC Railroad maps, 140 Description derived from published bibliography. "U.S. Coast Sur... More

Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewin...

Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Ra... More

Lloyd's new county map of the United States and Canadas showing battle...

Indicates location and date of engagements, towns, railroads, state and county boundaries, and rivers. Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47 LC Railroad maps, 47 Descr... More

W. Alvin Lloyd's southern rail-road map, 1863

Includes inset maps: Rail-Roads of Texas and Map of Charleston Harbor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Libra... More

Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick, a...

Shows only a small part of Canada and western part of New Brunswick. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered, according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd, in the Clerk's Office of the District Cour... More

Lloyd's map of the southern states showing all the railroads, their st...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 41.2 "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd." Text printed on verso entitled "Lloyd's military map and gazetteer of the sout... More

Hazard's rail road & military map of the southern states.

Shows railroads, forts, location and dates of engagements, state and county boundaries, roads, towns, and rivers. Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Thomas Kimber,... More

Railroad train crossing Potomac Creek bridge

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.208) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Greensville Co. east of the Halifax road and that portion of No. Ca. i...

"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map... More

Engine "Government" [Commodore?] down the "banks" near Brandy, April 1...

Photograph shows a train off the track laying on its side near Brandy Station, Virginia.

Colton's rail road and county map of the southern states containing th...

Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Galveston and vicinity, Texas -- Vicinity of the Rio Grande -- New Orleans and delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana -- Mobile harbor, Alabama -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Flori... More

Manassas Junction, telegraph station, mess house, &c, March 1864 (Andr...

Photograph shows three railroad cars on an auxilliary track with people standing nearby. No. 283.

Map of the state of Virginia : containing the counties, principal town...

Grant's campaign south of the James--reinforcements to General Warren ...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The invasion of Maryland--capture of a train on the Philadelphia, Wilm...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 30, p. 289.

Railway and county map of the Southern States; embracing the States of...

Map of the southern United States showing drainage, county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,950,000. Hand colored. LC Civil War ... More

Richmond and York River Railroad - Public domain old map

"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on ... More

Bridge over Monocacy, Scene of Lew Wallace battle with Early, 1864

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above railroad tracks lower left: Destroyed at fight on a temporary structure. Formerly Waud no. C-3. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.930) Forms part of: Morgan ... More

[Map of the environs of Chattanooga, showing roads, railroads, towns, ...

Relief shown by hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S165 Lacks title and author. "Chattanooga" is written in pencil on the verso. Reconnaissance map is lithograp... More

Views in and around Martinsburg, Virginia

Includes four scenes: Ruins of the Depot; The Square; The Barricades; On the Opequan. Title printed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864, p. 781. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2... More

Railway destruction as a military art

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.601) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Map of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad between Blue Mountain...

Delineates the route of the Alabama and Tennessee River Railroad, (named on map as A. & T. Riv. R-Ra.). Also shows roads, rivers, section lines, houses, and outbuildings. Relief shown by hachures. Signed in pen... More

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... More

Richmond and York River Railroad - Public domain old map

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map of the seat of war. Maryland & Delaware with parts of Pennsylvania...

Scale ca. 1:1,080,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 77.2 Printed map of the Middle Atlantic States with Virginia south of Gloucester and Lynchburg added in manuscript. Map has been hand-colored to show geologic... More

Night on the Danville R.R. Rebels in full retrt [sic]

Title inscribed below image. With two small sketches of marchings soldiers. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.529) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

South Battery, Charleston, S.C., looking N.E. Ruins of Blakely Gun in ...

Stereograph showing the ruins of a Blakely gun carriage sitting in the road in the South Battery, Charleston, S.C.

Map showing the Pacific Railroad of Missouri.

Shows river valleys, indicates cities and towns, county boundaries, and the railroad network by distinguishing colors. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865 by G.W. & C.B. Colton in the Clerks... More

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 1 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.

Illustration showing the destroyed Atlanta roundhouse, with steam engines and train cars in place but with collapsed stone walls. Illus. in: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign, from negatives taken in the... More

Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads opera...

Scale ca. 1:1,875,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 56 Map of the Southeast showing towns, forts, rivers, and state boundaries. Railroad gauges are printed in color. Engraver's name appears below the map title ... More

Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads opera...

Map of the Southeast showing towns, forts, rivers, and state boundaries. Railroad gauge indicated by color. Scale ca. 1:1,875,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 56.2 LC Railroad maps, 143 Description derived fro... More

1870 View of Fort Point - Early photography, Public domain image

The 1870 photo was taken by the pioneer photographer Eadweard Muybridge. This image shows the fort when empty, with a line of Columbiad guns pointing towards the Golden Gate.

Potomac, Fredericksburg, & Piedmont R.R. from Fredg., to O.C.H. 38 mil...

Sketch map of part of Virginia from Fredericksburg to Orange Court House. Shows relief by form lines, drainage, cities and towns, and the line of survey in red. Chartered as the Fredericksburg and Gordonsville ... More

Map showing locations of iron properties on and near Chesapeake and Oh...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows area west of Staunton to Covington, Virginia. Pen-and-ink and watercolor over pencil grid on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H234 Available also th... More

Railroad map of South Carolina by Jed. Hotchkiss, T.E., Stanton, Va.

Pen-and-ink sketch showing drainage, counties, cities and towns, and the railroads with names along the lines. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H264 LC Railroad maps, 300 Description derived ... More

Route of the New River R.R., 188-. - Public domain map

Sketch map of part of West Virginia. Dashed red line across the map indicates the "Proposed New River R.R." Shows counties and names the line of railroads. Scale ca. 1:180,700. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) H265 ... More

Profile, Royal Land Co. R.R. / - Public domain old map

Shows mineral deposits from Matthias' Point to Briery Branch Gap, Virginia. Pen-and-ink, pencil (some col.), and crayon on 2 sheets pasted together, mounted on cloth. "Scale 50 horizontal to 2 vertical." LC Civ... More

Map of central Virginia showing proposed southern extension of the She...

Relief shown by form lines. Pen-and-ink and pencil, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H270 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

[Sketch of the "proposed route of Virginias Railway" to Flat-top and G...

Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H272 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Map of Huntington, W. Va., and vicinity, the Ohio River terminus of th...

Shows Huntington, Central City, Kellogg, Kenova, and Ceredo, West Virginia, as well as Catlettsburg and Hampton, Kentucky. Scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on ... More

Map showing the preliminary line of the East River Railroad, May, 1881...

Map of part of Virginia showing relief by form lines, drainage, mills, property owners names, towns, roads, and the railroad line, with distances in red. Scale 1:63,360. "Engineer Office of Jed. Hotchkiss, Stan... More

Map of the Mexican National Railway showing the lines granted by the M...

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Prepared from a map originally published in 1873 in Paris. Prime meridian: Mexico City. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S188 Available also through the Library of Congress... More

Carte du Mexique / Historic map, Library of Congress

LC copy extensively annotated in English to show railroads. French. Publication information in English. Prepared from a map originally published in 1873 in Paris. Prime meridian: Mexico City. Printed on two she... More

Birds-eye map of the Western and Atlantic R.R., the great Kennesaw rou...

Map of northwest Georgia from Atlanta north to Chattanooga, Tenn., showing location and date of battles, railroads, principal roads, towns, rivers, and relief by hachures. Scale not given. Title when folded: We... More

Map showing the location of the Virginias Railway across the grand div...

Copy imperfect: Annotated to show distances from Richmond, certain railways traced in red, and in green sites of Civil War battles of 1861 in W. Va. and mounted on cloth. Includes inset. Available also through ... More

Hazard's rail road & military map of the southern states.

Shows location and date of engagements, forts, railroads, state and county boundaries, roads, towns, and rivers. Scale ca. 1:1,880,000. Listed as "another copy" in R.W. Stephenson's Civil War Maps (Washington, ... More