One of 32 murals on the Mississippi River floodwall by Robert Dafford,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This one depicts the moment in 1799 that is considered the founding of Vicksburg, when Rev. Newitt Vick, a Virginia-born preacher, and... More
Vicksburg, Miss. 1848, engraving, Library of Congress
Illus. in: Henry Lewis, Das Illustrirte Mississippithal. Düsseldorf : Arnz & comp..., 1857. Reference copy may be in LOT 4388G. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracing... More
The drummer boy of Vicksburg, or, Let him sleep. By P. De Geer. J. H. ...
Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Confederate gun "Whistling Dick", Vicksburg, Miss.
No. 3167. 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. Army Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss. during American Civil War
No. 8183. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Vicksburg, Mississippi - A black and white photo of a town on a river
Mounted with one other photograph. 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 ... More
Map of Kalamazoo Co., Michigan - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Coll...
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
Federal entrenchments in front of Vicksburg
No. 8522. 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
Provost Marshal's Guard House, Vicksburg, Miss.
No. 8187. Mounted with one other photograph. Caption continues: after the fall "Riding the Sawbuck." Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Market House, Vicksburg, Miss. - A black and white photo of a small to...
No. 8176. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Confederate fortifications in rear of Vicksburg, Miss.
Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battery Sherman, Vicksburg, Miss. during American Civil War
No. 8181. Mounted with one other photograph. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. II, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Cave Life in Vicksburg during the Seige (from Confederate War Etchings...
Adalbert John Volck (American (born Germany), Augsburg 1828–1912 Baltimore, Maryland)
Vicksburg, Mississippi - A black and white photo of an old town
Mounted with one other photograph. 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 ... More
Street view in Vicksburg, Miss. during American Civil War
No. 8185. Mounted with one other photograph. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Vicksburg Canal (from Confederate War Etchings)
Adalbert John Volck (American (born Germany), Augsburg 1828–1912 Baltimore, Maryland)
Confederate fortifications at Vicksburg, Miss., Confederate States of ...
No. 3166. See "Miller vol. 5, p. 205". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.
Defences [sic] of Vicksburg, Decr. 1862
Map shows the area surrounding Vicksburg, Miss., including Warrenton, in December of 1862 at the time of the initial and unsuccessful Union assault, and on the eve of Grant's siege of the city. The Vicksburg & ... More
The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part Two: Gibraltar of the Confederacy
Union ironclads in action: Joining Farragut at Vicksburg were the ironclad gunboats of the Western Flotilla fresh from their victory at Memphis. But even with these revolutionary warships, the U.S. Navy met wit... More
The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by com...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 March 28, pp. 8-9.
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
[Map of the environs of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863]
Title, scale, and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Pen and ink sketch map drawn on tracing cloth, showing roads in red, principal rivers in blue, and "Vicksburg & Jackson R.R.," streams, towns, and ... More
The siege of Vicksburg, its approaches by Yazoo Pass and other routes
Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The head of the canal, opposite Vicksburg, Miss., now being cut by Com...
Print shows Union troops and contrabands constructing a canal near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 16, no. 391 (1863 March 28), p. 8-9.
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
Grant's transports running the batteries, Confederate States of Americ...
Soldiers at Vicksburg, 1863; Confederate gun crew in foreground. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the civil war / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden, c1894, v. 2, p. 455.
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
Vicksburg and its defences : constructed and engraved to illustrate "T...
Public domain scan of a 17th-18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
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
Vicksburg Missp. and the Rebel batteries 1863.
Shows the western theater of the war, focusing on Vicksburg. The Vicksburg & Jackson, and Vicksburg & Texas railroads are indicated.
Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg /
LC copy annotated in pencil on verso: Map illustrating operations against Vicksburg, [1863?]. Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown ... More
[Map of the environs of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi].
Title, scale, and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Pen and ink sketch map drawn on tracing cloth. Indicates roads in red, drainage in blue, railroads, town and names of residents in black. LC Civil ... More
Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg /
Shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 288 This map differs from G3984.V8S5 1863 .U55 CW 287 by t... More
Headquarters of the Union Army commanded by General Grant, on the bank...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Wood engraving after sketch by Henri Lovie. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 16, no. 392 (1863 Apr. 4), p. 29.
Vicksburg Missp. and the Rebel batteries 1863
Shows the western theater of the war, focusing on Vicksburg. The Vicksburg & Jackson, and Vicksburg & Texas railroads are indicated. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. ... More
Vicksburg and its defences. Constructed and engraved to illustrate "Th...
Scale ca. 1:72,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 283.2 From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 566 and 567. Signed (facsim.): Charles, Sholl, Topl. En... More
Map of the Mississippi, from Haine's Bluff to below Grand Gulf, showin...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The seige of Vicksburg - Approach of McPhearson's saps to the rebel wo...
Wood engraving after Theo. R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1863 July 11. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
The United States gunboat INDIANOLA (Ironclad) running the blockade at...
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 7, (1863 March 7), p. 149. File print in LOT 4416E (1863). Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
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
[Map of the environs of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863]
Pen and ink sketch map indicating drainage. The "new channel" of Steel's Bayou is depicted. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S118 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Map illustrating the operations of the U.S. forces against Vicksburg /
Relief shown by hachures. Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 290 Description derived from published bibliography.... More
Approaches to Vicksburg and Rebel defences
Scale 1:20,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 278 Indicates fortifications, names and positions of boats, roads, streets, railroads, canal across De Soto Point, houses, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachur... More
Vicksburg and vicinity. Historic map, Library of Congress
Scale ca. 1:58,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 291.9 From: Report of the Secretary of the Navy, with an appendix, containing reports from officers. December, 1863. (Washington, Gover... More
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
Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg /
Also shows the tracks of Genl. Grant, General Blair, and Admiral Porter, and sites of Union victories. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 289 This issue of the map includes a U.S. flag at Vic... More
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
[Map of the environs of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi.].
Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War Maps, 1989. Pencil sketch showing towns, railroads, roads, and drainage. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S116 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as r... More
Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss - Public domain map
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
View of Vicksburg and plan of the canal, fortifications & vicinity
Scale 1:63,360. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 294 Indicates fortifications, location, type and names of boats, roads, railroads, levees, drainage, vegetation, and the names of a few residents. Inset: [View of Vi... More
Maj. General John Alexander Logan and staff in Vicksburg, July 1863
Group of 11 posed in front of buildings. Illus. in: Photographic History of the Civil War, v. 2, p. 199, 1911 edition. Ref. copy may be in P&P E468.7.M64 1957 P&P. This record contains unverified data from capt... More
Admiral Porter's second dummy frightening the Rebels at Vicksburg
Illustration showing a phony ironclad made of wood meant to fool the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg into wasting ammunition trying to sink the dummy vessel. Illus. in: Harper's wee... More
Tomlinson's map of Vicksburg, showing all the surrounding fortificatio...
Scale ca. 1:65,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 286 At top of map: New map of Vicksburg, showing the scene of Gen. Grants operations, together with all of the fortifications, batteries, rifle pits &c. Text to ... 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
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
New Orleans to Vicksburg / - Public domain old map
Covers area of Louisiana and Mississippi adjacent to Mississippi River from approximately 15 miles north of Vicksburg to 20 miles west of New Orleans. At head of title: Map no. 2. "Photographed by Brown & Ogilv... More
Cutting the levees at Providence [Vicksburg, Miss., Campaign]
Wood engraving after drawing by Theodore R. Davis. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 7, (1863 March 21), p. 180. File print in LOT4388-G. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tra... More
Plan der Schlacht von Gettysburg am 1, 2 & 3 Juli, 1863.-Plan zur Erla...
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Mayor's office, City Hall, July 8th, 1863. In view of the recent glori...
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 100, Folder 36.
Map illustrating the operations of U.S. Forces against Vicksburg
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
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
[Environs of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863] /
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by form lines. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers in LC Manuscript Division. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 279 Maps of "Yazoo River defences at Walnut Hills" and "Haines Bluff... More
Approaches to Vicksburg, Miss. & Rebel defences /
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.). 281 Relief shown by contours and hachures. "No: 103. Recd. & regd. Nov. 6 1863." Detailed pen and ink drawing on tracing cloth, showing fortifications, roads, street names, railroad... More
Map of the Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., By the U. S. Forces Under the Co...
"Fortifications Map File" Plans of Military Forts
Revolutionary document. To the soldiers of the army of Tennessee Comra...
C. S. A.; Revolutionary document to the soldiers of the Army of Tennessee. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Epheme... More
Vicksburg Canal, Confederate States of America.
Confederates watching Union troops at work building a canal near Vicksburg in 1862-1863. Drawn and published by Adalbert Volck. Illus. in: V. Blada's war sketches. London [i.e. Baltimore], 1864, pl. 29.
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 of the Picket Line around Vicksburg, Miss
"Fortifications Map File" Plans of Military Forts
Marriage of a colored soldier at Vicksburg by Chaplain Warren of the F...
Illustration showing an African American soldier at his wedding in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 496 (1866 June 30), p. 412 (top).
Charles Edward Hooker Mississipppi, (Captain in 1st Regt. of Miss. Lig...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Laying the corner stone at Vicksburg / J.A. Wales.
Cartoon showing a man, "white league," laying cornerstone, "extermination of the niggers," in front of crowd of skeletons, "resuscitated democracy," with capitol building in background flying flag of the Confed... More
Map of the country between Millikens Bend, La. and Jackson, Miss. shew...
Scale 1:126,720. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 261 Drawn by: Maj. O. H. Matz, Asst. Eng. & 1st Lt. L. Helmle, 3d Mo. Vols. Inft. Surveys by: 1st Lt. P. C. Hains, U.S. Eng. & Asst. Engrs. Ulffers, Wrigley, Tunica... More
[Map of the country between Millikens Bend, La. and Jackson, Miss. she...
Scale 1:126,720. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 262 Another edition. Similar to the preceding map but drawn on stone by Hoffmann and lithographed by Gedney instead of Bien. This edition denotes the positions of t... More
Vicksburg and its defences - Public domain old map
Relief shown by hachures. From Tomes, Robert. The war with the South, New York, Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867. v. 2, between p. 566 and 567. "Copyright 1877 by Virtue, Yorston." Caption in lower margin: A topogra... More
The Negro exodus - Scenes on the wharves at Vicksburg / from a sketch ...
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Pemberton's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05779. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Pemberton's Headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss.
Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vicksburg National Cemetery, the fountain
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Vicksburg National Cemetery. 19th century, Library of Congress collect...
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Vicksburg National Cemetery, the entrance
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Vicksburg National Cemetery, terraces
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Burning of the Palace Steamer Robert E. Lee: Off Yucatan Point, 35 mil...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0831.
Vicksburg from the Court House, mammoth plate negative
Public domain photograph of court building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of the siege of Vicksburg. [1864].
Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 275 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 30, Sept. 1885. p. 756. Shows fortifications, "Maj. Gen. Grant's Hd. Qrs. during the siege," street pattern of Vic... More
Vicksburg from the Court House - Detroit publishing company. Public do...
Listed in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "Detroit Photographic Co." Mounted back to back with "01568. National Cemetery at Vicksburgh [sic]" May have been part of an album. Detroit Publishing Co. n... More
Grant's headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05780. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Grant's headquarters, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Louisiana Monument, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Louisiana Monument, Vicksburg, Miss
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05775. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
St. Paul's Church, Vicksburg - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
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Vicksburg, at the levee, Miss. U.S.A.
Stereograph showing African American workers on levee either loading or unloading railroad cars; two steamboats in background. On mount: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1891 by B.W. Kilburn, in... More
No. 1. First Vicksburg campaign or Chicksaw [sic] Bayou. Dec. 27th 186...
Scale of map 1, ca. 1:150,000; scale of map 2 not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 265.5 From Illinois infantry. 13th regt., 1861-1864. Military history and reminiscences of the Thirteenth regiment of Illini... More
Interview between Grant and Pemberton, Confederate States of America
Print shows Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General John C. Pemberton discussing the terms of the capitulation of Vicksburg, bringing to an end the Union siege of the city.
The surrender of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863
Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co., c1894, v. 2, p. 479.
U.S. Grant in the trenches before Vicksburg
Written in pencil. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Fagan.
The Levee, Vicksburg, Miss. - Public domain image of a steam boat
Title from jacket. "G 3805" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034340. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
General view of battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss.
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