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Camp of the 7th Wisconsin

Date: 06 1862
Description: The 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment camp outside of Fredericksburg on the east side of the Rappahannock. Fredericksburg and a pontoon bridge lea...
Photograph

Landing Supplies

Date: 1864
Description: Supplies being landed from ships at City Point.
Print

The Fall of Richmond, Virginia

Date: 
Description: Currier & Ives lithograph of the fall of Richmond, April 2, 1865.
Poster

The Evacuation of Richmond, Virginia

Date: 
Description: "The Evacuation of Richmond Virginia. By the Government of the Southern Confederacy on the Night of April 2nd 1865." Before evacuating, the Confederates se...
Print

Fortress Monroe

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Description: The old fortifications at Fort Monroe, built to defend Hampton Roads and the mouth of the James River. Jefferson Davis was imprisoned here from 1865 to 186...
Photograph

U.S.S. Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: U.S.S. Wisconsin docked on the Hudson River at Norfolk, during decommissioning ceremonies.
Map or Atlas

Map of Culpeper County with Parts of Madison, Rappahannock, and Fauquier Counties, Virginia

Date: 1863
Description: This map shows roads, railroads, settlements, farms with owners' names, vegetation, streams, and fords in Culpeper County region during the Civil War. A ma...
Map or Atlas

Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1862
Description: The second in a series of three maps of the Virginia Peninsula. This map details the area from Williamsburg north to West Point.
Map or Atlas

Campaign of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1862
Description: The third in a series of three maps of the Virginia Peninsula. This map details the area from Harrison's Landing west to Richmond and shows troop positions...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Battle Fields of North Anna Showing the Field of Operations of the Army of the Potomac

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the battlefield on the North Anna River at Hanover Junction illustrates the Union positions in blue and Confederate positions in red. Roads, ra...
Map or Atlas

Yorktown to Williamsburg

Date: 1862
Description: This map shows the plan of the siege of Yorktown and the Battle of Williamsburg. The map also shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of resident...
Map or Atlas

Battle-Field of Dinnwiddie [sic] C.H. Fought Saturday, March 31st, 1865 : Union Forces Commanded by Maj. Gen. P.H. Sheridan

Date: 1865
Description: This map shows U.S. cavalry positions in yellow, Confederate infantry positions in blue, and Confederate cavalry positions in red. The map also shows roads...
Map or Atlas

A New Map of Virginia: From the Best Authorities

Date: 1762
Description: Map of Virginia and parts of Maryland. It shows borders, boundary lines, Native American tribes and land, towns, forts, roads, mountains, waterfalls, bays,...
Map or Atlas

A Map and Chart of Those Parts of the Bay of Chesapeak, York and James Rivers Which are at Present the Seat of War

Date: 1781
Description: Map of the southern portion of the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding lands. It shows counties, a few cities and towns, forts, roads, islands, topographical fe...
Book or Pamphlet

Wilson's Raid Map

Date: 1909
Description: Map showing operations in Virginia during Wilson's Raid.

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