Primary Sources: U.S. Civil War

Civil War maps from the collections of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts. Explore over 2,000 images to gain insights into the histories of battles, campaigns, and regions."

Civil War era maps from the Army Corps of Engineers are available via the National Archives.

"Jeremy F. Gilmer, an 1839 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, became a Major General and the Chief Engineer for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In 1906 Gilmer's daughter donated these numbered maps, produced for the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, to the USMA Library. A related collection of maps is held by the Virginia Historical Society."
United States Military Academy Library at West Point

"Brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts all available for the first time in one place."