Signature Collections

Chesapeake and Ohio (C & O) Canal in Washington County

Collage of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Washington County, Maryland

About: Canal during the Civil War

Other topics within this collection:

A brief history of the C&O Canal

Canal workers from 1850-1920 census

Possible canal workers' cemetery

Canal families at work

Boatmen and Lockkeepers

Canal Company operations

Business along the canal

Floods and canal repairs

Slaves and the canal

Canal during the Civil War

Canal artifacts

Resources consulted

The canal in the newspapers

National Park Service (NPS) resources

Canal terminology

Saving the Canal

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Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1862 - "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal."

After Antietam, October 1862

illustration is from Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War, New York: Mrs. Frank Leslie, 1896

Banks crossing the Potomac, May 25, 1862

Sketch by A. R. Waud of Civil War battle at Shepherstown, 1862

Battle of Shepherdstown, 1862

Article in The Alleganian, 1864 - "Chesapeake & Ohio Canal."

Canal injured by Confederates, August 1864.

Copy of an Order Issued by the Secretary of War, General McClellan, &c., 1862

Canal to remain open - General Order 44, 1862

Handwritten letter Augt 29, 1862 from Wm. H. Gody [?] to Mr. Wade

Detained at the Ferry, Aug 29, 1862

Article in Herald of Freedom and Torch Light, 1861 - "Firing at Dam No. 5"

Firing at Dam No. 5, 1861 ( - A Barn Destroyed)

Canal in the foreground is dry, and there is rubble from the bridge blocking the path, 1862

Harpers Ferry, wreckage of war. (Canal blocked)

Pass for J. A. Wade and Team from Headquarters Department of Washington, 1865

Pass, April 1865

Sketch by Theodore R. Davis, Harper's Weekly, 1862 of troops passing under the Canal at Hancock

Passing under the canal to the ford

Screen capture of the "Narrative of James Curry, A Fugitive Slave"

Runaway slave uses canal tow path

Article in New-York Illustrated News, 1861- "Scene on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Troops going up to join Gen. Banks' Command."

Scene on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (November 1861)

Sketch by Thomas Nast of boat in canal with mules pulling boat with rope and man with whip leading mules, 1861

Scene on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. (Troops going up to join Gen. Banks' command.)

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1861 - "THE SKIRMISH AT DAM NO. 5."

Skirmish at Dam 5, 1861 (Dam 5 damaged)

Article in Herald of Freedom & Torch Light, 1861 - "A Brisk Skirmish."

Tow boy killed in skirmish, 1861