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Map Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading [sic] the Leesburg and Fairfax turnpikes 2 miles from Alexandria, Virginia. Built by the 38th, 40th N.Y. and 3rd Maine regiments during October and November 1861.

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Title

  • Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading [sic] the Leesburg and Fairfax turnpikes 2 miles from Alexandria, Virginia. Built by the 38th, 40th N.Y. and 3rd Maine regiments during October and November 1861.

Summary

  • Includes main roads, buildings used for the hospital, chapel, stables, theater, and headquarters encampment of Brigadier General John Sedgwick.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Headings

  • -  Sedgwick, John,--1813-1864
  • -  Woodward, George,--b. 1831?
  • -  United States.--Army.--Maine Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1864)
  • -  United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 38th (1861-1863)
  • -  United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 40th (1861-1865)
  • -  Fortification--Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Fairfax County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Fairfax County

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image.
  • -  Original scrapbook housed in the Museum Department of the Virginia Historical Society (1994.80.4-525) with restricted access.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  Robert Knox Sneden diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society.
  • -  The Mozart Regiment is another name for the 40th New York Regiment, U.S.A.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook, 1870-1899 (p. 68).

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 19 x 23 on sheet 35 x 45.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading sic the Leesburg and Fairfax turnpikes 2 miles from Alexandria, Virginia. Built by the 38th, 40th N.Y. and 3rd Maine regiments during October and November. 1861. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00003/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1861) Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading sic the Leesburg and Fairfax turnpikes 2 miles from Alexandria, Virginia. Built by the 38th, 40th N.Y. and 3rd Maine regiments during October and November. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00003/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading sic the Leesburg and Fairfax turnpikes 2 miles from Alexandria, Virginia. Built by the 38th, 40th N.Y. and 3rd Maine regiments during October and November. 1861. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00003/>.