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Map Map of country between Yorktown and Williamsbu[rg] in Virginia.

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Title

  • Map of country between Yorktown and Williamsbu[rg] in Virginia.

Summary

  • Shows a portion of the peninsula outlined by the York River to the north and the James River to the south. Sneden marked the Union line of march, wagon trains, and Confederate works, all related to the Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Headings

  • -  Peninsular Campaign, 1862--Maps
  • -  Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Williamsburg
  • -  United States--Virginia--Yorktown
  • -  Peninsular Campaign

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  Robert Knox Sneden scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 1, p. 811).

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 15 x 19 cm.

Repository

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

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of country between Yorktown and Williamsburg in Virginia. 1862. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00018/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Map of country between Yorktown and Williamsburg in Virginia. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00018/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of country between Yorktown and Williamsburg in Virginia. 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00018/>.