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Map The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May 1863.

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Title

  • The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May 1863.

Summary

  • Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner Slocum's 12th Corps, cavalry troops of William Woods Averell, David McMurtrie Gregg, and Wesley Merritt, and Joseph Hooker's headquarters.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1861-1865]

Headings

  • -  Averell, William Woods,--1832-1900
  • -  Gregg, David McMurtrie,--1833-1916
  • -  Hooker, Joseph,--1814-1879
  • -  Howard, O. O.--(Oliver Otis),--1830-1909
  • -  Meade, George Gordon,--1815-1872
  • -  Merritt, Wesley,--1834-1910
  • -  Sickles, Daniel Edgar,--1819-1914
  • -  Slocum, Henry Warner,--1826-1894
  • -  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 11th
  • -  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 12th
  • -  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 3rd
  • -  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 5th
  • -  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
  • -  Chancellorsville (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Chancellorsville
  • -  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va

Notes

  • -  Legend includes symbols for breastworks, houses, artillery and wagons.
  • -  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. 4, p. 260).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 18 x 15 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. The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May. [to 1865, 1863] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00046/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00046/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May. [to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00046/>.