Map Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November 1863.

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Title

Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November 1863.

Summary

Includes areas of Orange and Culpeper counties, Va., where Meade approached the Rapidan River and the Mine Run Valley to try and push Lee's forces unsuccessfully back towards Richmond in the Mine Run Campaign of November 26-December 1, 1863.

Names

Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

[1861-1865]

Headings

- Lee, Robert E.--(Robert Edward),--1807-1870
- Meade, George Gordon,--1815-1872
- Mine Run Campaign, Va., 1863
- Culpeper County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- Mine Run (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- Orange County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- Rapidan River (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- United States--Virginia--Culpeper County
- United States--Virginia--Orange County
- United States--Virginia--Mine Run
- United States--Virginia--Rapidan River
- Mine Run Campaign, Va

Notes

- Color coding in the legend identifies forces of Union General George Gordon Meade and of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and "Rebel entrenchments."
- 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. 5, p. 20).
- Manuscripts

Medium

1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 18 x 14 cm.

Repository

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

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00049

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November. [to 1865, 1863] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00049/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00049/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November. [to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00049/>.

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