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Map Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th 1862.

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Title

  • Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th 1862.

Summary

  • Federal forces under Burnside quickly overcame the Confederate defenders, giving the Union control of Pamlico Sound and a base on the Atlantic coast for operations against North Carolina.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  North Caroline--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--Capture, 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--North Carolina--Roanoke Island

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  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, Richmond, Va.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 1, p. 409).
  • -  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. Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00070/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00070/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00070/>.