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Map Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862

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Title

  • Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862

Summary

  • Shows the area of Wormsley Creek to the north and Poquoson River to the south as McClellan's forces prepared to launch the siege of Yorktown, Va. The locations of Howard's Bridge across the Poquoson and the road from Yorktown to Hampton are also indicated.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  "Map showing march of 3rd Army Corps from Howard's Bridge to the sawmill in front of Yorktown Va." -- Page caption.
  • -  Color coding indicates the 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. 562).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 12 x 13.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00073/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00073/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00073/>.