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Map The Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va.

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Title

  • The Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va.

Summary

  • Shows the fortifications of the Union and Confederate forces on opposite sides of the Warwick River in Warwick County [now city of Newport News], Va., at the time of the engagement Lee's Mill, also known as Burnt Chimneys.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Peninsular Campaign, 1862--Maps
  • -  Lee's Mill (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Lee's Mill
  • -  United States--Virginia--Virginia Peninsula
  • -  Peninsular Campaign

Notes

  • -  "April 16th Union loss 164 killed and wounded - Rebels unknown." -- 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. 613).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 15 x 12 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 Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00075/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) The Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00075/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. The Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00075/>.