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Map Plan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd 1862.

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Title

  • Plan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd 1862.

Summary

  • The village of Kernstown was located a few miles south of Winchester, Va. Jackson's Confederates attacked with the intention of drawing Union forces away from the Army of the Potomac's position on the Virginia Peninsula. Kernstown is considered to be the opening engagement of Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Kernstown, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1862--Maps
  • -  Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862--Maps
  • -  Winchester (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Winchester
  • -  Kernstown, 1st Battle of, Winchester, Va
  • -  Shenandoah Valley Campaign

Notes

  • -  "Rebel forces were 16 regiments of infantry. 5 batteries of artillery = 28 pieces and 3 squadrons of cavalry under Stuart and Ashby all under Genl Jackson and Garnett." -- 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. 640).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 11 x 12 cm.

Repository

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

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00077/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00077/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00077/>.