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Map Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A.

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Title

  • Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A.

Summary

  • Shows troop locations around Fort Donelson, Tenn., on the Cumberland River, as the Union army prepared to attack.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862--Maps
  • -  Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Tennessee--Fort Donelson
  • -  Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn

Notes

  • -  "Fought 14-15th February 1862." -- 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. 654).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 13.5 x 13 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. Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00078/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00078/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00078/>.