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Map Some colors and prisoners taken by French : [map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md.].

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Title

  • Some colors and prisoners taken by French : [map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md.].

Summary

  • Shows the location of troops just outside of Sharpsburg, Md., during the battle of Antietam.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  French, William Henry,--1815-1881
  • -  Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862--Maps
  • -  Antietam (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
  • -  United States--Maryland--Antietam
  • -  Antietam, Battle of, Md

Notes

  • -  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.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 3, p. 848).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 10 x 5 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. Some colors and prisoners taken by French: map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00116/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Some colors and prisoners taken by French: map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00116/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Some colors and prisoners taken by French: map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00116/>.