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Map Map of the position at Turner's Gap. South Mountain.

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Title

  • Map of the position at Turner's Gap. South Mountain.

Summary

  • Shows the area between Turner's Gap and Boonsboro, Md., on September 14, 1862, as the Confederate forces advanced on Harper's Ferry and the Union Army moved to head them off at South Mountain.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  South Mountain, Battle of, Md., 1862--Maps
  • -  Washington County (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland--South Mountain
  • -  United States--Maryland--Washington County
  • -  South Mountain, 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. 924).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 12.5 x 16 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. Map of the position at Turner's Gap. South Mountain. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00120/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Map of the position at Turner's Gap. South Mountain. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00120/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of the position at Turner's Gap. South Mountain. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00120/>.