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Map Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1st 1862

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Title

  • Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1st 1862

Summary

  • Map shows the area surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., including Spotsylvania Courthouse, Chancellorsville and Falmouth, during the Fredericksburg Campaign. This image shows the situation several days before the battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13th, during which Burnside ordered several futile attacks against Lee's forces. After losing over 12,000 men, the Federal forces withdrew on December 15th.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862--Maps
  • -  Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region
  • -  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va

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. 4, p. 72).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 14.5 x 13.5 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. Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1st. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00122/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1st. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00122/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1st. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00122/>.