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Map Defences [sic] of Vicksburg, Decr. 1862

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Title

  • Defences [sic] of Vicksburg, Decr. 1862

Summary

  • Map shows the area surrounding Vicksburg, Miss., including Warrenton, in December of 1862 at the time of the initial and unsuccessful Union assault, and on the eve of Grant's siege of the city. The Vicksburg & Texas and the Vicksburg & Jackson railroads are also indicated.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi--Vicksburg Region

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Confederate fortifications.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 172).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 6 x 13.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Defences sic of Vicksburg, Decr. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00127/.

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Sneden, R. K. (1862) Defences sic of Vicksburg, Decr. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00127/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Defences sic of Vicksburg, Decr. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00127/>.