Map Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Title

• Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863.

Summary

• Shows the Union troops surrounding the Confederate fortified city of Vicksburg, Miss., with blockades and forces on both sides of the Mississippi River. Shows the locations of outlying Confederate forts and other defenses including extensive use of abatis and felled trees to hinder overland advances. The map also indicates the position of Union gunboats on the Mississippi River south of the town of Warrenton, and the lines of Union troops to the east and west of Vicksburg.

Names

• Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

• [S.l., 1863-1865].

Headings

• -  Fortification--Confederate States of America
• -  Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
• -  Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863--Maps
• -  United States--Mississippi--Vicksburg

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. 440).
• -  Manuscripts

Medium

• 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 15.5 x 12 cm.

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00140

Online Format

• image

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