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Map Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine.

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Title

  • Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine.

Summary

  • Shows Brig. Genl. Hickenlooper's design for the trenches approaching Vicksburg, Miss., for the placement of the explosives detonated on 25 June.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1863-1865].

Headings

  • -  Hickenlooper, Andrew,--1837-1904
  • -  Fortification--Confederate States of America
  • -  Military engineering--Confederate States of America
  • -  Mines (Military explosives)--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Sapping--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 mine shafts near Vicksburg, Miss.
  • -  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. 470).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 11 x 14 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. Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00142/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00142/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00142/>.