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Map Map of the field of operations, November 1863.

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Title

  • Map of the field of operations, November 1863.

Summary

  • Map shows the area between Culpeper Courthouse and Orange Courthouse including the location of Federal troops under Meade in Union-held towns and along the Rappahannock River. On November 7th, the Union army began its advance across the Rappahannock River at Rappahannock Station. The map also indicates the location of Confederate strongholds along the Rapidan River.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1863-1865]

Headings

  • -  Culpeper County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Orange County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Culpeper County
  • -  United States--Virginia--Orange County

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  Copy of map made for Maj. Genl. W. H. French, 3rd Army Corps.
  • -  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. 5, p. 24).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 16.5 x 12.5 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. Map of the field of operations, November. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00172/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Map of the field of operations, November. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00172/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of the field of operations, November. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00172/>.