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Map Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April 1865, to the surrender of Lee 2nd Corps at Cumberland Church.

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Title

  • Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April 1865, to the surrender of Lee 2nd Corps at Cumberland Church.

Summary

  • This detail of an unidentified printed map has annotations by Sneden showing the locations of troops surrounding Appomattox Courthouse, April 9th, 1865. Union forces identified include Sheridan's 9th Corps, Humphrey's 2nd Corps, and Sheridan's Cavalry. Also indicated (on original printed map) are names of property owners.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1865]

Headings

  • -  Lee, Robert E.--(Robert Edward),--1807-1870
  • -  Appomattox Campaign, 1865--Maps
  • -  Appomattox County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Appomattox County
  • -  United States--Virginia--Appomattox
  • -  Appomattox Campaign

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
  • -  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. 6, p. 399).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 14 x 12.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April , to the surrender of Lee 2nd Corps at Cumberland Church. [S.l, 1865] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00190/.

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Sneden, R. K. (1865) Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April , to the surrender of Lee 2nd Corps at Cumberland Church. [S.l] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00190/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April , to the surrender of Lee 2nd Corps at Cumberland Church. [S.l, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00190/>.