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Map The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th, 1862.

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Title

  • The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th, 1862.

Summary

  • In this detail from a printed map, Sneden shows the movement of the Lee's Confederate line at the battle of Antietam. On September 16 the Confederates are shown east of Sharpsburg. On September 17, after a day of intense fighting, the Confederates have pulled back slightly to just outside the town of Sharpsburg. On September 18 they are shown moving toward Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862--Maps
  • -  Maryland Campaign, 1862--Maps
  • -  Sharpsburg (Md.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland--Antietam
  • -  United States--Maryland--Sharpsburg
  • -  Antietam, Battle of, Md
  • -  Maryland Campaign

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this scrapbook 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 Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 228).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 43 x 33.5 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. The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00258/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00258/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00258/>.