Map Battle of Antietam, Md.
About this Item
Title
- Battle of Antietam, Md.
Summary
- In this extremely detailed map, Sneden indicates the locations of roads, bridges, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, houses, barns, ploughed fields, and the Antietam Iron Works. The Union and Confederate signal stations are also noted. The line of battle is located east of the town of Sharpsburg on September 16; encompassing the town on September 17 (after the actual battle); and to the west of town on September 18th as Lee's Confederate troops retreated back across the Potomac toward Sheperdstown, W. Va.
Names
- Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created / Published
- [1862-1865]
Headings
- - Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
- - Maryland Campaign, 1862
- - Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- - United States--Maryland--Antietam
- - 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. 233).
- - Manuscripts
Medium
- 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 35 x 45 cm.
Repository
- Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
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