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Map Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement

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Title

  • Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement

Summary

  • This detail from a printed map shows the area around Chancellorsville, Va., including Wilderness Church to the west, the Rapidan River to the north, and the Plank Road to the south. Also indicated is the route taken by Stonewall Jackson's corps to Wilderness Tavern and the direction of their attack on the Union's exposed flank.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1863-1865]

Headings

  • -  Jackson, Stonewall,--1824-1863
  • -  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863--Maps
  • -  Chancellorsville (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Chancellorsville
  • -  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color 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. 247).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 28 x 17 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. Chancellorsville, May 2, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement. [to 1865, 1863] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00287/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Chancellorsville, May 2, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00287/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Chancellorsville, May 2, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement. [to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00287/>.