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Map The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th, 1862

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Title

  • The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th, 1862

Summary

  • Shows the area of convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that marks the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Details include the location of Union forces in the town of Harper's Ferry and Confederate forces on Maryland Heights across the Potomac.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Maryland Campaign, 1862--Maps
  • -  Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--Siege, 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry
  • -  Maryland Campaign

Notes

  • -  "From the Official Map, War Dept., 1862."--page caption.
  • -  Color coding indicates the location of the 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. 235).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 15.5 x 15.5 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 attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00296/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00296/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00296/>.