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Map Atlanta, Georgia and its rebel defences [sic]

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Title

  • Atlanta, Georgia and its rebel defences [sic]

Summary

  • Map shows a detailed layout of the city of Atlanta, Ga., including the batteries and earthworks in the surrounding area. The Western Atlanta and the Macon & Western Railroad are also indicated. The map depicts the situation in the city as of 1 September 1864; the city fell to Sherman's army on the 8th.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1864-1865]

Headings

  • -  Atlanta Campaign, 1864--Maps
  • -  Fortification--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Atlanta (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Georgia--Atlanta
  • -  Atlanta Campaign

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. 409).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 45 x 34 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. Atlanta, Georgia and its rebel defences sic. [to 1865, 1864] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00311/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1864) Atlanta, Georgia and its rebel defences sic. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00311/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Atlanta, Georgia and its rebel defences sic. [to 1865, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00311/>.