Map Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].

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About this Item

Title

  • Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].

Other Title

  • Union forts on the Virginia shore

Summary

  • This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1864-1865]

Headings

  • -  Fortification--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Potomac River--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Virginia, Northern--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Washington Metropolitan Area (D.C.)--Maps
  • -  United States--District of Columbia--Washington Metopolitan Area
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--Potomac River

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this scrapbook image.
  • -  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. 73).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 28 x 33 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac,map. [S.l., to 1865, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00242/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac,map. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00242/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac,map. [S.l., to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00242/>.