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MapThe March from Hampton to before Yorktown, Va., April 1862. Map showing route of 3rd Army ... Illustrates a portion of Isle of Wight County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the Union and Rebel position at Yorktown, Va., April 7th, 1862. Illustrates a portion of York County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac, including the Sawmill, headquarters of General Samuel P. Heintzelman, in the...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-07
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MapMap showing the Chicahominy [sic] and James rivers and from Richmond to Harrison's Landing, Va. Shows the terrain over which the Peninsula Campaign was waged during March-June 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapThe Battlefield of Williamsburg, Va. : fought 5th May 1862. Concerns the Battle of Williamsburg, Va., which was part of the Peninsula Campaign, March-June 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-05
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MapMap of country between Yorktown and Williamsbu[rg] in Virginia. Shows a portion of the peninsula outlined by the York River to the north and the James River to the south. Sneden marked the Union line of march, wagon trains, and Confederate...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapSiege of Yorktown [Virginia]. Illustrates the positions of the Union and Confederate armies in York County, Va., around Yorktown, showing entrenchments and redoubts.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan from Fortress Monroe to Big Bethel Va. : showing Union and Rebel position April 1st ... Shows area of Virginia Peninsula between Newport News and Big Bethel to the north and Fortress Monroe to the south as McClellan prepared to move his forces toward Richmond.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-01
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MapThe Rebel works at Howard's Bridge Virginia April 4th 1862. Shows the fortifications of the Confederate forces at Howard's Bridge on the banks of the Poquoson River, which succeeded in slowing McClellan's advance up the Peninsula.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-04
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MapPosition of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862 Shows the area of Wormsley Creek to the north and Poquoson River to the south as McClellan's forces prepared to launch the siege of Yorktown, Va. The locations of Howard's Bridge across...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of Union and Rebel position at Yorktown Va. Shows the area between the Warwick River and Yorktown to the north and Wormsley Creek to the south that was the Confederacy's first line of defense against McClellan's advance up the Virginia...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-12
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MapThe Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va. Shows the fortifications of the Union and Confederate forces on opposite sides of the Warwick River in Warwick County [now city of Newport News], Va., at the time of the engagement Lee's...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-16
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MapMap of the Lower Peninsula of Virginia, April 1862. Shows the Confederate and Union fortifications located between the York River to the north and the James River to the south during the Peninsular campaign of 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapThe assault on the "Red Battery," April 25th, 1862 Yorktown, Va. Shows the area between the Warwick River to the west and the Warwick Road to the east as McClellan's forces attacked Confederate batteries on the Peninsula south of Yorktown, Va.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-25
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MapPlan of Yorktown, Virginia : showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862. Shows the street plan of Yorktown and the fortifications surrounding the town following the Confederate removal up the Peninsula. The York River and the town of Gloucester Point are also indicated.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-04
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MapPlan of Rebel redoubt and barracks [at] "Camp Misery" : surveyed April 11th 1862. Layout of "Camp Misery," a Confederate fort on the Virginia Peninsula located in a swampy area on the Ship Point road. The camp was evacuated on April 5th, 1862, as Union forces...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-11
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MapPlan of Rebel fort (Camp Misery) on Ship Point Road - Virginia. Shows the layout of "Camp Misery" and the surrounding woods and swamp; Ship Point Road is to the south. The camp was evacuated as the Union forces began their siege of Yorktown.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-11
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MapThe Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va. Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-16
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MapThe Centre position of Union and Rebel armies, Yorktown, Va. Shows both of the armies west of Yorktown, with the York River to the east, as the Siege of Yorktown got underway.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapMap of the Peninsula of Virginia : showing route of McClellan's Army toward Richmond [illegible]. On what appears to be a portion of a published travel map showing steamship and railroad routes out of Baltimore, Md., Sheden has indicated the route of the Union Army as it...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapBattle of Hanover Court House, Virginia, May 26, 1862 Shows the area around Hanover Court House, Va., sight of a skirmish between Union and Confederate forces as McClellan's advance up the Virginia Peninsula continued its slow pace. In this depiction, the...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-26
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MapBattle of Beaverdam Creek Va., Chickahominy River, June 27th 1862 While dated June 27th, this map depicts an engagement that took place the day previously, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles. It shows the area of Hanover County that...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-27
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MapPlan of the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia, fought June 26th 1862. While dated June 26th, the Battle of Gaines' Mill was actually fought on the 27th, the third day of the Seven Days' Battles. This map shows Hanover County, Va., with the Chickahominy...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-26
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MapPlan shewing [sic] entrenched position of Union army at Westover or Harrison's Landing, James River, Va., ... As the action on the Virginia Peninsula wound down in July, McClellan moved his headquarters to Harrison's Landing on the James River, in Charles City County, Va.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapOfficial map of the Union works in front of Yorktown, Va. Shows the vicinity of Yorktown, Va., including Union batteries located along the Warwick Court House Road. Also shows the Confederate barricade made up of abatis, palisades, slashings of trees, felled trees, and...
- Contributor: Heine, William - Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapThe Union position before Yorktown, Va., 18th April 1862 A regional view of Yorktown, Va., and vicinity, with Yorktown and Gloucester Point on opposite sides of the York River and indicating where the Warwick River feeds into the James, and also...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapMap of the lines at Yorktown, Virginia, April 1862. Shows the vicinity around Yorktown, Va., including Warwick Court House, the Warwick River, and Wormsley Creek as siege lines were drawn by McClellan's Union troops and Magruder's Confederate forces.
- Contributor: Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson) - Heine, William - Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapThe Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. Fought 31st May 1862. This map shows an area of Henrico County, Va., east of the city of Richmond and south of the Chickahominy River, where the Battle of Fair Oaks, or Seven Pines, took place...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-31
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MapThe Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia Shows the area of eastern Henrico County, Va., where the battle of Malvern Hill was fought. The landscape gave the Union forces a strong natural position from which to fend off the...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-07-01
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MapPlan of the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia. Fought June 30th and July 1st, 1862. "The position of Union forces at Malvern Hill was on the West. Overlooking Warren were 36 guns having full sweep of the Valley and over the River Road. These batteries were [Stephen...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of Yorktown, Virginia ... April, 1862. Shows the area of the York River coastline from Windmill Creek to Wormsley Creek with particular attention to the landforms and defenses around Yorktown and the layout of streets and buildings within...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPosition of Richmond, Va. Area map of Richmond showing locations of roads, railroads, waterways, and landforms, as well as outlying Confederate defenses. Also includes notations of Union positions on June 13th and June 20th, 1862, and...
- Contributor: Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson) - Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapUnion and Rebel works Yorktown, Va. [1862] Shows the York River from Gloucester Point to south of Wormsley Creek. Yorktown appears at top of image, with remaining detail showing interior of the Peninsula. Woods, creeks, fields, roads, houses and...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapEntrenched position of the 3rd corps, A.P., at Harrison's Landing, James River, Va., July 9th 1862 Shows the area of Charles City County, Va., along the James River (between Kimmage's and Herring creeks) to which McClellan moved his troops at the end of the Peninsular Campaign. They remained...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-07-09
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MapPlan of Fort Magruder, Battlefield of Williamsburg, Virginia. Sketched the day after the battle 6th May ... Shows the area surrounding Confederate Fort Magruder just south of in Williamsburg, Va. Details include the network of ravines and slashed trees extending the width of the Peninsula used by the Confederate...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-06
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MapPosition of Union Army Map shows the location of Union troops in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia poised to begin McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, March 1862. Among the landmarks noted are the location of McClellan's headquarters...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-03-08