Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Confederate States of America
Fauquier County
United States
Virginia
Warrenton
Language English
Subjects Army of the Potomac
Birney, David Bell
Bristoe Campaign (Va.)
Civil War
Confederate States of America
Corps, 3Rd.
Fauquier County
Fauquier County (Va.)
French, William Henry
History
Orange and Alexandria Railroad
Railroads
United States
Virginia
Warrenton
Warrenton (Va.)
Title
Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewing destruction of R.R. by enemy, October 1863.
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Subject Headings
-  Birney, David Bell,--1825-1864.
-  French, William Henry,--1815-1881.
-  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 3rd.
-  Orange and Alexandria Railroad.
-  Bristoe Campaign (Va.), 1863.
-  Railroads--Confederate States of America.
-  Fauquier County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Warrenton (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Fauquier County.
-  United States--Virginia--Warrenton.
-  Bristoe Campaign (Va.)
Notes
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
-  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
-  Upper margin: "Copy of Official Map made for Genl. Birney, USA."
-  Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. This was part of the Bristoe Campaign, 9 October-9 November 1863, during which the rail line was destroyed by the
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  Robert Knox Sneden scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 4, p. 926).
Medium
1 Map : Pen and Ink and Watercolor ; 25 X 17 Cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
Gvhs01 Vhs00024 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Ndlpcoop/Gvhs01.Vhs00024


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