Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Berkeley Hundred
Charles City County
Harrison's Landing
United States
Virginia
Westover
Language Ng
Subjects Army of the Potomac
Berkeley Hundred (Charles City County)
Berkeley Hundred (Charles City County, Va.)
Charles City County
Charles City County (Va.)
Civil War
Corps, 3Rd.
Harrison's Landing (Charles City County)
Harrison's Landing (Charles City County, Va.)
Heintzelman, Samuel Peter
History
Mcclellan, George Brinton
Seven Days' Battles
United States
Virginia
Westover (Charles City County)
Westover (Charles City County, Va.)
Title
Harrison's Landing, Va. : Showing Union line of defence [sic].
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[1861 to 1865]
Subject Headings
-  Heintzelman, Samuel Peter,--1805-1880.
-  McClellan, George Brinton,--1826-1885.
-  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 3rd.
-  Seven Days' Battles, 1862.
-  Berkeley Hundred (Charles City County, Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Charles City County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Harrison's Landing (Charles City County, Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Westover (Charles City County, Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Charles City County.
-  United States--Virginia--Berkeley Hundred (Charles City County)
-  United States--Virginia--Harrison's Landing (Charles City County)
-  United States--Virginia--Westover (Charles City County)
-  Seven Days' Battles.
Notes
-  Across the top margin: "Copy of Official Map, made for 3rd Corps by R. K. Sneden, Topgr."
-  Key to this map includes symbols for earthworks, artillery, cavalry, and pickets.
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
-  The map is not dated but illustrates the location where McClellan retreated after he failed to take Richmond in June 1862.
-  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
-  Shows the location at Harrison's Landing, along the James River, of the camps of the U.S. Army of the Potomac after the Seven Days' Battles, 25 June-1 July 1862. Includes Berkeley and Westover plantations in Charles City County, Va.
-  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. 3, p. 254).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 Map : Pen and Ink and Watercolor ; 19 X 13 Cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
Gvhs01 Vhs00042 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Ndlpcoop/Gvhs01.Vhs00042


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