Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1863
Location Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Region
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Army of the Potomac
Battle Of
Chancellorsville
Civil War
Corps, 6Th.
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Fredericksburg Region
History
Sedgwick, John
United States
Va.
Virginia
Title
Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg Va. By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick, USA, with the 6th Army Corps. Sunday May 3rd 1863.
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[1863 to 1865]
Subject Headings
-  Sedgwick, John,--1813-1864.
-  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 6th.
-  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
-  Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region.
-  United States--Virginia--Chancellorsville.
-  Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va.
Notes
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image.
-  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Area depicted includes the Rappahannock River to the northeast, Taylor Hill to the northwest and Deep Run to the south. The Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad is also indicated.
-  As part of Gen. Hooker's plan to drive the Confederate Army back toward Richmond, Gen. Sedgwick was to undertake a diversionary attack across the Rappahannock River toward the Confederate entrenchments above Fredericksburg. On May 3rd, having started late and after meeting tougher opposition than anticipated, he did finally succeed in overrunning Marye's Heights and moved to reinforce Hooper's troops camped outside Chancellorsville in an area known as the Wilderness.
-  While sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, this action was actually part of the larger Battle of Chancellorsville.
-  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 243).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 Map : Pen and Ink and Watercolor ; 24.5 X 15 Cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
Gvhs01 Vhs00222 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Ndlpcoop/Gvhs01.Vhs00222


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