Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Culpeper County
Orange County
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Civil War
Culpeper County
Culpeper County (Va.)
History
Orange County
Orange County (Va.)
United States
Virginia
Title
Map of the field of operations, November 1863.
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[S.L., 1863 to 1865]
Subject Headings
-  Culpeper County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Orange County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Culpeper County.
-  United States--Virginia--Orange County.
Notes
-  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
-  Copy of map made for Maj. Genl. W. H. French, 3rd Army Corps.
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
-  Map shows the area between Culpeper Courthouse and Orange Courthouse including the location of Federal troops under Meade in Union-held towns and along the Rappahannock River. On November 7th, the Union army began its advance across the Rappahannock River at Rappahannock Station. The map also indicates the location of Confederate strongholds along the Rapidan River.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 5, p. 24).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 Map : Pen and Ink and Watercolor ; 16.5 X 12.5 Cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
Gvhs01 Vhs00172 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Ndlpcoop/Gvhs01.Vhs00172


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