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Map Plan shewing [sic] the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd

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Title

  • Plan shewing [sic] the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd

Summary

  • Map depicts the situation just prior to Union Gen. Daniel Edgar Sickles' having ordered his 3rd Corps into an advanced position on a ridge overlooking the Emmitsburg Road, unknowingly exposing his left flank. Confederate forces under Longstreet and Hill attacked him, overwhelming the Union position and forcing the troops back, thereby succeeding in forming a wedge between the 2nd and 3rd Corps. Sickles was injured in the fighting and lost a leg as a result.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1863-1865].

Headings

  • -  Sickles, Daniel Edgar,--1825-1914
  • -  United States--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 3rd
  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Maps
  • -  Gettysburg (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg Region
  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  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.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 576).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 13 x 15.5 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan shewing sic the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00145/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Plan shewing sic the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00145/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan shewing sic the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00145/>.