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Map Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 to 10 PM.

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Title

  • Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 to 10 PM.

Summary

  • This engagement, known as the Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, was the last action in the 2d Bull Run Campaign (June-September 1862).
  • This map focuses on western Fairfax County, Va. Stonewall Jackson's forces occupy both sides of the road from Centreville to Chantilly, with additional forces based on Ox Hill overlooking the town from the north. There is also a substantial force located between an unfinished railroad grade south of town and the Little River Turnpike, facing Heintzelman's 3rd Corps, Union Army of the Potomac on the outskirts of Germantown.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862--Maps
  • -  Chantilly, Battle of, Va., 1862--Maps
  • -  Chantilly (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Fairfax County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Fairfax County
  • -  United States--Virginia--Chantilly
  • -  United States--Virginia--Manassas Region
  • -  Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va
  • -  Chantilly, Battle of, Va

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this scrapbook 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 Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 205).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 28.5 x 17 cm.

Repository

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

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Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st , 5 to 10 PM. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00253/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st , 5 to 10 PM. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00253/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st , 5 to 10 PM. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00253/>.