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MapPlan of the Union and Rebel position at Yorktown, Va., April 7th, 1862. Illustrates a portion of York County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac, including the Sawmill, headquarters of General Samuel P. Heintzelman, in the Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-07
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MapPlan of Union and Rebel position at Yorktown Va. Shows the area between the Warwick River and Yorktown to the north and Wormsley Creek to the south that was the Confederacy's first line of defense against McClellan's advance up the Virginia Peninsula. The location of the road to Warwick Court House is also indicated.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-12
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MapSketch of the lines at Yorktown Virginia April 30th 1862. Shows an area that includes Gloucester Point on the north/east side of the York River, Yorktown on the south/west side of the river, and Wormsley Creek to the south of Yorktown as the Union forces finalized preparations to begin the siege of Yorktown.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-30
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MapPlan of Yorktown, Virginia : showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862. Shows the street plan of Yorktown and the fortifications surrounding the town following the Confederate removal up the Peninsula. The York River and the town of Gloucester Point are also indicated.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-04
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MapThe Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va. Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-16
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MapThe Union position before Yorktown, Va., 18th April 1862 A regional view of Yorktown, Va., and vicinity, with Yorktown and Gloucester Point on opposite sides of the York River and indicating where the Warwick River feeds into the James, and also the Poquoson River as it branches off from the York below Yorktown. The headquarters of Gen. John Sedgwick's VI Corps is shown at Warwick Court House.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-01-01