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Map Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia.

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Title

  • Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia.

Summary

  • Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Headings

  • -  Confederate States of America.--Army--Transportation
  • -  Andersonville Prison
  • -  Military prisons--Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Railroads--Confederate States of America--Maps
  • -  Andersonville (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation--Maps
  • -  United States--Georgia--Andersonville
  • -  United States--North Carolina
  • -  United States--South Carolina

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
  • -  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 scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 5, p. 389).

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 16 x 13 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. Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. , when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia. 1864. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00027/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1864) Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. , when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00027/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. , when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia. 1864. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00027/>.