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Map Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (official).

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Title

  • Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (official).

Summary

  • Details the action of July 1, 1862, with most of the major Confederate forces under the command of Stonewall Jackson, D. H. Hill, and Magruder, identified in their location north of Malvern Hill, and all the Union troops due south of the Confederates, notably including Berdan's sharpshooters and the troops of Heintzelman, under whom Sneden served, Couch, Morell, and others.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1861-1865]

Headings

  • -  Berdan, Hiram,--ca. 1823-1893
  • -  Couch, Darius Nash,--1822-1897
  • -  Heintzelman, Samuel Peter,--1805-1880
  • -  Hill, D. H.--(Daniel Harvey),--1821-1889
  • -  Jackson, Stonewall,--1824-1863
  • -  Magruder, John Bankhead,--1807-1871
  • -  Morell, George Webb,--1815-1883
  • -  United States.--Army.--Sharpshooters Regiment, 1st (1861-1864)
  • -  Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va., 1862
  • -  Henrico County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  James River (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Henrico County
  • -  United States--Virginia--James River
  • -  United States--Virginia--Malvern Hill
  • -  Malvern Hill, Battle of, Va

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
  • -  Sneden shows the trajectory of the gunboat shells fired from the James River around Turkey Island toward the Confederate positions, landing between the main Confederate forces and the backup forces of Longstreet and A. P. Hill.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  Robert Knox Sneden scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 3, p. 185).
  • -  Manuscripts.

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 18 x 12 cm.

Repository

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

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st,official. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00034/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st,official. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00034/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st,official. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00034/>.