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Map Harrison's Landing, Va. : Showing Union line of defence [sic].

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Title

  • Harrison's Landing, Va. : Showing Union line of defence [sic].

Summary

  • Shows the location at Harrison's Landing, along the James River, of the camps of the U.S. Army of the Potomac after the Seven Days' Battles, 25 June-1 July 1862. Includes Berkeley and Westover plantations in Charles City County, Va.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1861-1865]

Headings

  • -  Heintzelman, Samuel Peter,--1805-1880
  • -  McClellan, George Brinton,--1826-1885
  • -  United States.--Army of the Potomac.--Corps, 3rd
  • -  Seven Days' Battles, 1862
  • -  Berkeley Hundred (Charles City County, Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Charles City County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Harrison's Landing (Charles City County, Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Westover (Charles City County, Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Charles City County
  • -  United States--Virginia--Berkeley Hundred (Charles City County)
  • -  United States--Virginia--Harrison's Landing (Charles City County)
  • -  United States--Virginia--Westover (Charles City County)
  • -  Seven Days' Battles

Notes

  • -  Across the top margin: "Copy of Official Map, made for 3rd Corps by R. K. Sneden, Topgr."
  • -  Key to this map includes symbols for earthworks, artillery, cavalry, and pickets.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
  • -  The map is not dated but illustrates the location where McClellan retreated after he failed to take Richmond in June 1862.
  • -  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. 254).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 19 x 13 cm.

Repository

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

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Harrison's Landing, Va.: Showing Union line of defence sic. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00042/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Harrison's Landing, Va.: Showing Union line of defence sic. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00042/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Harrison's Landing, Va.: Showing Union line of defence sic. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00042/>.