Map Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts.


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Title
Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts.
Summary
Shows the area surrounding Roanoke Island, N.C., including Croatan, Roanoke and Pamlico sounds, and the locations of Confederate forces on the eve of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862.
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created / Published
[1862-1865].
Subject Headings
-  Roanoke Island (N.C.)--History--Capture, 1862--Maps
-  United States--North Carolina--Roanoke Island
Notes
-  Color coding indicates location of Union and Confederate forces.
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary 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.
-  Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 1, p. 406).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 14.5 x 19 cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00069
Online Format
image
Description
Shows the area surrounding Roanoke Island, N.C., including Croatan, Roanoke and Pamlico sounds, and the locations of Confederate forces on the eve of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00069/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00069/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00069/>.