Map Plan of Yorktown, Virginia : showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862.


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Title
Plan of Yorktown, Virginia : showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862.
Summary
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 Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created / Published
[1862-1865].
Subject Headings
-  Peninsular Campaign, 1862--Maps
-  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
-  United States--Virginia--Yorktown
-  Peninsular Campaign
Notes
-  Color coding indicates the 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. 779).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 13.5 x 17.5 cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00083
Online Format
image
Description
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.

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of Yorktown, Virginia: showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00083/. (Accessed June 22, 2017.)

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of Yorktown, Virginia: showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00083/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of Yorktown, Virginia: showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00083/>.