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Map Map showing position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April 1862.

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Title

  • Map showing position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April 1862.

Summary

  • Depicts troop positions during the Battle of Shiloh, Tenn. Shows the area of Owl Creek to the north and the location of Pittsburg Landing, along the Tennessee River, to the south.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--Tennessee--Shiloh
  • -  Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn

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.
  • -  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. 859).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 23 x 17.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Online Format

  • image

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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 position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00086/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Map showing position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00086/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map showing position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00086/>.