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Map The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

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Title

  • The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Summary

  • Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Harpers Ferry (W. Va.)--History--Siege, 1862
  • -  United States--West Virginia--Harpers Ferry

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.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 3, p. 809).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 9 x 11 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. The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00112/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00112/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00112/>.