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Map Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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Title

  • Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Summary

  • Map shows the area between the Rappahannock and Massaponax rivers including Fredericksburg and Marie's Heights. The location of Confederate troops under Longstreet and Jackson and Union troops under Burnside are indicated. Due to Burnside's slow maneuvering, the Confederates were able to use the topography to their advantage, in particular the bluffs overlooking the town and river. After sustaining heavy losses crossing the Rappahannock River, Burnside decided against renewed attacks and withdrew from Fredericksburg on the 15th of December 1862.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region
  • -  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va

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. 4, p. 106).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 16 x 22 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. Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00124/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00124/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00124/>.