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Map Map of Chattanooga & vicinity : showing Confederate and Union lines at the beginning of the battle of Nov. 23-25, 1863, and the route followed by Sherman in crossing from the North to the South of the Tennessee River on the night of Nov. 24.

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Title

  • Map of Chattanooga & vicinity : showing Confederate and Union lines at the beginning of the battle of Nov. 23-25, 1863, and the route followed by Sherman in crossing from the North to the South of the Tennessee River on the night of Nov. 24.

Summary

  • Map shows the area surrounding Chattanooga on the Tennessee River. Troops of Union generals Hooker and Sherman are shown on the southern outskirts of town, and Confederate troops are located on Missionary Ridge.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1863-1865].

Headings

  • -  Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863--Maps
  • -  Chattanooga (Tenn.)--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga
  • -  Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn

Notes

  • -  "Copy of the official map at War Department, Washington, D.C."--Page caption.
  • -  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.
  • -  The item is a printed map with coloring and annotations added by R.K. Sneden.
  • -  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.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 831).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 8 x 13 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. Map of Chattanooga & vicinity: showing Confederate and Union lines at the beginning of the battle of Nov. 23-25, and the route followed by Sherman in crossing from the North to the South of the Tennessee River on the night of Nov. 24. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00160/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Map of Chattanooga & vicinity: showing Confederate and Union lines at the beginning of the battle of Nov. 23-25, and the route followed by Sherman in crossing from the North to the South of the Tennessee River on the night of Nov. 24. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00160/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of Chattanooga & vicinity: showing Confederate and Union lines at the beginning of the battle of Nov. 23-25, and the route followed by Sherman in crossing from the North to the South of the Tennessee River on the night of Nov. 24. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00160/>.