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Map Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg.

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Title

  • Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg.

Summary

  • Map is oriented with the Rappahannock River to the top (actually, north/northeast) and the Massaponax River [now Creek] to the right (actually, south). Shows the field of action for the first Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-13, 1862.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image.
  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  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 Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 239).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 29.5 x 15 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. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00221/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00221/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00221/>.