Map Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va.


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Title
Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va.
Summary
Printed map with annotations by Sneden highlighting the defenses of Richmond, Va., and locations associated with the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864.
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901.
Created / Published
[1862-1865]
Subject Headings
-  Railroads--Virginia--History--19th century
-  Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864--Maps
-  Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
-  Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
-  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg
-  United States--Virginia--Richmond
-  Wilderness, Battle of the, Va
Notes
-  A topographical map of Eastern Virginia from "Fredericksburg" to "Richmond" taken from tracings (now in the possession of the Government) of the original Railroad Surveys of this portion of the State, comprising the Topography for six miles on each side of the track. This is the only reliable map of this portion of the State ever made. [Signed] Charles Schott, Topographical Eng."--Page caption.
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this scrapbook image.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  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 Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 143).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 23 x 35 cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/gvhs01.vhs00249
Language
English
Online Format
image
Description
Printed map with annotations by Sneden highlighting the defenses of Richmond, Va., and locations associated with the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864.
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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox, and Charles A Schott. Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00249/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. & Schott, C. A. (1862) Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00249/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox, and Charles A Schott. Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00249/>.

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