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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.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
  • Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony), 1826-1901.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

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.
  • -  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

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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/>.