Map The Investment of Petersburg, Va. Shewing [sic] battlefield of 5 Forks and Hatcher's Run, Friday March 31st, Saturday April 1st & Sunday April 2nd 1865.

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The Investment of Petersburg, Va. Shewing [sic] battlefield of 5 Forks and Hatcher's Run, Friday March 31st, Saturday April 1st & Sunday April 2nd 1865.

Summary

Shows the area surrounding Petersburg on the Appomattox River with all major transportation lines noted. Union forces under Grant are opposed by Lee's Confederates. Five Forks is to the left of the image; Port Walthall to the upper right: Ream's Station is in the lower right; and Dinwiddie Court House is at the bottom center.

Names

Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

[1865]

Headings

- Siege warfare--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865--Maps
- United States--Virginia--Petersburg

Notes

- Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
- NOTE: Researchers will be served a color 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. 316).
- Manuscripts

Medium

1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 29.5 x 24 cm.

Repository

Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00289

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Sneden, Robert Knox. The Investment of Petersburg, Va. Shewing sic battlefield of 5 Forks and Hatcher's Run, Friday March 31st, Saturday April 1st & Sunday April 2nd. [1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00289/.

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Sneden, R. K. (1865) The Investment of Petersburg, Va. Shewing sic battlefield of 5 Forks and Hatcher's Run, Friday March 31st, Saturday April 1st & Sunday April 2nd. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00289/.

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