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MapPlan of Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va. At this midpoint in the Spottsylvania Campaign (May 7-20), Union forces under Grant and Confederate forces under Lee were facing off to the south and east of Spottsylvania Court House. On May...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1864-05-12
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MapPlan of the Battle of Fredericksburg. 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...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the Battle of Dranesville Va Decr 20th 1861. Shows Dranesville, Fairfax County, Va., and the area to the north. The locations of the Leesburg Turnpike, Centreville Road and Chain Bridge Road are indicated.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1861-12-20
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MapChancellorsville, Va. Position of the 11th Corps at 6 p.m. May 2nd 1863 Maj Genl O.O. ... Map shows the position of Union and Confederate troops in the area surrounding Chancellorsville, Va., at 6 p.m. on May 2, 1863. By late afternoon on May 2, Stonewall Jackson's troops had...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-02
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MapChancellorsville, May 2, 1863, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement This detail from a printed map shows the area around Chancellorsville, Va., including Wilderness Church to the west, the Rapidan River to the north, and the Plank Road to the south. Also...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-02
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MapPlan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd 1862. The village of Kernstown was located a few miles south of Winchester, Va. Jackson's Confederates attacked with the intention of drawing Union forces away from the Army of the Potomac's position on...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-03-23
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MapThe U.S. forts and batteries near Alexandria Va. Sept 1862 showing Fort Lyon with extended works. Shows the locations of Union fortifications surrounding Alexandria, Va., including forts Lyon and Ellsworth in Fairfax County. The locations of Hunting Creek and the Potomac River are also indicated.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the battle of Salem Church or Salem Heights, Va. Attack and repulse of the ... The Battle of Salem Church, Spotsylvania County, Va., was part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, and was actually fought on May 4, 1863.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-03
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MapPlan of the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. : May 5th to 12th. While labelled the Battle of the Wilderness (May 5-6), this map depicts troop locations and movements during engagements in the days immediately following as both armies met at Spotsylvania Court House (May...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapSkirmish at Auburn, Va., Oct. 14th, 1863 Map shows route of Union army (32nd and 38th New York Infantry Regiments, 10th Massachusetts Infantry and others) along the road from Bristoe Station to Warrenton, Va., when the column was attacked...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-10-14
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MapThe March from Hampton to before Yorktown, Va., April 1862. Map showing route of 3rd Army ... Illustrates a portion of Isle of Wight County, Va., showing headquarters camps of the various generals of the U.S. Army of the Potomac in the Peninsula Campaign, March-July 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapMap shewing [sic] advance of 6th Army Corps (Genl. John Sedgwick U.S.A.) to assist Gen. Hooker ... In January of 1863 Joseph Hooker replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac. His first order of business was to dislodge R. E. Lee from his position outside...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapPlan of Fort Magruder, Battlefield of Williamsburg, Virginia. Sketched the day after the battle 6th May ... Shows the area surrounding Confederate Fort Magruder just south of in Williamsburg, Va. Details include the network of ravines and slashed trees extending the width of the Peninsula used by the Confederate...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-05-06
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MapPlan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 to 10 PM. This engagement, known as the Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, was the last action in the 2d Bull Run Campaign (June-September 1862). This map focuses on western Fairfax County, Va. Stonewall...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-09-01
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MapThe Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., including operations from April 29th to May 5th, 1863 Map depicts Hooker's attempt to flank Lee's position at Fredericksburg via Kelly's Ford and Chancellorsville, which backfired when Lee discovered it. Dividing his forces, Lee turned half to meet Hooker's Federals head...
- Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapMap of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan. Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapThe Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va. Shows fortifications on opposite sides of the Warwick River, with the Confederate forces concentrated to the north of the river and the Union forces to the south around Lee's Mill.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-16
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MapBattle at Dranesville, Va. Decr. 20th, 1861. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Original scrapbook housed in the Museum Department of the Virginia Historical Society (1994.80.4-525) with restricted access. This item is from...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1861-12-20
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MapPlan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg Va. By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick, USA, with the ... Area depicted includes the Rappahannock River to the northeast, Taylor Hill to the northwest and Deep Run to the south. The Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad is also indicated. As part of Gen....
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapPlan of Rebel redoubt and barracks [at] "Camp Misery" : surveyed April 11th 1862. Layout of "Camp Misery," a Confederate fort on the Virginia Peninsula located in a swampy area on the Ship Point road. The camp was evacuated on April 5th, 1862, as Union forces...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-11
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MapPlan of 2nd battle of Bull Run, Va. : Shewing movements of troops from 27 Aug. ... Shows the movement of troops in a three county area extending from Warrenton, Va., in Fauquier County through Manassas, Va., in Prince William County, ending to the east around Centreville and Fairfax,...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapMap of the Lower Peninsula of Virginia, April 1862. Shows the Confederate and Union fortifications located between the York River to the north and the James River to the south during the Peninsular campaign of 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the Battle of Glendale or Frasier's Farm Va. Fought 30th June 1862. Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., from White Oak Swamp to the north to Glendale to the south. This was the location of both the Battle of White Oak Swamp and...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-30
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MapOfficial map of the Union works in front of Yorktown, Va. Shows the vicinity of Yorktown, Va., including Union batteries located along the Warwick Court House Road. Also shows the Confederate barricade made up of abatis, palisades, slashings of trees, felled trees, and...
- Contributor: Heine, William - Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va. : fought 7th November 1863. Focuses on a small portion of the Rappahannock River close to the line dividing Culpeper and Fauquier counties, Va., and about 8 miles (as indentified by Sneden) from Brandy Station where the...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-11-07
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MapThe Union assault on the Rebel works Lee's Mill Va. Shows the fortifications of the Union and Confederate forces on opposite sides of the Warwick River in Warwick County [now city of Newport News], Va., at the time of the engagement Lee's...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-16
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MapPlan of the battle of Gaine's Mill, Virginia fought June 27th, 1862. Concerns the Battle of Gaines Mill, Hanover County, Va., one of the Seven Days' Battles, 26 June-1 July 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-27
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MapThe Pursuit of the rebel army, April 6th-8th, 1865, and Battle of Sailor's Creek, Va. In this detail from an unidentified printed map, Sneden depicts the area between Rice's Depot and Jetersville, Va. Named after Sailor's Creek that runs through Prince Edward, Amelia and Nottoway Counties, this...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapBlockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January 1862. The Rebels evacuated all ... "The Rebel troops and batteries were commanded by Genl. Holmes, C.S.A. during the blockade which lasted from Decr 1861 to 9th March 1862." -- Page caption. Color coding shows location of Union...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapMap of the field of operations, November 1863. Map shows the area between Culpeper Courthouse and Orange Courthouse including the location of Federal troops under Meade in Union-held towns and along the Rappahannock River. On November 7th, the Union army...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapChancellorsville, Va. Position of armies 3rd May 1863 at 8 a.m. to 5 1/2 p.m. The map shows Union troops to the east near the Chancellor House and Confederate soldiers under Stuart to the west near Dowdall's Tavern, Va. At daybreak on May 3, Jackson's corps, now...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-03
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MapPlan of the battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1st 1865 : fought by 5th Army ... This map depicts the Five Forks area of Dinwiddie County, Va., where Confederate forces under Gen. George E. Pickett tried to hold off the Union advance on Petersburg and the important South...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1865-04-01
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MapPlan shewing [sic] battle ground and cavalry fight, 17th March 1863, Kelly's Ford, Va. Map shows the area surrounding Kellysville, Va., and Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. On March 17, 1863, this was the site of a cavalry skirmish between Confederate forces under Fitzhugh Lee...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-03-17
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MapBattle of Chantilly Va. Shows the area between Chantilly to the north and Bull Run to the south where Pope massed his troops prior to their retreat back to Washington. The location of Centreville and Fairfax...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-09-01
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MapMap of the defences [sic] of Richmond, Va., April 1865. Portrays 23 numbered forts around the city of Richmond, which includes the following named forts, Johnson, Magruder, and Harrison.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the Battle of Savage's Station Va. Fought June 29th 1862. Shows the area of Henrico County, Va., that includes Savage's Farm to the north and the Williamsburg Stage Road to the south. The Richmond and York River Railroad is also indicated. The...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-29
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MapPlan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg. By Maj. Genl. ... Illustrates the placement of Union and Confederate forces during the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, culminating in the battle of Chancellorsville fought May 1-4, 1863. This map focuses on the Sunday, May...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-03
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MapPlan of the Rebel position at Howard's Bridge, April 4th 1862. The map shows the area of the lower peninsula around Howard's Bridge, including the Confederate works on the north side of the Poquosin River.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-04-04
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MapPlan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th 1863. Shows the area of Fairfax County, Va., which was the site of the Battle of Bristoe Station. The map is oriented with Cedar Run to the south, Bristoe to the west and...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-10-14
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MapFredericksburg to Petersburg, Va. The purpose of this map is uncertain; it may have been to identify the rail lines within the corridor between Fredericksburg and Petersburg. Included (as phrased by Sneden) are the Richmond and...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox