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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 on near Chancellorsville while Jackson's division moved through the Wilderness to flank Hooker's right. Meanwhile, Sedgwick's forces managed to cross the Rappahannock opposite Fredericksburg and dislodge the Confederates holding Marie's Heights, but...
- Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapSketch of the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, and Fredericksburg, May 2, 3, and 4, 1863 "Accompanying report of Gen. R.E. Lee, C.S. Army Series I. Vol. XXV Part 1: page 795." Plate 41, map 1 from: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Washington : GPO, 1891-1893. Relief shown by hachures. Shows location of Union and Confederate forces. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's...
- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1891-01-01
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MapThe battlefield of Chancellorsville This hand-drawn map shows the location of troops around Chancellorsville and details the route taken by Stonewall Jackson the night he was mortally wounded.
- Contributor: Carter, Robert Goldthwaite
- Date: 1863-05-02
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Map[Preliminary field sketches of parts of the Chancellorsville battlefield, May 2-4, 1863]. Some maps show troop positions. Relief shown by hachures on some maps. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on ledger paper, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H133 In pencil: 289. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapThe line of the Rappahannock, 30th April 1863 Showing position of Union and Rebel armies at and near Fredericksburg, Va. This map shows the location of the two armies on the eve of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Union Gen. Hooker has moved his forces via Kelly's Ford into position south of the Rappahannock near Chancellorsville, Va., to launch what he believes will be a rear attack on Gen. R. E. Lee's Fredericksburg stronghold. Meanwhile Federal forces under Sedgwick continue a diversionary frontal assault on Fredericksburg....
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-04-30
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MapThe red badge of courage, from a story of the War between the States, by Stephen Crane Pictorial map showing scenes from the novel, set during the Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863. Includes notes and location map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LMP
- Contributor: Henry, Everett - Harris-Intertype Corp
- Date: 1961-01-01
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MapThe Rebel entrenched position at Fredericksburg, Va. showing Hooker's flank march on Chancellorsville 3rd and 4th May 1863. Regional map of the Chancellorsville area encompassing Kelly's Ford in the upper left, Stafford in the upper right, and Spotsylvania Court House at the bottom. Indicates roads and railroads, fords, bridges, and inhabited buildings. Also, indicates the route taken by Hooker's Union forces across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford with the intention of attacking Lee's Confederates at Chancellorsville from the west. Union General...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapPlan of the battle of Chancellorsville. Virginia position, 5 p.m., 2nd May 1863. Sneden uses his usual eye for detail in showing the nature of the terrain with crop fields, woods, areas of felled trees, roads, and waterways in the vicinity of the Battle of Chancellorsville. He particularly emphasizes the positions of the following corps in the U.S. Army of the Potomac: 2nd Corps (commanded by Winfield Scott Hancock), 3rd Corps (commanded by Daniel Edgar Sickles), 5th...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-02
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MapPreliminary map of a part of the south side of James River, Va. : from surveys and reconnaissances "Includes Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, Dinwiddie, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, Greensville, Southampton, Isle of Wight, Nansemond Counties." "Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y." Inset: The battle-field of Chancellorsville, Va. 1867. Plate 93, map 1 from: Atlas to accompany the official records of the union and confederate armies, 1861-1865. Washington : GPO, 1891-1893. Shows roads, waterways, railroads, towns, buildings, land owners and geographical features. This item...
- Contributor: Patton, J. H. - Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia. Engineer Office - Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Bien, Julius
- Date: 1891-01-01
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MapMemoranda of J. Hotchkiss, Top. Eng., Hd. Qrs., 2nd Corps, A.N.Va. : [Chancellorsville, Virginia]. Shows troop movements during the battle of Chancellorsville and names of some residents. Pencil (some col.) on section cut down from one signature of a ledger book, mounted between sheets of transparent paper. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H142 In ink on red bordered label: 283 crossed through with pencil. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapBattle of Chancellorsville, Va. : Detail includes Wilderness and Hunting runs and the locations of Union and Confederate forces on either side of the turnpike going toward Chancellorsville.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapThe Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May 1863. Shows the position of Union troops on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, including Oliver Otis Howard's 11th Corps, Daniel Edgar Sickles' 3rd Corps, George Gordon Meade's 5th Corps, Henry Warner Slocum's 12th Corps, cavalry troops of William Woods Averell, David McMurtrie Gregg, and Wesley Merritt, and Joseph Hooker's headquarters.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-02
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MapPosition at Chancellorsville at 8 a.m. May 3rd 1863 Shows the immediate area surrounding the town of Chancellorsville and the location of Union General Hooker's headquarters.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-03
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MapBattle of Chancellorsville, Va. Position of the 12th and part of the 3rd Corps covering Chancellorsville Plateau May 2nd and 3rd 1863. Maps shows the location of Union troops including the 2nd Division under Geary and 1st Division under Williams near Chancellorsville, Va., and the extends from the location of Gen. Hooker's and Gen. Slocum's headquarters in the south to Dowdall's Tavern in the north.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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Map[Pencil sketches of Confederate troop positions along the Furnace Road south of Chancellorsville, on the "night of May 1st" and "May 2nd" 1863]. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil on lined paper, torn along edges, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H130 Includes list of names of troop commanders. In pencil on verso: 281. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapPlan of position of the 12th Corps and part of the 3rd Corps, covering the ground in front of Chancellorsville during May 2nd and 3rd 1863. Shows the locations of the U.S. Army of the Potomac's XII Corps (under Slocum) and III Corps (under Sickles) during Hooker's campaign to circumvent Lee's defenses at Fredericksburg by circling to the west and attacking his flank. Splitting his army, Lee left half to face Union forces at Fredericksburg and moved half to confront Hooker at the Wilderness, an area of dense second-growth forest...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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MapChancellorville [sic] [May 1-3, 1863] Gift; Elleanor Wyllys Allen; Jun. 21, 1938. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 528.3 Detailed map showing entrenchments, houses, fences, names of residents, roads, "unfinished railroad," vegetation, drainage, fords, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Weyss, J. E. - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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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 indicated is the route taken by Stonewall Jackson's corps to Wilderness Tavern and the direction of their attack on the Union's exposed flank.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-02
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MapPlan of battle of Salem Church near Bank's Ford, Virginia : May 3rd & 4th 1863. As part of a series depicting the Chancellorsville Campgain, this map gives details of the area around Salem Church, where Union Gen. Sedgwick's forces, en route from Fredericksburg to reinforce Hooker near Chancellorsville, met Confederate opposition under Wilcox. Lee's quick assessment of the potential of the situation led him to redeploy his forces in the hope of destroying Sedgwick's corps. While prevented from joining...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-03
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Map[Battle of Chancellorsville]. Scale ca. 1:190,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 527 Map 1: Dispositions of the Union and Confederate armies prior to the battle of Chancellorsville.-- Map 2: Dispositions of Union and Confederate forces about 11:30 P.M., 30 April, 1863. -- Map 3: Dispositions of Union and Confederate forces at 4:00 P.M., 2nd May, 1863. Each map indicates troop positions, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, fords,...
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapMap shewing [sic] advance of 6th Army Corps (Genl. John Sedgwick U.S.A.) to assist Gen. Hooker at Chancellorsville. 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 of Fredericksburg. Hooker envisioned a two-prong approach, with half his army attacking on Lee's left, while the other half, under the command of John Sedgwick, made a diversionary attack across the Rappahannock...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapTopographic maps of Chancellorsville and Salem Church battlefields, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Scale 1:24,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 530 "Advance sheet. Subject to correction." Two maps on 1 sheet. Map of Chancellorsville measures 21 x 32 cm., and that of Salem Church, 13 x 17 cm. Each indicates "trenches and gun positions," roads, houses, monuments, drainage, and relief by contour lines and spot elevations. "Contour interval 10 feet." Description derived from published bibliography. Available...
- Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Date: 1932-01-01
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MapPlan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg. By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick with 6th Army Corps, Sunday, May 3rd, 1863. 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 3rd, action, which is referred to by Sneden as "Second Fredericksburg."
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1863-05-03
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Map[Sketch of the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, and Fredericksburg, May 2, 3, and 4, 1863 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H129 Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. A similar map, somewhat reduced, with the above title is contained in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 41. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapBattle of Chancellorsville Virginia 2nd & 3rd May 1863. Depicts the town of Chancellorsville and environs, including Marie's Bridge over Scott's Creek and the locations of the plank roads to Richard's Ford, Orange Court House, and Fredericksburg. Also shows locations of Union and Confederate troops at various times throughout the two days of battle.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox