Map Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd 1863.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd 1863.

Summary

  • In this image Sneden compares troop locations during the first day of the battle with those on the third day. One obvious observation is that the Confederate forces have succeeded in pushing the Union line back to the more easily held hills south of the town.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1863-1865].

Headings

  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Maps
  • -  Gettysburg (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg Region
  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary 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 Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 585).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm.

Repository

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

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00147/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00147/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd. [S.l., to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00147/>.