Map Battle of Cumberland Church

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Title

Battle of Cumberland Church

Summary

Map shows the locations of troops surrounding Lee's headquarters at Cumberland Church, Va. This was a small skirmish on April 7, 1865, just north of Farmville in Cumberland County, immediately following the action at Highbridge and Rice's Station.

Names

Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

[S.l., 1865]

Headings

- Appomattox Campaign, 1865--Maps
- Cumberland County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
- United States--Virginia--Cumberland County
- Appomattox Camapign

Notes

- Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
- NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this diary image.
- Printed map with annotations by R.K. Sneden.
- 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. 6, p. 400).
- Manuscripts

Medium

1 map : printed with pen-and-ink and watercolor annotations ; 17.5 x 17.5 cm.

Repository

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

Digital Id

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00191

Online Format

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Battle of Cumberland Church. [S.l, 1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00191/.

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Sneden, R. K. (1865) Battle of Cumberland Church. [S.l] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00191/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Battle of Cumberland Church. [S.l, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00191/>.

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