Map Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia : fought June 26th 1862, 3 to 5 p.m.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia : fought June 26th 1862, 3 to 5 p.m.

Summary

  • Shows the area of Hanover County near Beaverdam Creek, oriented with the Chickahominy River to the south and the Mechanicsville Road to the north. Here, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles, the Confederate forces launched an assault on the Federal troops, forcing them to retreat from Mechanicsville toward Gaines' Mill.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va., 1862
  • -  Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862
  • -  Hanover County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Hanover County
  • -  Beaver Dam Creek, Battle of, Va
  • -  Seven Days' Battles, Va

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image.
  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
  • -  Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 158).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 17.5 x 27.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia: fought June 26th , 3 to 5 p.m. [to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00215/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia: fought June 26th , 3 to 5 p.m. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00215/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia: fought June 26th , 3 to 5 p.m. [to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00215/>.