Map Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th 1863.

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About this Item

Title

  • Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th 1863.

Summary

  • 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 indicates the route of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. Also indicated are A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, engaging the Union's II Corps during its withdrawal toward Centreville, Va.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1863-1865]

Headings

  • -  Confederate States of America.--Army of Northern Virginia.--Corps, 3rd
  • -  Bristoe Station, Battle of, Va., 1863--Maps
  • -  Prince William County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Prince William County
  • -  Bristoe Station, Battle of, 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.
  • -  "Fought on Genl Meade's flank march on Centreville, Va." - page caption.
  • -  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. 197).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 29 x 17.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Online Format

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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 Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th. [to 1865, 1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00219/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00219/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th. [to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00219/>.