Map Position of Union Army

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About this Item

Title

  • Position of Union Army

Summary

  • Map shows the location of Union troops in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia poised to begin McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, March 1862. Among the landmarks noted are the location of McClellan's headquarters in Hampton from 23 March to 4 April 1862; the route of reconnaissance by Smith and Fitz-John Porter in the vicinity of Yorktown, Va., 27 March; and McClellan's new headquarters on the Peninsula as the advance began.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Peninsular Campaign, 1862--Maps
  • -  Hampton Roads (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Hampton Roads Region (Va.)--Maps
  • -  Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Hampton Roads Region
  • -  United States--Virginia--Virginia Peninsula
  • -  Peninsular Campaign

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this scrapbook image.
  • -  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.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 93).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 26 x 41 cm.

Repository

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

Digital Id

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. Position of Union Army. [S.l., to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00244/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Position of Union Army. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00244/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Position of Union Army. [S.l., to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00244/>.