Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Fredericksburg Region
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Battle Of
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Region
United States
Va
Virginia
Title
Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Description
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.
Map shows the area between the Rappahannock and Massaponax rivers including Fredericksburg and Marie's Heights. The location of Confederate troops under Longstreet and Jackson and Union troops under Burnside are indicated. Due to Burnside's slow maneuvering, the Confederates were able to use the topography to their advantage, in particular the bluffs overlooking the town and river. After sustaining heavy losses crossing the Rappahannock River, Burnside decided against renewed attacks and withdrew from Fredericksburg on the 15th of December 1862.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 106).
Manuscripts
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 16 x 22 cm.
Creator
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[1862-1865].
Subject Headings
-  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862
-  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region.
-  Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va.
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.
-  Map shows the area between the Rappahannock and Massaponax rivers including Fredericksburg and Marie's Heights. The location of Confederate troops under Longstreet and Jackson and Union troops under Burnside are indicated. Due to Burnside's slow maneuvering, the Confederates were able to use the topography to their advantage, in particular the bluffs overlooking the town and river. After sustaining heavy losses crossing the Rappahannock River, Burnside decided against renewed attacks and withdrew from Fredericksburg on the 15th of December 1862.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 106).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 16 x 22 cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
gvhs01 vhs00124 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00124


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