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Battle of Antietam, Md..
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1862-1865]
SUMMARY
In this extremely detailed map, Sneden indicates the locations of roads, bridges, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, houses, barns, ploughed fields, and the Antietam Iron Works. The Union and Confederate signal stations are also noted. The line of battle is located east of the town of Sharpsburg on September 16; encompassing the town on September 17 (after the actual battle); and to the west of town on September 18th as Lee's Confederate troops retreated back across the Potomac toward Sheperdstown, W. Va.
NOTES
Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
NOTE: Researchers will be served a photocopy of this scrapbook image.
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 Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 233).
Manuscripts
Scale ca. 1:15,840.
SUBJECTS
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Maryland Campaign, 1862
Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
Antietam, Battle of, Md.
Maryland Campaign.
Date: 1862 September 16-17.
United States--Maryland--Antietam.
MEDIUM
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 35 x 45 cm.
REPRODUCTION NUMBER
Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 233
PART OF
REPOSITORY
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA
DIGITAL ID
gvhs01 vhs00259 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00259
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