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Plan from Fortress Monroe to Big Bethel Va. : showing Union and Rebel position April 1st 1862.

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Shows area of Virginia Peninsula between Newport News and Big Bethel to the north and Fortress Monroe to the south as McClellan prepared to move his forces toward Richmond.

Color coding indicates 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.

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1), Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Va.

In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 1, p. 546).

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01/01/1862
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Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
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Library of Congress
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