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Map of the battle of Chancellorsville, including operations from April 29th to May 5th, 1863.

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Map of the battle of Chancellorsville, including operations from April 29th to May 5th, 1863.

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Concerns the area between Wilderness in Orange County, Va., through Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County, Va., giving a general overview of the placement of troops just prior and during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Key on the map indicates symbols for the Union and Confederate lines, batteries, cavalry, turnpikes, small roads, and houses. Other unique places such as taverns, furnaces, and churches are also included by Sneden even though not referenced in the key.
Note under the title: "From official map by Col. Paine, Engr USA." This possibly was William C. Paine.
NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
Oriented with Chancellorsville at the top of the map and Fredericksburg at the bottom.
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.
In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 4, p. 296).
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01/01/1863
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Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
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