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Map shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st July 1863 : and first encounter of 1st Corps with the enemy.

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Map shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st July 1863 : and first encounter of 1st Corps with the enemy.

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Indicates the general terrain and disposition of troops around Gettysburg, Pa., as well the fighting northwest of town between the Union's I Corps, under Maj.Gen. John F. Reynolds and Confederate forces under Hill. Shows the place where Gen. Reynolds was fatally shot on July 1 and the locations of Union forces at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. as they fell back toward the town.
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.
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In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 552).
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01/01/1863
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Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
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