Plan of Fort Magruder, Battlefield of Williamsburg, Virginia. Sketched the day after the battle 6th May 1862.
Summary
Shows the area surrounding Confederate Fort Magruder just south of in Williamsburg, Va. Details include the network of ravines and slashed trees extending the width of the Peninsula used by the Confederate Army as part of its defenses.
Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
NOTE: Researchers will be served a color 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.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 128).
Manuscripts
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Date
01/01/1862
Contributors
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain