Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862

Shows the area of Wormsley Creek to the north and Poquoson River to the south as McClellan's forces prepared to launch the siege of Yorktown, Va. The locations of Howard's Bridge across the Poquoson and the road from Yorktown to Hampton are also indicated.
"Map showing march of 3rd Army Corps from Howard's Bridge to the sawmill in front of Yorktown Va." -- Page caption.
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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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. 562).
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