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Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (official).

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Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (official).

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Details the action of July 1, 1862, with most of the major Confederate forces under the command of Stonewall Jackson, D. H. Hill, and Magruder, identified in their location north of Malvern Hill, and all the Union troops due south of the Confederates, notably including Berdan's sharpshooters and the troops of Heintzelman, under whom Sneden served, Couch, Morell, and others.
NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary page.
Sneden shows the trajectory of the gunboat shells fired from the James River around Turkey Island toward the Confederate positions, landing between the main Confederate forces and the backup forces of Longstreet and A. P. Hill.
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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.
In the Robert Knox Sneden diary, 1861-1865 (v. 3, p. 185).
Manuscripts.

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01/01/1862
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Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
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