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Some colors and prisoners taken by French : [map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md.].

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Shows the location of troops just outside of Sharpsburg, Md., during the battle of Antietam.

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.

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 Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 3, p. 848).

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french william henry antietam battle of md maps antietam md history civil war united states prisoners and prisons maryland antietam colors prisoners french map action washington heights washington heights sharpsburg 1862 map of maryland civil war maps military battles and campaigns geography and map division robert knox sneden plan settlement
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01/01/1862
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Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
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french william henry antietam battle of md maps antietam md history civil war united states prisoners and prisons maryland antietam colors prisoners french map action washington heights washington heights sharpsburg 1862 map of maryland civil war maps military battles and campaigns geography and map division robert knox sneden plan settlement