Some colors and prisoners taken by French : [map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md.].
Summary
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.
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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).
Manuscripts
Tags
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
Date
01/01/1862
Contributors
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Source
Library of Congress
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Copyright info
Public Domain