Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Fairfax County
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Battle Of
Bristoe Station
Bristoe Station, Battle Of, Va
Civil War
Fairfax County
Fairfax County (Va.)
History
United States
Va
Virginia
Title
Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863
Description
Color coding idicates 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.
Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the railroad. Next, Confederate skirmishers appeared on a hill overlooking the Union column. Finally, there were several Confederate charges. Union forces were able to return fire and, after several hours of fierce fighting, to capture Confederate artillery and approximately 450 prisoners.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 896).
Manuscripts
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 14 x 11.5 cm.
Creator
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[S.l., 1863-1865]
Subject Headings
-  Bristoe Station, Battle of, Va., 1863
-  Fairfax County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Fairfax County
-  Bristoe Station, Battle of, Va.
Notes
-  Color coding idicates 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.
-  Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the railroad. Next, Confederate skirmishers appeared on a hill overlooking the Union column. Finally, there were several Confederate charges. Union forces were able to return fire and, after several hours of fierce fighting, to capture Confederate artillery and approximately 450 prisoners.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 896).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 14 x 11.5 cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
gvhs01 vhs00164 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00164


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