Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg. : By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick with 6th Army Corps, Sunday, May 3rd, 1863.

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Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg. : By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick with 6th Army Corps, Sunday, May 3rd, 1863.

Illustrates the placement of Union and Confederate forces during the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, culminating in the battle of Chancellorsville fought May 1-4, 1863. This map focuses on the Sunday, May 3rd, action, which is referred to by Sneden as "Second Fredericksburg."

1 map : pen-and-ink and watercol. ; 22 x 15 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7601274

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918

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Robert Knox Sneden was born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada and moved to New York City in 1851 at age 19. He received some architectural education. Sneden left Brooklyn in 1861 to enlist in the 40th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, or the Mozart Regiment, of the Army of the Potomac. He served as a quartermaster when his regiment camped near Leesburg Turnpike. Starting from January 12, 1862, Sneden served on Samuel P. Heintzelman's III Corps staff, at first, as a draughtsman on ma...