Robert Knox Sneden, Civil War Soldier Art
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3803
Digital copies of maps drawn and painted with water colors by Robert Knox Sneden, a Union soldier who served for a time as a draughtsman making maps on the staff of the III Corps of Samuel P. Heintzelman. Although serving in the eastern theater of the Civil War, the 316 maps in the collection show Sneden's interest in documenting military campaigns, battles, and strategic terrain in most theaters of the conflict.
There is also a two page leaflet describing the collection.
Contents List:
The Cartography of Robert Knox Sneden
2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia
2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va.- position of both armies, 6 p.m. Aug. 26th 1862, showing Jackson's flank march
Andersonville Prison, Georgia in July 1864
Andersonville Prison
Atlanta, Georgia and its rebel defences
Attack and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn. by Genl. U.S. Grant U.S.A
Attack on Ft. Pulaski. Savannah, Georgia, April 1862
Battle at Dranesville, Va. Decr. 20th, 1861
Battle of Antietam, Md
Battle of Beaverdam Creek Va., Chickahominy River, June 27th 1862
Battle of Chancellorsville Virginia 2nd & 3rd May 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville, Va.. Position of the 12th and part of the 3rd Corps covering Chancellorsville Plateau May 2nd and 3rd 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville, Va
Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2nd & 3rd 1863
Battle of Chantilly Va
Battle of Crampton's Gap, Maryland fought Sept 14th 1862
Battle of Cumberland Church, Va
Battle of Cumberland Church
Battle of Five Forks 31st March and April 1st 1865. Copy of official plan by Col. W. H. Paine U.S. Engineers
Battle of Gettysburg, Penna.. Showing positions held 1st and 3rd July 1863
Battle of Hanover Court House, Virginia, May 26, 1862
Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va.. Plan of position of Union and Rebel forces at 1 o'clock 7th Nov
Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. November 24th, 1863
Battle of Malvern Hill showing Magruder's 1st attack June 30th
Battle of Missionary Ridge or Chickamauga, Tenn
Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh April 6th and 7th 1862
Battle of Pittsburg Landing. Tennessee
Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee
Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia showing attack on the salient angle May 12th
Battle of the Antietam
Battlefield of Bull Run August 29th and 30th 1862
Battlefield of Dinwiddie Courthouse, Va. from official map made by Col. W. H. Paine U.S. Engineers
Blockade of the Potomac - by Rebels, winter of 1861
Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January 1862. The Rebels evacuated all their batteries night of 4th March 1862
Camp Lawton at Millen, Georgia about 8,600 prisoners confined here 14th November 1864
Capture of forts [sic] Donelson, Tennessee. By U.S. Grant, January 1862
Capture of forts [sic] Henry. Tennessee. By U.S. Grant, January 1862
Capture of Mobile, Alabama
Cavalry battle, Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 330 p.m
Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863, showing Stonewall Jackson's great flank movement
Chancellorsville, Va. Position of the 11th Corps at 6 p.m. May 2nd 1863 Maj Genl O.O. Howard commanding
Chancellorsville, Va.. Position of armies 3rd May 1863 at 8 a.m. to 5 12 p.m
Charleston Harbor S.C.. Bombardment of Fort Sumter
Charleston S.C., A.D. 1864
Chart of the battle off Cherbourg
Chattanooga. A chart of the battle between the forces of Gens. Grant and Braxton Bragg, fought Nov. 24-5 1863
Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862
Copy of official plan of Gettysburg. Pennsylvania, fought 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1863
Copy of official plan of the siege of Fort Pulaski. Cockspur Island. Savannah Georgia April 1862
Defences [sic] of Vicksburg, Dec. 1862
Entrenched position of the 3rd corps, A.P., at Harrison's Landing, James River, Va., July 9th 1862
Fort Fisher shewing [sic] Union attack, Jany 15th 1865
Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Virginia
Fort Pickens, Florida
Fort Wagner. Morris Island
Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Va
General Thomas' new position 20th Sept. 3 p.m
Genl. Q. A. Gillmore's line of earthworks in front of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C., July 1863
Geographical sketch of the city of Richmond, Virginia, with surrounding encampments, 1862
Georgia
Gettysburg in peace
Gettysburg July 2nd. The Union and Rebel forces in the cemetery
Gettysburg. Third day. Position of troops
Harrison's Landing, Va. Showing Union line of defence [sic]
Investment of Petersburg by Genl. Grant 1865
Map made at Andersonville Prison [Sept. 1864]
Map of 1st and 2nd Bull Run battles. Official map from the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C
Map of Alexandria, Virginia
Map of Cedar Mountain and vicinity - and battle
Map of Charleston Harbor showing Union and Rebel Batteries &c. Septr. 1863
Map of Charleston Harbor with Morris Island and James, Broad, Folly, and Cole's Islds. showing the position of the Union and Rebel forts and
batteries & & November and December 1863
Map of Chattanooga & vicinity showing Confederate and Union lines at the beginning of the battle of Nov. 23-25, 1863
Map of Chattanooga and vicinity, Tenn
Map of country between Yorktown and Williamsburg in Virginia
Map of Devaux Neck on Broad River, South Carolina
Map of Falls Church and vicinity of Lewinsville, Virginia shewing [sic] Union picket lines October 30th 1862
Map of Hampton to Howard's Bridge, Virginia
Map of Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia
Map of Monocacy, Md., and vicinity
Map of Morris, Folly, Coles and James Island[s] etc., and Charleston Harbor S.C. shewing [sic] Union and Rebel forts and batteries, 1864
Map of Mosby's route through Virginia and North Carolina
Map of Mount Vernon, Virginia and vicinity shewing [sic] Union picket lines, March 186[1]
Map of operations at Bermuda Hundred and Drewry's Bluff, Virginia, 10th May 1864
Map of part of battlefield of Bull Run July 1861 showing positions of each army at opening of battle
Map of Popes [sic] campaign in northern Virginia, August 1862
Map of Richmond, Virginia.1863
Map of Roanoke Island showing Rebel forts
Map of siege of Fort Pulaski Savannah River Georgia. 1862
Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee
Map of the battle of Chancellorsville, including operations from April 29th to May 5th, 1863
Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd 1863
Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. showing positions held July 2nd 1863
Map of the defences [sic] of Richmond, Va., April 1865
Map of the field of operations in Virginia and Battle of Mine Run, during November 1863
Map of the field of operations, November 1863
Map of the First Battle of Bull Run
Map of the lines at Yorktown, Virginia, April 1862
Map of the Lower Peninsula of Virginia, April 1862
Map of the lower Potomac River showing picket lines, January 1862
Map of the night march [from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landing]
Map of the Peninsula of Virginia showing route of McClellan's Army toward Richmond
Map of the position at Turner's Gap. South Mountain
Map of the Potomac River, Va. from Alexandria to below the Occoquan
Map of the Potomac River
Map of the rebel position at Vicksburg, Miss., May 1863
Map of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864
Map of the siege and investment of Savannah, Georgia, 5th to 20th Dec. 1864
Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewing destruction of R.R. by enemy, October 1863
Map shewing [sic] advance of 6th Army Corps (Genl. John Sedgwick U.S.A.) to assist Gen. Hooker at Chancellorsville
Map shewing [sic] country opposite Harrison's Landing, Va., and position of [U.S.] Army
Map shewing [sic] march of the [U.S.] Army from Harrison's Landing or Westover to Williamsburg, Virginia, 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th August
Map shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st July 1863 and first encounter of 1st Corps with the enemy
Map shewing [sic] movements of Union and Rebel armies and Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia from April 27th to 4th May 1863
Map shewing [sic] movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June to 13th July 1863
Map shewing [sic] retreat of Union Army from Savage's Station to White Oak Swamp, Va
Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper Potomac River
Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Winchester, Virginia, Potomac, etc
Map showing entrance to Mobile Bay and course taken by Union fleet
Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va
Map showing Genl. Sherman's march from Chattanooga to Atlanta
Map showing position of Union and Rebel armies and Jackson's flank march during 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Aug. 28th to 31st, 1862
Map showing position of Union and Rebel armies, 28th to 30th Aug. 1862. Genl. Pope's Campaign
Map showing position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April 1862
Map showing position Union and Rebel armies 2 p.m. 30th June and the routes of advance of enemy on the Union Army at White Oak Swamp
Creek Va
Map showing positions of Union and Rebel forces Sept 1861
Map showing retreat of Union Army 13th and 14th Oct. 1863 from Culpeper to Warrenton Junction
Map showing route taken by Mosby with his prisoners, Nov. 27th-29th, 1863
Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feb. 1864, when sent from Richmond, Va., to Andersonville, Georgia
Map showing the Chicahominy [sic] and James rivers and from Richmond to Harrison's Landing, Va
Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farragut's attack 24 April 1862
Map showing the investment and siege of Savannah, Georgia by Genl Sherman's army Decr 1864
Map showing vicinity of battlefield of Antietam Md
New defenses erected at Centreville, Virginia By Col. Alexander, Chief of Engineers, U.S.A., Sept. 1863
Official map of the lower Potomac River picket lines Jany 1862
Official map of the Union works in front of Yorktown, Va. Wm. Heine and R.K. Sneden, Topog. Engineers of 40th N.Y. Vols., 3rd Corps, U.S.A.,
April 1862
Plan from Fortress Monroe to Big Bethel Va. showing Union and Rebel position April 1st 1862
Plan of 2nd battle of Bull Run, Va. Shewing movements of troops from 27 Aug. to Sept. 1
Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864
Plan of Andersonville Prison or Camp Sumter, April, 1864. Drawn by R.K. Sneden, while a prisoner there, April, 1864
Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia 1864
Plan of Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Aug. 1864
Plan of Andersonville Prison, Sumter Co., Georgia. Drawn by R.K. Sneden, 40th N.Y. Vols. while a prisoner of war, March to Sept.1864
Plan of approaches to the Vicksburg Mine
Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg Va. By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick, USA, with the 6th Army Corps. Sunday May 3rd 1863
Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg
Plan of Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. June 1st and 3rd 1864
Plan of Battle of Malvern Hill Va. Fought 1st July 1862
Plan of battle of Salem Church near Bank's Ford, Virginia May 3rd & 4th 1863
Plan of Battle of Savage's Station Va
Plan of Battle of South Mills. Dismal Swamp Canal, N.C
Plan of Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va
Plan of battles of Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station, Virginia both fought Novr. 7th, 1863
Plan of Camp Lawton, or the rebel prison near Millen, Georgia November 1864
Plan of Fort Fisher and vicinity, North Carolina. Plan of second attack, January 15th, 1865
Plan of Fort Lyon on Eagle Hill above Alexandria, Va
Plan of Fort Magruder, Battlefield of Williamsburg, Virginia. Sketched the day after the battle 6th May 1862
Plan of Fortress Monroe, Virginia, March 6, 1862
Plan of Fortress Munroe [sic], Va., 1862
Plan of Genl Q. A. Gillmore's position on Morris Island, Charleston S.C
Plan of Kettle Run and Bristoe Station August 27 1862
Plan of part of Richmond, Virginia showing locations of Rebel prisons [in] winter of 1863
Plan of position of the 12th Corps and part of the 3rd Corps, covering the ground in front of Chancellorsville during May 2nd and 3rd 1863
Plan of Rebel fort (Camp Misery) on Ship Point Road - Virginia
Plan of Rebel redoubt and barracks [at] Camp Misery surveyed April 11th 1862
Plan of Second Battle of Bull Run Va. position at 6 p.m. August 30th 1862
Plan of the 1st Battle of Bull Run Virginia 21st July 1861. Topography from U.S. Engineers official map
Plan of the assault on Ft. Wagner, July 11th 1863
Plan of the attack on Ft. Sumter, April 6th, 1863
Plan of the Battle of Antietam, Maryland. Sept 1862 Made for Genl. Heitzelman U.S.A
Plan of the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
Plan of the Battle of Ball's Bluff Va. Fought October 21st 1861
Plan of the Battle of Bristoe Station, Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., Octr. 14th 1863
Plan of the Battle of Carnifex Ferry, West Virginia
Plan of the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Virginia, August 9th, 1862
Plan of the battle of Chancellorsville. Virginia position, 5 p.m., 2nd May 1863
Plan of the Battle of Chantilly, Va., September 1st, 1862, 5 to 10 p.m
Plan of the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia September 1st 1862 5 to 9 p.m
Plan of the battle of Chantilly, Virginia. Fought Septr. 1st 1862, 5 to 10 PM
Plan of the Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn
Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor, June 3rd
Plan of the Battle of Cumberland Church, Va
Plan of the Battle of Dranesville Va Dec 20th 1861
Plan of the Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, Va. Fought 31st May 1862
Plan of the battle of Fisher's Hill, Virginia. Fought September 22nd, 1864
Plan of the battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1st 1865 fought by 5th Army corps Genl Warren
Plan of the Battle of Five Forks, Va., March 31st 1865 and 1st April
Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862
Plan of the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia fought Decr. 13th 1862
Plan of the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia shewing [sic] Union and Rebel positions 13th Decr 1862
Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
Plan of the battle of Fredericksburg. Fought 13th Dec. 1862
Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg
Plan of the battle of Gaine's Mill, Virginia fought June 27th, 1862. Copy of official map by engineers of Porter's Corps
Plan of the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia, fought June 26th 1862
Plan of the battle of Glendale and White Oak Swamp, Virginia, also known as Frazier's Farm and Charles City Crossroads, fought June 30th, 1862,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m
Plan of the Battle of Glendale or Frasier's Farm Va. Fought 30th June 1862
Plan of the Battle of Glendale or Frazier's Farm. Virginia. 30th June 1862 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Genl Heintzelman and Sumner commanding
Plan of the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, November 30th, 1864
Plan of the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Va. fought 7th November 1863
Plan of the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia fought 7th Nov. 1863 by 3rd Army Corps Gen. W. H. French U.S.A
Plan of the Battle of Kernstown, Va. March 23rd 1862
Plan of the Battle of Lookout Mountain. Fought November 24th-25th, 1863
Plan of the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia. Fought June 30th and July 1st, 1862
Plan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia fought June 26th 1862, 3 to 5 p.m
Plan of the battle of Mill Spring or Logan's Cross Roads fought January 19th, 1862
Plan of the battle of Mine Run, Virginia fought Monday 30th Nov. 1863
Plan of the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, July 9th, 1864
Plan of the Battle of Newberne North Carolina fought March 14th 1862
Plan of the Battle of Rappahannock Station November 7th 1863
Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feb 8th 1862
Plan of the battle of Salem Church or Salem Heights, Va. Attack and repulse of the 6th Army Corps, Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick, U.S.A., afternoon of
3rd May 1863
Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Va. Fought June 29th 1862
Plan of the Battle of Savage's Station Virginia. Sunday, June 29th 1862. Fought by the 2nd and 6th Corps
Plan of the battle of Savage's Station, Virginia, fought Sunday, 29th June 1862
Plan of the Battle of Spotsylvania C.H., Virginia fought May 8th to 21st 1864
Plan of the battle of the North Anna fought May 23rd-26th, 1864
Plan of the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 5th to 12th
Plan of the Battle of Winchester, Va. Fought September 19th, 1864
Plan of the circle battle between the U.S. ship Keasarge, Capt. Winslow, and the Confederate cruiser Alabama, Cherbourg, France forenoon of
Sunday June 19th 1864
Plan of the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia. July 21st 1861
Plan of the prison. March 1, 1864
Plan of the Rebel attack on Washington, D.C., 11th & 12th July 1864
Plan of the Rebel attack on Washington, D.C., July 11th and 12th, 1864
Plan of the Rebel position at Howard's Bridge, April 4th 1862
Plan of the Rebel prison pen at Savannah Georgia, Lt. S. R. Davis, C.S.A., Commandant, Sept. 1864
Plan of the redoubt and rifle pits ensilading [sic] the Leesburg and Fairfax turnpikes 2 miles from Alexandria, Virginia
Plan of the second Battle of Bull Run Va. Showing position of both armies at 7 p.m. 30th Aug. 1862
Plan of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va. Showing position of both armies at 6 p.m. 29th august 1862
Plan of the tunnel and vicinity [of Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.]
Plan of the Union and Rebel position at Yorktown, Va., April 7th, 1862
Plan of Union and Rebel position at Yorktown Va
Plan of works erected at Centreville, Va., by Union forces. Under direction of Genl. Barnard Chief Engineer of Department of Washington
Plan of Yorktown, Virginia April, 1862
Plan of Yorktown, Virginia showing the Rebel works after the evacuation, May 4th, 1862
Plan shewing [sic] battle ground and cavalry fight, 17th March 1863, Kelly's Ford, Va
Plan shewing [sic] entrenched position of Union army at Westover or Harrison's Landing, James River, Va., July and August 1862
Plan shewing [sic] the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd
Plan showing positions of Union and Rebel armies 8th and 9th April 1865, to the surrender of Lee 2nd Corps at Cumberland Church
Position at Chancellorsville at 8 a.m. May 3rd 1863
Position of 3rd Army Corps at Harrison's Landing, Va., July 9th 1862
Position of army at Centreville Va. 31st August
Position of both armies, August 30th - 4 to 5 p.m
Position of Richmond, Va. Prepared by order of Maj. Genl. Geo. B. McClellan, U.S.A
Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Dec. 1st 1862
Position of Union and Rebel armies near Chancellorsville May 4th 1863
Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863
Position of Union Army 30th June, 10 30 a.m. and 2 30 p.m
Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862
Position of Union Army at Cedar Creek. Union position and plan of battle
Position of Union Army. R. K. Sneden del. Topog. Engineer, Head Qrs. 3rd Army Corps, Hampton, Va., 8th March 1862
Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston Harbor, S.C., December 11th, 18[64]
Rebel defences [sic] of Mobile shewing [sic] Union attack April 3rd-9th 1865 on Spanish Fort
Revised plan of battle of Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862 (official)
Route from Manassas to Centreville, August 28th to 31st
Route of 3rd Corps from Cattlet's [sic] to Greenwich, Va
Route of troops and wagon trains from Warrenton Jnct. to Kettle Run
Second battle field at Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run position of troops at 6 p.m
Second Battle of Bull Run sunset 5 p.m. Aug 30 1862
Second Battle of Bull Run showing rebel position 29 and 30 Aug 1862
Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea. Drawn from official map of Brig. Genl. O. M. Poe, Chief Engineer
Siege of Port Hudson
Siege of Yorktown [Virginia]
Skeleton map of battlefield of Bull Run Virginia showing 1st battle at Blackburn's Ford
Sketch of manoeuvers [sic] on Antietam and Sharpsburg Maryland Sept 16-17th 1862
Sketch of the lines at Yorktown Virginia April 30th 1862
Sketch of the manoeuvres [sic] on Antietam and Sharpsburg, Maryland. Sept 1862
Skirmish at Auburn, Va., Oct. 14th, 1863
Skirmish at Auburn, Virginia, Octr. 14th 1863
Some colors and prisoners taken by French [map of action around Washington Heights, Sharpsburg, Md.]
The 2nd Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 1862. Map showing position of the Union and Rebel forces, August 26th, 1862 at 7 p.m
The Antietam Campaign - Sept. 1862
The assault on the Red Battery, April 25th, 1862 Yorktown, Va
The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry
The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th, 1862
The Battle of Antietam, Septr. 16th-17th, 1862
The Battle of Chancellorsville, Sunday May 3rd 9 p.m
The Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., including operations from April 29th to May 5th, 1863
The Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia position of Union Army, 2nd May 1863
The Battle of Crampton's Gap 5 miles south of Turner's Gap, South Mountain, Md. September 14th 1862
The battle of Fair Oaks, Va., 2nd Day's battle, Sunday June 1st, 1862
The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va.. Fought 31st May 1862
The Battle of Gettysburg Penna.. Showing positions held July 2nd, 1863
The Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia
The Battle of South Mountain Md. showing positions at Fox's and Turner's Gaps, Sept. 14th 1862
The Battle [of Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1864]
The Battlefield of Chicamauga. Fought the 19th and 20th of Sept 1863
The Battlefield of Williamsburg, Va. fought 5th May 1862
The Cavalry battle, Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 1863, 230 p.m
The Centre position of Union and Rebel armies, Yorktown, Va
The Defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, November 1864
The defenses of Richmond, 1864
The Enemy's fortifications around Vicksburg
The Investment of Petersburg, Va.. Shewing [sic] battlefield of 5 Forks and Hatcher's Run, Friday March 31st, Saturday April 1st & Sunday April
2nd 1865
The line of the Rappahannock, 30th April 1863. Showing position of Union and Rebel armies at and near Fredericksburg, Va
The March from Hampton to before Yorktown, Va., April 1862. Map showing route of 3rd Army Corps. A.P. from Howard's Bridge to the sawmill,
April 5 and 6th, 1862
The Mud march shewing [sic] movement on Bank's Ford Jany. 19th 1863 by Hooker, Franklin & Sumner
The Pursuit of the rebel army, April 6th-8th, 1865, and Battle of Sailor's Creek, Va
The Rebel defenses of Charleston Harbor S.C., August 1863
The Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston, S.C., December 1864
The Rebel defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, 1864
The Rebel defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 1864
The Rebel entrenched position at Fredericksburg, Va. showing Hooker's flank march on Chancellorsville 3rd and 4th May 1863
The Rebel works at Howard's Bridge Virginia April 4th 1862
The U.S. forts and batteries near Alexandria Va. Sept 1862 showing Fort Lyon with extended works
The Union army encampment at Hampton, Virginia. Showing picket lines and Fortress Munroe [sic]
The Union assault on the Rebel works at Lee's Mill, Yorktown, Va
The Union assault on the Rebel works. Lee's Mill Va
The Union position before Yorktown, Va., 18th April 1862
Topographical map of Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Showing the Union forts and defenses built 1861-3
Troops movements in the Chancellorsville area between 10 a.m. and 3 P.M. on May 3rd,1863
Union and Rebel works Yorktown, Va. [1862]
Union army's march on Gettysburg from Frederick, Md
Union forts on Maryland shore
Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va
Vicksburg Missp. and the Rebel batteries 1863
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Robert Knox Sneden (1832, Nova Scotia - 1918) was a map-maker for the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was also a landscape painter, prolific illustrator, and memoirist.
Robert Sneden left Brooklyn in 1861 to enlist in the 40th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Army of the Potomac, serving as a quartermaster. From 12 January 1862 he served on Samuel P. Heintzelman's III Corps staff as a draughtsman making maps.He was later assigned to David B. Birney's Division, and then to the staff of general William H. French. On 27 November 1863 Sneden was captured by Confederate troops under Mosby. After incarceration in Libby Prison (where he caught typhoid fever) and Andersonville, he was exchanged on 11 December 1864.
After the war he transformed a number of his war time drawings into watercolors.
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Copies of maps drawn and painted with water colors by Robert Knox Sneden, a Union soldier who served for a time as a draughtsman making maps on the staff of the III Corps of Samuel P. Heintzelman. Although serving in the eastern theater of the Civil War, the 316 maps in the collection show Sneden's interest in documenting military campaigns, battles, and strategic terrain in most theaters of the conflict. An item-level listing of maps in the collection can be found in the scope and content note. The maps in this collection are digital copies, and are accessible via DVD (digital video disc). There is also a two page leaflet describing the collection.
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