Position of Union Army
Map shows the location of Union troops in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia poised to begin McClellan's Peninsular Campaign, March 1862. Among the landmarks noted are the location of McClellan's headquarters in Hampton from 23 March to 4 April 1862; the route of reconnaissance by Smith and Fitz-John Porter in the vicinity of Yorktown, Va., 27 March; and McClellan's new headquarters on the Peninsula as the advance began.
- Date
- March 8, 1862
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Sneden, Robert Knox
- Place
- Virginia
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 3,823 × 5,325 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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"Position of Union Army" (March 8, 1862). Sneden, Robert Knox. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Position_of_Union_Army_LOC_gvhs01.vhs00244.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 136640.
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