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Union and Rebel works Yorktown, Va. [1862]

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Union and Rebel works Yorktown, Va. [1862]

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Shows the York River from Gloucester Point to south of Wormsley Creek. Yorktown appears at top of image, with remaining detail showing interior of the Peninsula. Woods, creeks, fields, roads, houses and other points of reference are included. Also indicates location of the British Army's surrender after the Revolutionary War Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image.
Relief shown by hachures.
This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 112).
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Date

01/01/1862
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Contributors

Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
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Library of Congress
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