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Description Scan of a manuscript map by a Union Army mapmaker during the American Civil War. Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.
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Source Library of Congress REPRODUCTION NUMBER Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 3 p. 809, In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 3, p. 809).
Author Robert Knox Sneden
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