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Plan shewing [sic] battle ground and cavalry fight, 17th March 1863, Kelly's Ford, Va.

Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

CREATED/PUBLISHED [1863-1865]

SUMMARY Map shows the area surrounding Kellysville, Va., and Kelly's Ford on the Rappahannock River. On March 17, 1863, this was the site of a cavalry skirmish between Confederate forces under Fitzhugh Lee and Jeb Stuart, who were trying to defend the route to Brandy Station, and Union forces under Gen. W. W. Averell.

NOTES Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.

NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.

Relief shown by hachures.

This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.

In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4, p. 222).

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SUBJECTS Kelly's Ford, Battle of, Va., 1863--Maps. Culpeper County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps. Fauquier County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations. Kelly's Ford, Battle of, Va. United States--Virginia--Culpeper County. United States--Virginia--Fauquier County.

MEDIUM 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 10.5 x 14.5 cm.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 4 p. 222

REPOSITORY Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA

DIGITAL ID gvhs01 vhs00130 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00130

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