Part 6: Operations at Charleston, S.C.-The Apommatox Campaign pp. 309-353
A Guide to the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook
Scrapbook Inventory (Part 6: Operations at Charleston, S.C.-The Apommatox Campaign pp. 309-353)
Collection Number 1994.80.309-353
The scrapbook inventory has been arbitrarily divided into separate parts with titles reflecting the major subject(s) covered. In some cases, however, images or text pertaining to specific battles or sites may be located on pages not corresponding to strict chronological arrangement. Researchers should search each part of the inventory for their subject of interest. Some accession numbers are intentionally left off of the chart because they represent blank pages.
List of Illustrations
• Copies of these illustrations may be ordered from the Photographic and Digital Reproductions page.
*In the publications column, EOS refers to Eye of the Storm (2000) and IFS refers to Images From the Storm (2001).
| Page | Type | Title or Text | Description |
| 309 | plate | The Swamp Angel Battery, Charleston, S.C. | The "Swamp Angel" was a 200-pounder Parrott Gun used by the Union forces to shell Charleston from Morris Island in August 1863. It had a range of 7,900 yards and shot incendiary shells. It did little damage to its intended target and blew up on the 36th round. |
| 309 | plate | Charleston, S.C. was Evacuated by the Enemy 16th and 17th February 1865. | Text, by Sneden, concerning the fall of Charleston, S.C., in February 1865. |
| 309 | plate | Fort Wagner. Charleston Harbor. Sea Front. | Sketch of the Confederate fort located on Morris Island, S.C., that was unsuccessfully assaulted by Union forces on 10 and 18 July 1863. |
| 309 | plate | Fort Wagner. showing point of assault. | Assault on Fort Wagner, 10 and 18 July 1863. |
| 310 | plate | Genl. Gillmore's Works in front of Fort Wagner. July 1863. [map] | |
| 310 | plate | [Bombardment of Fort Wagner] | Text, by Sneden, concerning the Union naval bombardment of Fort Wagner in July 1863. |
| 310 | Fort Wagner Before The Evacuation, Sketched From Gillmore's Advanced Works. | Printed sketch. Assault on Fort Wagner, 10 and 18 July 1863. | |
| 311 | plate | Map of Charleston Harbor with Morris Island and James, Broad, Folly, and Cole's Islds. | |
| 313 | plate | "The Swamp Angel Gun." Marsh Battery. Morris Island. Charleston Harbor, S.C. | Includes text describing the battery. |
| 315 | plate | Vicksburg, Missp. and the Rebel Batteries. 1863. [map] | Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. |
| 316 | plate | The Investment of Petersburg, Va. shewing Battlefield of 5 forks and Hatcher's Run. Friday March 31st - Saturday April 1st & Sunday April 2nd 1865. [map] | Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. |
| 317 | Map of the Siege of Vicksburg, Miss., by the U.S. Forces under the command of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant, U.S. Vols. | Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. | |
| 317 | Siege Of Vicksburg - The Fight In The Crater Of Fort Hill After The Explosion, June 27. | Printed sketch. Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. | |
| 318 | Siege Of Vicksburg - Sharpshooters In The Riflepits Constructed By Capt. Hickenloper. | Printed sketch. Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. | |
| 319 | plate | Loss in the Union Army under Genl. Grant before Vicksburg, Miss. from May 1st to July 4th 1864. | Table, compiled by Sneden, concerning casualties suffered by the Union Army during a portion of the Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. |
| 319 | Observatory Overlooking The Rebel Works. | Printed sketch. Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. | |
| 320 | Siege Of Vicksburg - Scene At General Logan's Headquarters, June 20. | Printed sketch. Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. | |
| 321 | Attack Of The Federal Forces On The Confederate Works During The Siege Of Vicksburg, May 22, 1863. | Printed sketch. Vicksburg Campaign, October 1862-July 1863. | |
| 322 | [Stranded Confederate vessels in the West Indies] | Printed sketches of deserted and dismantled Confederate ships in the West Indies. | |
| 322 | Brave Benteen. | Printed poem concerning the Battle of Little Big Horn, 25 June 1876. | |
| 322 | Graveyard Of Rebel Cruisers. | Newspaper article concerning deserted Confederate ships in the West Indies. | |
| 322 | The Trophies Of The War. | Newspaper article concerning captured Confederate battle flags. | |
| 323 | plate | Appomattox Court House, Virginia. | Appomattox Campaign, 29 March-9 April, 1865. |
| 323 | plate | Old Blandford Church near Petersburg, Va. | Built 1734-37, Blandford Church was located near the Confederate lines east of Petersburg, Va. |
| 324 | Captured Confederate Colors. Trophies of Battle now Preserved in the War Department. | Newspaper article concerning captured Confederate battle flags. | |
| 325 | plate | Old Blandford Church near Petersburg, Virginia. Built in 1733. | Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. |
| 325 | plate | "The Mine" at Petersburg, Va. | Text, by Sneden, concerning the Battle of the Crater, 30 July 1864. |
| 325 | plate | Number of Soldiers who Enlisted during the War. | Text concerning the total number of enlisted men in the Union and Confederate armies. |
| 326 | General Grant's Military Railroad - The Dictator. | Printed photograph of 'The Dictator," a 13-inch seacoast mortar, mounted on a reinforced railroad car, and used by the Union Army in the Petersburg Campaign. | |
| 326 | plate | Official account of Losses in the Army of the Potomac during Genl. U. S. Grant's Campaign in Virginia - 1864-5. | Table, compiled by Sneden, recording casualty figures for the U.S. Army of the Potomac from 5 May to 18 October 1864. |
| 327 | plate | Earthworks built by the 6th Army Corps. Battlefield of Spottsylvania Courthouse Virginia. | Spotsylvania Campaign, 7-20 May 1864. |
| 327 | plate | Part of The Rebel Entrenchments near "The Bloody Angle." | Spotsylvania Campaign, 7-20 May 1864. |
| 328 | Battle Monument, West Point. | Printed photograph of cadets standing at the base of the Battle Monument at the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. | |
| 328 | Rockland Cemetery. | Printed photograph. Includes a sketch of the monument dedicated to John Charles Fremont (1813-1880), explorer and Union general. | |
| 329 | plate | Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia. | Sketch of the courthouse building. Spotsylvania Campaign, 7-20 May 1864. |
| 329 | plate | McCool's Farm House within "Bloody Angle." | Spotsylvania Campaign, 7-20 May 1864. |
| 330 | Dead Confederates in the Trenches at "Fort Damnation," before Petersburg, showing a Bomb-Proof in the Bank at the Left-hand side. | Printed photograph. Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. | |
| 330 | Grant's Headquarters And Base Of Supplies At City Point. | Printed sketch of City Point, Va., as it appeared during the Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. | |
| 330 | plate | Rebel Works in front of Petersburg Virginia. April 1865. | Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. |
| 331 | Winfield S. Hancock. | Printed sketched portrait of Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886), Union general. | |
| 332 | blank page | ||
| 333 | plate | Ruins of Genl. Lee's Head Qrs at Petersburg, Virginia. 1865 | Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. |
| 333 | plate | Losses in the Army of Potomac in Grant's Overland Campaign. May 5th to June 10th 1864. | Table, compiled by Sneden, concerning losses suffered by the Union Army in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, North Anna, and Cold Harbor. |
| 333 | plate | Armstrong's Mill. Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia. 27th Octr. 1864. | Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. |
| 334 | plate | Plan of the Battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 5th to 12th. [map] | Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864. |
| 334 | plate | Plan of Cold Harbor, Va. June 1st and 3rd 1864. [map] | Battle of Cold Harbor, 31 May-12 June 1864. |
| 334 | plate | Plan of the Battle of Cold Harbor. [map] | Battle of Cold Harbor, 31 May-12 June 1864. |
| 335 | Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. | Printed sketched portrait of Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), Union general. | |
| 335 | Battle of Five Forks Va. April 1st 1865. | Printed sketch. Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. Includes text concerning the Battle of Five Forks, Va. | |
| 336 | plate | Guns Captured and lost by the Army of the Potomac. | Table, compiled by Sneden, showing the number of artillery pieces captured from the Confederate Army from 5 May - 10 September 1864. |
| 336 | Colonel James A. Mulligan. | Printed photographic portrait of James Adelbert Mulligan (1830-1864), Union general captured at the Battle of Lexington, Mo., 20 September 1861. | |
| 336 | plate | Deserters in the Union Army from April 1861 to Decr. 1865. | Text concerning deserters in the U.S. Army from April 1861 to December 1865. |
| 337 | When Lee Met Grant. | Newspaper article concerning the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on 9 April 1865. | |
| 337 | plate | Plan of the Battle of Five Forks, Va. April 1st 1865. [map] | Petersburg Campaign, June 1864-April 1865. |
| 338 | Richmond Virginia. Showing ruins by fire at Evacuation. April 1865. | Printed sketch from a wartime photograph. | |
| 339 | Final Stand of General Grant's Army, April 7, 1862, and Repulse of Johnston's Army. | Printed sketch of the Battle of Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862. | |
| 340 | plate | View of Richmond Virginia. April 3rd 1865. showing Ruins of water front. | |
| 340 | City of Richmond, Va. | Printed photograph. | |
| 340 | Confederate Museum. | Newspaper article concerning the conversion of the house in Richmond, Va., used by Jefferson Davis during the war into a Confederate museum. | |
| 341 | plate | Ruins of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge across James River, Richmond Va. destroyed by Rebels while Evacuating April 3rd 1865. | |
| 341 | plate | Ruins left by the Fire along the Old Canal after the Evacuation of the Rebels from Richmond, Va. April 3rd 1865. | |
| 342 | plate | Ruins of The Arsenal Richmond, Virginia. Burnt by the Rebels at the Evacuation of the City. April 8th 1865. | Sketch from a photograph. |
| 343 | plate | U.S. Monitors below Howlett's House near Dutch Gap, James River, Va. | Sketch of Union ironclad on the James River. |
| 344 | plate | Ruins of the Petersburg & Richmond R.R. Bridge across the James River, Richmond, Va. after the Evacuation April 1865. | |
| 345 | plate | The Old City Tavern. Main & 19th Str. Richmond, Va. | |
| 345 | plate | Old St. John's Church. Richmond Va. | Sketch of St. John's Church, Richmond, Va., built in 1739-41. |
| 345 | plate | The Old Stone House. 1st dwelling erected in Richmond, Va. | Sketch of the Old Stone House, Richmond, Va., built ca. 1754. |
| 345 | plate | The Defences of Richmond. 1864-5. [map] | |
| 346 | plate | Plan of the Battle of the North Anna. Fought May 23rd - 26th 1864. [map] | Battle of the North Anna River, 23-27 May 1864. |
| 346 | R. E. Lee Genl. | Printed photographic portrait of Robert Edward Lee. | |
| 346 | War's Blood Spot. | Newspaper article concerning the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Va. | |
| 346 | plate | Plan of the Battle of Spottsylvania C.H. Virginia. Fought May 8th to 21st 1864. [map] | Spotsylvania Campaign, 7-20 May 1864. |
| 347 | Major-Gen. Nelson A. Miles. | Printed sketched portrait of Nelson Appleton Miles. | |
| 348 | Gen. Jubal A. Early Dead. | Newspaper article concerning Jubal Anderson Early's (1816-1894) death and his career as a Confederate general. | |
| 348 | Appomattox And The Surrender Of The Confederate Army. | Newspaper article concerning the Appomattox Campaign, 29 March-9 April 1865. | |
| 348 | Mosby, CSA. | Newspaper article concerning the terms of parole granted to John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), Confederate partisan ranger, after the surrender at Appomattox. | |
| 349 | Fort Donelson. | Newspaper article concerning the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tenn., 12-16 February 1862. | |
| 349 | Sham Military Fame. | Newspaper article concerning the common soldier in the Civil War. | |
| 349 | Amenities Of The Armies. | Newspaper article concerning fraternization between Union and Confederate soldiers during the war. | |
| 350 | General Butler. | Newspaper article concerning the death of Benjamin Franklin Butler. | |
| 350 | Struck Down In Battle. | Newspaper article regarding the behavior of wounded soldiers during battle. | |
| 350 | The Contraband. | Printed poem concerning a freed slave. | |
| 350 | The Mustering Out. | Printed poem concerning soldiers mustering out of the army at the end of the war. | |
| 351 | Mrs. V. Jefferson Davis. | Printed photographic portrait of Varina Howell Davis (1826-1906), wife of Jefferson Davis. | |
| 351 | Miss Winnie Davis. | Printed sketched portrait of Varina Anne Davis (1864-1898), daughter of Jefferson Davis. | |
| 351 | The Winnie Davis Memorial Statue. | Printed photograph of the monument at the grave of Varina Anne Davis at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. | |
| 352 | How General Di Cesnola Did Not Capture Richmond. | Newspaper article concerning an attempt to free Union prisoners of war in Richmond, Va., in 1864. | |
| 353 | Death Of Gen. A. H. Terry. | Newspaper article concerning the death of Alfred Howe Terry (1827-1890), Union general. | |
| 353 | How Custer Fell. | Newspaper article concerning the death of George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) at the Battle of Little Big Horn. | |
| 353 | General Hill's Statue. | Newspaper article concerning the unveiling of the monument in Richmond, Va., dedicated to Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865), Confederate general. | |
| 353 | The Last Battle of the War. | Newspaper clipping concerning the last land fight of the Civil War at Palmito Ranch in Texas on 12 May 1865. |
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