Map Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. forces in 1863 and 1864

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About this Item

Title

  • Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. forces in 1863 and 1864

Names

  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Created / Published

  • [S.l. : s.n., 186-]

Headings

  • -  Charleston Region (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--South Carolina--Charleston Region

Notes

  • -  At bottom of map: View off North Channel, Fort Sumter 3 1/2 miles distant, bearing W. 3/4 N., Febry. 18th 1865.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Shows drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, soundings, shoals, channels, forts, batteries, picket line of the U.S. forces, plan of the city with the "effective, annoying [and] extreme range" of guns from Cumming's Point.
  • -  The obstructions in the channel are marked A to R and are explained in a letter of William H. Dennis, dated March 17, 1865, to Gillmore, which appears in the Supplement, p. 31-32.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  This map without the Corps of Engineers' insignia appears as Plate II of the Supplementary Report published with Q.A. Gillmore's Engineer and Artillery Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston Harbor in 1863; with a Supplement. (New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1868). 314, 172 p. (U.S. Army. Corps of Engineers. Professional papers, no. 16).
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 377
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
  • -  Jan. 1913, Libbie, b; March 2004, Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  Civil War project no.: lva00208.
  • -  Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2004.
  • -  Digital image available: 24.5 x 31 in.
  • -  Map accession no. 928 (1913).

Medium

  • 1 map : mounted on paper ; 49 x 65 cm. on sheet 61 x 78 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3914.C3S5 186- .U5

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. forces inand 1864. [S.l.: s.n., 186, 1860] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000208/.

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United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. (1860) Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. forces inand 1864. [S.l.: s.n., 186] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000208/.

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United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. forces inand 1864. [S.l.: s.n., 186, 1860] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lva0000208/>.