Collection Items

  • Map
    [Map of the coast of South Carolina, from Charleston to Savan... Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Portion of an unidentified printed map showing roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S126 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Handwritten note in lower right corner: From Chief Engrs. O[ff.] Mil'y. Divn. Miss: O. M. [Poe] Bvt. Col. & [Chf. Engr.] 67.
    • Date: 1860-01-01
  • Map
    Charts of Savannah River, Pensacola Bay, and Key West. Showin... Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 209 [1] Savannah River from U.S. Coast Survey. Scale ca. 1:63,360. 18 x 26 cm. [2] [Pensacola Bay] Scale ca. 1:80,000. 18 x 23 cm. [3] Chart of Key West, Florida. Scale ca. 1:125,000. 22 x 20 cm. Each chart indicates fortifications, place names, "line of 18 feet depth of water," and a few soundings....
    • Contributor: Smith, Jim (Jim C.)
    • Date: 1861-01-01
  • Map
    Map showing the defences of Savannah, on the approaches of Wi... Scale 1:40,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 208.3 From Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress. -Report of the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1865). fol. p. 324. Printed in the upper left margin: 39th Cong. 1st sess.-Annual Report...
    • Contributor: United States. Navy
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    "Causten's Bluff" fort. [Defenses of Savannah, Georgia. 1865]. Scale 1:2000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 208.2 From Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress.-Report of the Secretary of the Navy (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1865). fol. p. 324. Printed in the upper left margin: 39th Cong. 1st sess.-Annual Report of...
    • Contributor: United States. Navy
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Fort Lee. Shows fortification of Savannah, Georgia. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S106, 181 Includes 5 cross sections. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. At upper right in pencil: 66. Imperfect: Mounted on paper.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Fort Tattnall. Shows fortification of Savannah, Georgia. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S108, 184 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes 3 cross sections. At upper right in pencil: 65 (crossed out), 70. Imperfect: Mounted on paper.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Fort Thunderbolt. Shows fortification of Savannah, Georgia. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S109, 185 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. At upper right in pencil: 65. Imperfect: Mounted on paper.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Battery on Turner's rocks : [Georgia]. Shows a part of the defenses of Savannah. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S110, 211 Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth mounted on paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In ink in upper right corner: 63. In pencil in upper right corner: 68.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Fort McAllister : [Georgia]. Relief shown by hachures. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S107, 182 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth mounted on paper. In ink and pencil in upper right corner: 68 written over 53.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Plan of the fortifications on Causten's Bluff, Georgia]. Shows a part of the defenses of Savannah. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S105, 150 Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth mounted on paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map illustrating the defence [sic] of Savannah, Ga. and the o... Shows fortifications, headquarters, and location and dates of battles. Relief shown by hachures. Gift; Miss Eleanor Sherman Fitch; July 7, 1942. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S189, 208 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Insets of fortifications: Works at the eastern point of Whitmarsh Island -- Fort Thunderbolt -- Bastion on the line of defence [sic]...
    • Contributor: Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe) - American Photo-Lithographic Company
  • Map
    Works at eastern point of Whitmarsh Island [and] bastion on t... Shows fortification of Savannah, Georgia. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink on tracing cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S111, 212 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes profiles of "Bastion on line of defences across Whitmarsh Island" and "Bastion at eastern point of Whitmarsh Island." At upper right in pencil: 69. Imperfect: Mounted...
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map illustrating the defence of Savannah, Ga. and the operati... Scale ca. 1:85,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 207 The following inscription in the author's handwriting is reproduced above the title: Washington, D.C., Sept 17th 1881. Transmitted to the office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, with my letter of this date. [Signed] O. M. Poe, Major of Engrs., B. Brig. Gen., U.S.A., Col. A.D.C. Detailed map of Savannah and vicinity, showing...
    • Contributor: Poe, O. M. (Orlando Metcalfe)
    • Date: 1881-01-01
  • Map
    The Rebel defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 1864. Includes Confederate fortifications and batteries in and around Savannah, Ga., during Sherman's March to the Sea, also referred to as the Savannah Campaign of 15 November to 21 December 1864. Sneden includes Argyle Island in the Savannah River, past the city to Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island, and Big and Little Tybee islands, where Union forces were located in November 1864.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Sherman's march from Atlanta to the sea. Drawn from official ... Includes portions of Tennessee and Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah, highlighting Sherman's March to the Sea, also referred to as the Savannah Campaign of 15 November to 21 December 1864.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    The Defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, November 1864. Regional view of Savannah and enrivons just before the Union arrival at that place. Shows the layout of canals, creeks, rivers, swamps, roads and railroads around Savannah as well as the various outlying Confederate batteries and those occupied by Federal troops. There is some indication of the names of property owners and also notations of rice and cotton fields that were either flooded or...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    The Rebel defences [sic] of Savannah, Georgia, 1864 Printed map of Savannah, Ga., and environs indicating rivers and creeks, swamps and marshes, cultivated and flooded fields, and names of selected landowners. Annotations by Sneden highlight the positions of Union and Confederate forces and show the direction of Confederate General Hardee's retreat on the night of December 20th, 1864.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the Rebel prison pen at Savannah Georgia, Lt. S. R. D... Detailed drawing of a Confederate prison camp in Savannah, Ga.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Map showing the investment and siege of Savannah, Georgia by ... Regional view of Savannah, Ga., with the many landforms (rivers, sounds, swamps, islands) noted as well as the locations of forts Jackson and Pulaski. The Savannah & Gulf Railroad, Georgia Central Railroad, and Ogeechee Canal are also indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Map of the siege and investment of Savannah, Georgia, 5th to ... Map shows the location of Union forces near the Ogeechee River outside of the Confederate held city of Savannah, Ga. The map also depicts the location of the Union fleet on the Savannah River and in the Atlantic Ocean. Details of the terrain show how a direct assault would have been difficult.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox