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Map Sketch showing position of Boyd's Neck, Honey Hill, and Devaux' Neck, in Decr. 1864

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Title

  • Sketch showing position of Boyd's Neck, Honey Hill, and Devaux' Neck, in Decr. 1864

Names

  • Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866]

Headings

  • -  Coasts--South Carolina--Maps
  • -  Coasts--Georgia--Maps
  • -  South Carolina--Maps
  • -  Georgia--Maps
  • -  United States--South Carolina
  • -  United States--Georgia

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:670,00 (not "1 inch=10 miles").
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 359.5
  • -  From U.S. Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Supplemental to Senate report no. 142, 38th Congress, 2d session (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866). v. 2. fol. p. 16.
  • -  Accompanies "Report of Major General J. G. Foster, to the Committee on the Conduct of the War." 23 p.
  • -  Map indicates "lines of investment of Gen. Sherman" at Savannah, Georgia, Boyd's Neck, Honey Hill and Devaux' Neck, South Carolina, and "position of rebel ironclads" on the Savannah River.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map, 19 x 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3912.C6 1864 .F6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99448801

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Foster, John G. Sketch showing position of Boyd's Neck, Honey Hill, and Devaux' Neck, in Decr. [Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99448801/.

APA citation style:

Foster, J. G. (1866) Sketch showing position of Boyd's Neck, Honey Hill, and Devaux' Neck, in Decr. [Washington, Government Printing Office] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99448801/.

MLA citation style:

Foster, John G. Sketch showing position of Boyd's Neck, Honey Hill, and Devaux' Neck, in Decr. [Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99448801/>.