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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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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., 186-]

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:60,000.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 377
  • -  At bottom of map: View off North Channel, For Sumter 3 1/2 miles distant, bearing W. 3/4 N., Febry. 18th 1865.
  • -  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)
  • -  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.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map, 52 x 68 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3914.C3S5 186- .U5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99448821

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., 186, 1860] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99448821/.

APA citation style:

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., 186] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99448821/.

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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., 186, 1860] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99448821/>.