Format Map
Contributors Sneden, Robert Knox
Dates 1861
Location Charleston
Charleston Region
South Carolina
United States
Language English
Subjects Charleston (S.C.)
Charleston Region
Civil War
Coast Defenses
History
Prisoners and Prisons
South Carolina
United States
Title
The Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston, S.C., December 1864
Contributor Names
Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.
Created Published
[S.L., 1864 to 1865].
Subject Headings
-  Coast defenses--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.--United States
-  Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--South Carolina--Charleston Region
Notes
-  "This Map Was Made from Personal Observation While A Prisoner of War Decr. 8 10th 11Th 1864."--Page Caption.
-  Color coding indicates the location of Confederate forts surrounding Charleston, S.C.
-  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
-  Shows in detail the Confederate forts along the Ashley and Cooper rivers, as well as obstructions in Charleston Harbor. Also shows the burned district of Charleston, where Union prisoners of war were kept within range of Union guns.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 388).
-  Manuscripts
Medium
1 Map : Pen and Ink and Watercolor ; 32.5 X 21 Cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
Gvhs01 Vhs00307 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Ndlpcoop/Gvhs01.Vhs00307


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