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Map 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia Second attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia

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Title

  • 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia

Other Title

  • Second attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia

Summary

  • Also shown is the result of an attack by Union Gen. William B. Hazen's 2nd Division, 15th Corps, 1864 December 13, which succeeded in taking the garrison.
  • Shows a portion of Big Ogeechee River and indicates the location of Confederate Fort McAllister. On March 3, 1863 Union gunboats and ironclads attacked the fort in order to test the effectiveness of their new monitors, which held up well despite several direct hits.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1863-1865]

Headings

  • -  Hazen, William Babcock,--1830-1887
  • -  United States.--Army.--Corps, 15th.--Division, 2nd
  • -  Fort McAllister (Ga. : Fort)--Maps
  • -  Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Ogeechee River (Ga.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Georgia--Ogeechee River
  • -  United States--Georgia--Fort McAllister (Fort)

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a 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.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 432).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 21 x 31.5 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia. [to 1865, 1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00278/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1863) 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00278/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. 2nd attack on Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River, Georgia. [to 1865, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00278/>.