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Map The Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston, S.C., December 1864

About this Item

Title

  • The Rebel defences [sic] of Charleston, S.C., December 1864

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1864-1865].

Headings

  • -  Coast defenses--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
  • -  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.
  • -  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

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Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. The Rebel defences sic of Charleston, S.C., December. [S.l., to 1865, 1864] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00307/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1864) The Rebel defences sic of Charleston, S.C., December. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00307/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. The Rebel defences sic of Charleston, S.C., December. [S.l., to 1865, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00307/>.