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Map General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina : showing rebel defences [sic] and obstructions

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Title

  • General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina : showing rebel defences [sic] and obstructions

Names

  • Willenbacher, Eugene.
  • Boutelle, C. O. (Charles Otis)
  • Krebs, Charles G.
  • Bowen & Co.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1865]

Headings

  • -  Shipwrecks.--South Carolina--Charleston--Maps
  • -  Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States.--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations--Maps
  • -  United States--South Carolina--Charleston Harbor

Notes

  • -  "Bowen & Co. lith. Philada."
  • -  "The survey of the channels, fortifications etc. was made after the occupation of the Harbor by the U.S. Naval forces."
  • -  Depths shown by gradient tints.
  • -  From: Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents to the two houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-ninth Congress. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington : Government Printing Office, 1856. fol. p. 256.
  • -  In upper right margin: 39th Congress, 1st Sess.-Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
  • -  Includes table: Armament of Rebel forts.
  • -  Shows shipwrecks, as well as torpedoes and obstructions, roads, railroads, and a plan of the city.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 371
  • -  Source unknown; April 2004, Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  Civil War project no.: lva00205.
  • -  Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2004.
  • -  Digital image available: 24 x 27 in.
  • -  Map accession no. 5277.

Medium

  • 1 map : col., mounted on paper ; 54 x 61 cm on sheet 61 x 69 cm.

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

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Chicago citation style:

Willenbacher, Eugene, C. O Boutelle, Charles G Krebs, and Bowen & Co. General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: showing rebel defences sic and obstructions. [Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000205/.

APA citation style:

Willenbacher, E., Boutelle, C. O., Krebs, C. G. & Bowen & Co. (1865) General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: showing rebel defences sic and obstructions. [Washington, D.C.: GPO] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000205/.

MLA citation style:

Willenbacher, Eugene, et al. General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina: showing rebel defences sic and obstructions. [Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lva0000205/>.