1860 Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. f
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1860 Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. f
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- Size: 18x24 (Ready to Frame) | Map of the defences of Charleston city and harbor, showing also the works erected by the U.S. forces in 1863 and 1864 Map Location(s): Charleston Region | South Carolina | Charleston Region | South Carolina
- Scale 1:60,000. Civil War map (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,
- Map Subject: Charleston Region | Charleston Region (S.C.) | Civil War | History | South Carolina
Summary: Notes: Scale 1:60,000. Civil War map (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. - Created / Published: S.l., 186-






