• This old map of Map of the Defences of Charleston City and Harbor, Showing Also the Works Erected by the U.S. Forces In 1863 and 1864 from 1860 was created by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers in 1860
  • This old map of Map of the Defences of Charleston City and Harbor, Showing Also the Works Erected by the U.S. Forces In 1863 and 1864 from 1860 was created by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers in 1860
  • This old map of Map of the Defences of Charleston City and Harbor, Showing Also the Works Erected by the U.S. Forces In 1863 and 1864 from 1860 was created by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers in 1860
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Map of the Defences of Charleston City and Harbor, Showing Also the Works Erected by the U.S. Forces In 1863 and 1864 1860

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Old map of Charleston Region, South Carolina, United States.

Created by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers in 1860.
  • "Bell Bros., Photo lithographers, Washington, D.C."
  • At bottom of map: View off North Channel, Fort Sumter 3 1/2 miles distant, bearing W. 3/4 N., Febry. 18th 1865.
  • Description derived from published bibliography.
  • 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.
  • This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • 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).
  • Source unknown; May 2004, Map Cataloging Team.
  • Civil War project no.: lva00207.
  • Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2004.
  • Digital image available: 24.5 x 31 in.
  • Map accession no. 5280.

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United States. Army. Corps Of Engineers

1860

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This old map of Map of the Defences of Charleston City and Harbor, Showing Also the Works Erected by the U.S. Forces In 1863 and 1864 from 1860 was created by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers in 1860