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Map Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter.

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Title

  • Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter.

Summary

  • Regional view of Charleston Harbor showing the city of Charleston on the Ashley and Cooper rivers, Castle Pinckney on Shute's Folly Island, Pleasantville and Mt. Pleasant Battery, Mechanicsville and batteries on Sullivan's Island, and the Morris and James island batteries, and their distances from Fort Sumter. Shipping channels and the U.S. warships and supply fleet are also noted.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [1862-1865].

Headings

  • -  Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--Maps
  • -  Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--History--Siege, 1861
  • -  United States--South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
  • -  United States--South Carolina--Fort Sumter (Charleston)

Notes

  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 1, p. 33).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 12 x 16.5 cm.

Repository

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

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter. [to 1865, 1861] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00058/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1861) Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter. [to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00058/.

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Sneden, Robert Knox. Charleston Harbor S.C. Bombardment of Fort Sumter. [to 1865, 1861] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00058/>.