Map Plan of the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, November 30th, 1864.

Title

• Plan of the Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina, November 30th, 1864.

Summary

• Map shows the Confederate earthworks, as well as the location of Union forces at Honey Hill near Grahamville, in Jasper County, S.C. Sherman sent 5,500 Union troops under J.G. Foster inland to secure a foothold on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. They were met by 1,400 Confederates, heavily entrenched, and forced to withdraw.

Names

• Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

• [S.l., 1864-1865]

Headings

• -  Charleston and Savannah Railroad
• -  Grahamville (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
• -  Honey Hill (Charleston County, S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
• -  Jasper County (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
• -  South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
• -  United States--South Carolina--Jasper County
• -  United States--South Carolina-- Grahamville
• -  United States--South Carolina--Honey Hill (Charleston County)

Notes

• -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate forces.
• -  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. 6 , p. 194).
• -  Manuscripts

Medium

• 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 16 x 12 cm.

Repository

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

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00181

Online Format

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