Texas State Archives Map Collection



Map of Siege Operations against the Defenses of Charleston Harbor, 1863. Showing Batteries Covering the Descent Upon Morris Island, July 10, and the Subsequent Operations Resulting in the Demolition of Fort Sumter and the Capture of Fort Wagner..
Date: 1863
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1891-1895.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: 1 inch = 550 yards
Size: 13 cm x 41 cm
Type of Map: military
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 03392
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Map of Siege Operations against the Defenses of Charleston Harbor, 1863. Showing Batteries Covering the Descent Upon Morris Island, July 10, and the Subsequent Operations Resulting in the Demolition of Fort Sumter and the Capture of Fort Wagner.. Image:
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Description:
[Title, cont.] ... and Batt[er]y Gregg, September 7 Shows the islands, Atlantic coastline, creeks, terrain, buildings, roads, Confederate forts, and Union and Confederate batteries. A key to batteries is given. This map accompanies the report of Major General Q.A. Gillmore, U.S. Army. This map and report are part of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, compiled by Captain Calvin D. Cowles, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891-1895, plate XXXVIII. Title page, table of contents, and index to maps in the atlas are filed under map #3209. A reprint of this atlas can be found in the Archive's Texana book collection. 9/28/84

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