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    "label": "Map showing siege operations against Forts Sumter and Wagner between July 13th & Sept. 7th, 1863",
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    "title": "Map showing siege operations against Forts Sumter and Wagner between July 13th & Sept. 7th, 1863",
    "description": "Shows drainage, roads, high and low water line, 6-ft. and 12-ft. depth curve, batteries, trenches, stockades, and a plan of Fort Wagner.",
    "date": "[\"[1863]\"]",
    "year": 1863,
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    "rights": "No known copyright restrictions.",
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    "language": "English",
    "identifierLocal": "06_01_006858",
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    "collections": [
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    "subjects": [
        "Fortification--South Carolina--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps",
        "Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.)--History--19th century--Maps",
        "Fort Wagner (S.C.)--History--19th century--Maps"
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        "Fort Sumter National Monument",
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