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Source 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.
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Document identity
localId
9s161c211
label
Map showing siege operations against Forts Sumter and Wagner between July 13th & Sept. 7th, 1863
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9s161c211
contentType
map
stage
normalized
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
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006858
creators
Brooks, T. B. (Thomas Benton), 1836-1900
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
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
subjectsGeographic
Charleston (county)
Fort Sumter National Monument
North and Central America
South Carolina
Sullivan's Island
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
South Carolina
county
Charleston
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
Published by permission of Gen'l Gillmore at the U.S. Coast Survey Office
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map ; 40 x 30 cm.
notes
Shows drainage, roads, high and low water line, 6-ft. and 12-ft. depth curve, batteries, trenches, stockades, and a plan of Fort Wagner.
Fort Sumter does not appear on this map, only the line of the fire to the fort from the breahing batteries south of Fort Wagner.
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no
dcId
9s161c211
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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