Map of the Defenses of Charleston City and Harbor

All the Forts and Batteries represented on this Map were constructed by the enemy for defense, except Fort Shaw and Battery Purviance on Morris Island, Fort Green and the Batteries on Folly Island and the Batteries in the marsh east of the Picket-Line of the United States Forces (depiction of a blue...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: United States. War Department
Language:English
Published: Washington : Government Printing Office 1891
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War
1861-1865 > Maps
Morris Island
Folly Island
Online Access:http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/u?/tx-wotr,1149
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Summary:All the Forts and Batteries represented on this Map were constructed by the enemy for defense, except Fort Shaw and Battery Purviance on Morris Island, Fort Green and the Batteries on Folly Island and the Batteries in the marsh east of the Picket-Line of the United States Forces (depiction of a blue line made up of dots and dashes) indicates Picket-Line of the United States Forces. blue line = United States Forces red line = Confederate View off North Channel, Fort Sumter 3.5 miles distant, bearing W. .75 N. Febry. 18, 1865 (title of drawing at bottom of map)

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