Plan of a portion of the siege operations against Charleston Harbor prior to the capture of Fort Wagner, Sept. 7, 1863

Red designates Confederate affiliation while blue designates Union affiliation map shows 1. Defensive lines across Morris Island 2. Approaches and batteries against Ft. Wagner 3. Part of the breaching batteries against Ft. Sumter Legend. The First Parallel was established July 13, 1863, by Col. E.W....

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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
Online Access:http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/u?/tx-wotr,1221
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Summary:Red designates Confederate affiliation while blue designates Union affiliation map shows 1. Defensive lines across Morris Island 2. Approaches and batteries against Ft. Wagner 3. Part of the breaching batteries against Ft. Sumter Legend. The First Parallel was established July 13, 1863, by Col. E.W. Serrell N.Y. Vol. Engineers and Major T.B. Brooks A.D.C. and completed for the operations of July 18 by Lieutenants C.R. Suter and P.S. Michie, U.S. Engineers, all Assistant Engineers.

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