Map of Approaches to Charleston, South Carolina

One of 51 items in the title: The War of the Rebellion: Navy Records available on this site.

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Map illustrating the approach to Charleston, South Carolina. Confederate and Union forces, rivers, Fort Sumter, shipping channels, and wrecks are shown. 1/2 inch = 1 mile.

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1 map : col. ; 23 x 38 cm.

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United States. War Department. 1902.

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Map illustrating the approach to Charleston, South Carolina. Confederate and Union forces, rivers, Fort Sumter, shipping channels, and wrecks are shown. 1/2 inch = 1 mile.

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1 map : col. ; 23 x 38 cm.

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  • Call Number: W 45.5
  • OCLC: 5194016
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 06035188
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth284652

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  • Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 14., ark:/67531/metapth192846

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War of the Rebellion

Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies containing four series of volumes covering military operations in the field, prisoners of war, and materials from Union and Confederate authorities.

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Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 11. (Book)

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 11.

Records of the War of the Rebellion include copies of naval correspondence (reports, letters, telegrams, and general orders) from both the Union and Confederate Navies discussing their operations. According to the introduction in the first volume, the first series "embraces the reports, orders, and correspondence, both Union and Confederate, relating to all naval operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and inland waters of the United States during the war of the rebellion, together with the operations of vessels acting singly, either as cruisers or privateers, in different parts of the world. These reports are accompanied by such diagrams and maps as may be necessary" (pp. ix-x). Index starts on page 813.

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Official records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 14., ark:/67531/metapth192846

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  • 1902

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  • Dec. 20, 2012, 3:14 p.m.

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  • April 21, 2023, 8:50 p.m.

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  • N:32.939923, E:-79.72293, S: 32.608532, W:-80.096465

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United States. War Department. Map of Approaches to Charleston, South Carolina, map, 1902; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth284652/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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