A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan near Charles Town in South Carolina by a squadron of his majesty's ships on the 28 June 1776 with the disposition of the king's land forces and the encampments & entrenchments of the Americans from the drawing made on the spot

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Title:
A plan of the attack of Fort Sulivan near Charles Town in South Carolina by a squadron of his majesty's ships on the 28 June 1776 with the disposition of the king's land forces and the encampments & entrenchments of the Americans from the drawing made on the spot
Title (alt.):
Plan of the platform of Sulivans fort by Lt. Colonel Thos James of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Date:
[ca. 1778]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Manuscript maps
Location:
William L. Clements Library
Collection (local):
William L. Clements Library Collection
Subjects:
Fort Moultrie (S.C.)--Maps
Sullivan's Island (S.C. : Island)--Maps
Charleston (S.C.)--History--Siege, 1776--Maps
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps
Places:
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Sullivan's Island (island)
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Charleston
South Carolina > Charleston (county) > Fort Moultrie
Extent:
1 ms. map : col. ; 28 x 38 cm
Terms of Use:
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Scale:
Scale 1:26,000.
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
Catalog record
Notes:
Finished, colored, topographical map copied from a printed map of the same title with only the substitution of the word American for Rebel.
Identifier:
8389
Barcode:
B1938748