Birds-Eye View of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, Showing the Approaches of Our Gun-Boats and Our Army

Birds-Eye View: Origsize: 15x10; Origformat: Image from Publication
Birds-Eye View

Origsize: 15x10; Origformat: Image from Publication

Name/Title

Birds-Eye View of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, Showing the Approaches of Our Gun-Boats and Our Army

Entry/Object ID

2011.006.1

Scope and Content

Illustrated page (engraving) from Harper's Weekly, July 5, 1862, page 429. Captioned "Birds-eye view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, showing the approaches of our gun-boats and our army," with reference to page 431. Gunboats in foreground moving upriver. James Island fortifications and military encampments in mid-ground. Charleston peninsula in background. On verso: poem "Threescore and Ten"; article "Captain Clitheroe of the Twenty-Third."

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Archives

Acquisition

Accession

2011.006.

Source or Donor

Elizabeth Surette

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Surette

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Engraving

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Gunboats, Military camps, Military maneuvers

Search Terms

Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Aerial views

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1862

Archive Size/Extent

1 sheet, 14.75" x 10.5"

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: Published 1862

Location

Location

Container

Oversize Box 1

Shelf

Archives D-7

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

January 27, 2010

Updated By

admin@catalogit.app

Update Date

February 16, 2023