Name/Title
Map "Shewing [sic] the Positions of Forts and Batteries Defending Charleston Harbor" [1863]Entry/Object ID
2013.022.1Scope and Content
Gift of Mr. John M. Rivers, Jr.
Original map (admiralty chart) entitled: "America, East Coast: Charleston Harbour from the United States Coast Survey, 1858"
Annotations entitled: "Shewing [sic] the positions of forts and batteries defending Charleston Harbor alluded to in Gen. Ripley's official reports of April, July, August, & September, 1863. The approach of the enemy was along Folly Island, his depot was at the mouth of Stono River seven miles S.W. of Lighthouse Inlet with inland navigation by Folly River."
Original map dated 1858, published 1861. Annotations are undated.
Original map published at Admiralty, London, under the superintendence of Capt. Washington, R.N.:F.R.S., Hydrographer ...
Creator of annotations is unattributed.
Original map of Charleston, with names of islands and waterways. Title block also includes coordinates of Charleston Lighthouse and description of the location of Castle Pinckney.
Uses drawings of the Confederate flag as markers for batteries and other defenses, the annotations indicate the location of forts and positions of batteries, including Fort Ripley, Battery __eam, Battery Ramsey, Battery Glover, Battery Wample, Battery Harleston, Battery Cheves, Battery Simpkins, Battery Bee, Battery Gregg, Battery Wagner, Battery Beauregard, and Battery Marshall. Also shows the location of Black Island, Oyster Point, Folly River, Little Folly [Island?], detached batteries July 10, and the positions of Federal ironclads at "4 h., 5 min., a.m. April 1863."
Fold marks in original map obscure some details of scale and publication details.Collection
HCF Map CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2013.022.Source or Donor
Mr. John M. Rivers Jr.Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of John M. Rivers, Jr.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
MapNomenclature Primary Object Term
CartographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Charleston Harbor (S.C.)--Maps, Forts and fortifications--South Carolina--Charleston--Maps, Defenses--MapsArchive Details
Archive Size/Extent
1 sheet: map 28.5" x 41.75" (on paper 30" x 42.25")Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: Original map dated 1858, published 1861; annotations undated
Date(s): 1858, ca. 1863?
Associated Material: Original map at Special Collections at College of Charleston.
Finding Aids: See Finding Aid to Architectural Drawings, Maps, and Plats.
See List of Properties; then locate Cabinet, Drawer, Folder.
Level of Description: ItemLocation
Location
Container
Rolled Doc. Storage BinRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: One of three copies of the original map which was donated to Special Collections at College of Charleston.Created By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
April 25, 2013Updated By
kemmonsUpdate Date
February 20, 2019