Diagram of splinter proof shelters used in approaches

TitleDiagram of splinter proof shelters used in approaches
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CollectionsThomas Benton Brooks Papers

Descriptive InformationDiagram of splinter proof shelters used in approaches, showing sections and elevations.

Transcription[Drawings of Shelters, with hand-written notes] Plate IV.; Splinter Proof Shelters; Used in Approaches; Scale 4 feet to 1 inch; [WIDE] Fig. 1. Section; Fig. 2. Elevation; [WIDE] Fig. 3. Section; Fig. 4. Elevation; [NARROW, showing Parapet and Trench] Fig. 5. Section of form built in trenches; Note-The supporting frame, here shown by [illegible] in Fig. 5. is shown on side elevations in Fig. 3. It is made of pine saplings from 4 to 5 inches in diameter and used in the wide [illegible]. Cord wood was chiefly used for [supplies?] [illegible] of narrow splinter proof shelters. To be drawn again Scale 5 feet to 1 inch with [illegible] the figures are [illegible] as indicated.

LocationsCharleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States(32.77657,-79.93092)

TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Illustrations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)

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