Table of distances, Charleston SC
National Park Service
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CreatorTalcott
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LanguageEnglish
The first table is a table of distances of various Batteries of the approaches to Fort Wagner from certain active batteries of the Enemy which resisted the attack. The second table is of distances in Charleston harbor and the vicinity, taken from the U. S. Coast Survey Map, and compiled by Lieutenant Talcott.
Transcription[Table] Table of distances of various batteries of the approaches to Fort Wagner from certain active batteries of the enemy which resisted the attack [continued in next image] [Header 1] Batteries and Parallels [Header 2] Calibres of Guns [Header 3] Wagner (yards) [Header 4] Gregg (yards) [Row 1, Block 2] Right Batteries [Row 1, Block 2, in order from top to bottom] Battery in front of the Beacon House, " Weed, " Naval, " Reynolds, " Brom, " Rosecrans, " Mead, " Kearney, " in 3rd Parallel, " " 5th do [Row 1, Block 3, in order from top to bottom] Sea Coast Mortars 10 in, Siege Mortars 10 in, 2. 200 pdr Parrots and 2.80 pdr Whitworth Rifles, Siege Mortars 10 in, 2. 200 Pdr Parrott Rifles, 3. 100 Pdr " ", 2. 100 Pdr " ", 3 30 Pdr Parrotts and 1-3 in Wiard Rifle, Siege Mortars, do do [Row 1, Blocks 4 and 5: See image for numbers] [Row 2, Block 1] Parallels [Row 2, Block 2, in order from top to bottom] Right of 1st Parallel, " " 2nd ", " " 3rd ", " " 4th ", " " 5th ", Left of 4th ", or Redan [Row 2, Block 3 is empty] [Row 2, Blocks 4 and 5: See image for numbers] [Row 3, Block 1] Left Batteries [Row 3, Block 2, in order from top to bottom] Battery O'Rorke, Kirby, Strong, Stevens, Reno, Hayes (advanced), " (retired), Marsh Battery or Swamp Angel [Row 3, Block 3, in order from top to bottom] Seige Mortars 10 in, Sea Coast and Siege mortars 10 in, 10 in-300 Pdr Parrott Rifle, 2-100 Pdr " ", 2-100 Pdr and 1-200 Pdr Parrott Rifles, 1-200 Pdr Parrott Rifles 8 in, 7-30 Pdr do do , 1 200 Pdr do do [Row 3, Blocks 4 and 5: See image for numbers] [Row 4, Block 1] Near Forts [Row 4, Block 2, in order from top to bottom] Fort Strong or Wagner, " Putnam or Gregg, Battery Chatfield [Row 4, Block 3 is empty] [Row 4, Blocks 4 and 5: See image for numbers]
TopicsSouth Carolina--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Artillery operations
Fort Sumter National Monument (Agency : U.S.)
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Mediumcharts (graphic documents)
TypeStill Image
Formatimage/jpeg
Contributing Institutions
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Digital Identifiersmt_brooks465_040_003
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/DEDD0B990E6D77D6FE31F6F3C04A6F4E
Batch ID20180328174717