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Interior of Fort Beauregard, St. Phillips Island, South Carolina Item Info
- Abstract:
- Technical differences of guns; considerable effort on verso.
- Title:
- Interior of Fort Beauregard, St. Phillips Island, South Carolina
- Artist:
- Crane, W. T.
- Date:
- no date
- Transcription:
- Recto: "put 79 on this flag // Lt. Col. Nobles quarters // Hilton Head Island // Route to Savannah, Geo. // Route to Beaufort, S.C. // stockad [sic] of pickets // dry ditch // magazines // Entrance to Fort // magazine covered with sods // dry ditch // -bank- // Interior of Fort (or battery) Beauregard St. Phillips Island. S.C. // not all of the guns were spiked some more left loaded.";Verso: "Battery on the West side of Fort Beauregard separated from the main work with an earth work connection // ramparts // style of gun in Forts Beauregard & Walker - 8-10-11-&12 inch columbians // Fort Beauregard is at present garrisoned by the 79th Regt. N.Y. Highlanders Lieut. Col. Wm. H. Noble commanding // style of guns in the East battery the carrieage are the same as above." Two neatly rendered sketches of guns and batteries.
- Subjects:
- South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores Fortification--South Carolina
- Condition:
- Vertical and tangent folds; ripping at lower right corner.
- Place:
- South Carolina--Beaufort--Saint Phillips Island
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.75 x 13.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 32.2843663, -80.6131635
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-WC-SC-NDg (Box 6.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4760
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-WC-SC-NDg
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Cannon Flag Structure
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Interior of Fort Beauregard, St. Phillips Island, South Carolina", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2812.html