Engineer and artillery operations against the defences of Charleston harbor in 1863 : comprising the descent upon Morris island, the demolition of fort Sumter, the reduction of forts Wagner and Gregg. With observations on heavy ordnance, fortifications, etc by Q.A. Gillmore ; with the official reports of chief of artillery, assistant engineers, etc. Illustrated by seventy-six plates and engraved views. (Published by authority)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888.

Contributor:

Gillmore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Charleston (S.C.)--History--1775-1865.

Charleston (S.C.).

Charleston (S.C.)--Fortifications, military installations., etc.

Fort Sumter (Charleston, S.C.).

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

Physical Description:

vi, [7]-354 p. : ill., plates (part folded, part col.) folded map, plans (part folded) (part folded) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : D. Van Nostrand, 1865.

Notes:

Includes Appendices A-I. App. F. Report of Captain Foxhall A. Parker, U.S.N.; App. G. Correspondence between General Beauregard and Major-General Gillmore; App. H. Correspondence between Rear-Admiral Dahlgren and General Gillmore, are not printed in the edition of 1868 (Professional paper, 16, Corps of engineers, U.S. Army).

Local Notes:

[No plates].