Siege of Charleston -General View of the Bombardment of Battery Gregg and Fort Wagner

Ref No.: (Becker)CW-WC-SC-9/5/63
Artist: Crane, W. T.
Date: September 5, 1863.
Medium: graphite and ink wash on wove paper ;
Original Size: 6.75 x 19.5 in.
Transcribed Text:

• Recto: [purple ink]"References, (rebel) (A) 'Battery Hascall.' (B) Fort Johnson (C) 'Battery Simkins' (D) Fort Sumter (E) 'Battery Gregg' (F) Battery Bee' (G). 'Fort Moultrie' (H) Moultrie House (M) Fort Wagner. (P) City of Charleston // The Siege of Charleston. General View of the Bombardment of Battery Gregg and Fort Wagner commencing on Sept. 5th [black ink] and causing the evacuation of both works on the morning of the 7th // [red ink] sketched from the observatory on 'Craigs Hill'. // References, (union- (I) Frigate 'New Ironsides' (J) Monitors - (K) Union Batterys (on the right) (L) 'Beacon House'. left and center // (O) causeway over the marsh. // [black ink] See N.Y. Herald for Particulars."
• Verso: no text.

Condition: Vertical and horizontal folds; two sheets glued together; dog ear at upper left.
Location: Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, United States