City plan · [1864-1865]

Sneden’s Charleston, 1864

Charleston S.C., A.D. 1864

Held by Virginia Historical Society. The Library of Congress serves the image; the sheet itself belongs to another institution, and permission to reproduce it comes from them.

A plan of the city itself in the fourth year of the war, with the Confederate works picked out in color — the city under bombardment, drawn as a soldier on the other side understood it.

Owned by the Virginia Historical Society. The Library of Congress serves the image and says plainly that researchers are served a color photocopy; permission comes from Richmond.

What is on the sheet

  • the city
  • Confederate fortifications, color-coded

The catalog’s own notes

Color coding indicates the location of Confederate fortifications.

Places

King Street Meeting Street

The record

Title, as catalogedCharleston S.C., A.D. 1864
Title used hereSneden’s Charleston, 1864
MakerRobert Knox Sneden (1832–1918)
Date, as cataloged[1864-1865]
KindCity plan
Medium1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor
Dimensions39 x 24 cm
CollectionRobert Knox Sneden Scrapbook (Mss5:7 Sn237:1 p. 487)
Image served byLibrary of Congress
Held byVirginia Historical Society
RightsPermission required
Rights statement, verbatimThis item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this image.
Credit lineVirginia Historical Society, Robert Knox Sneden Scrapbook
Catalog recordhttps://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00284/
Last verified2026-08-30

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