Plan of the siege of Charlestown in South Carolina

Containers:

Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section 4

Creator:

Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833

Extent:

1 Sheets

Scope and content:

The plan displayed here depicts the Siege of Charleston, S.C., conducted by the British forces in early 1780. In February 1780, British General Henry Clinton's army arrived thirty miles south of Charleston, and began their assault on the city, which was protected by an American force commanded by Gen. Benjamin Lincoln. The British took control of the sea, and effectively cut the American off from any support. This plan was produced for Tarleton's memoir "A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America." The plan was produced on very heavy laid paper, and does not present any folds or pagination. This plan may be a pre-publication proof or a presentation copy.

Language:

English .

Custodial history:

Client reference #66; WAG #289226; IL# 2020-IL-001-179

Boston Rare Maps, 30 May 2008.

Material specific details:

Scale [ca. 1:40,000]. Oriented with north to the upper left. Relief shown by hachures. Map published separately but identical to that appearing opposite p. 32 in Tarleton's History of the campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the southern provinces of North America. Map appearing in Tarleton described in Phillips. List of maps of America in the Library of Congress, p. 223 and in Nebenzahl, K. Bibliography of printed battle plans of the American Revolution 1775-1795, 83.

Physical description:

Some light foxing at edges. Wide margins.

Physical facet:

1 map : hand colored

Dimensions:

26 x 30 cm on sheet 37 x 54 cm

Other descriptive data:

London : [Publisher not identified], 1787

Subjects:

Maps (documents)

Names:

Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833

Places:

Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Siege, 1780
Charleston (S.C.)

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