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Map showing the Port Royal Railroad and its connections

Map of the southeastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network. In 1871 the line was in progress of completion. One of Colton's typical maps published for an individual railroad company to promote industry and settlement in rich mining or agricultural areas. (Entry 533)

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The state of South Carolina : At a convention of the people ... an ordinance to dissolve the union between the state of South Carolina and other states united with her under the compact entitled, "The Constitution of the United States of America."

Facsimile lithograph of original 1860 ms. document with caption insert: "This scroll of 'treason' was found in the house of Dr. Lamb, Secretary of State." LC copy has ink annotation: Presented by W. D. Babbett, Chicago. LAC nsk 2021-08-04 create (1 card)

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Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864.

Devaux Neck is a peninsula formed by the Tulfinney and Coosawatchie rivers as they branch off the Broad River. The peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. This map, in closer detail than the one on p. 196, shows the skirmish between Confederate forces protecting the railroad and Union forces (the 127th New York Regiment under Gen. E. E. Potter) hoping to secure it.

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Map of Devaux Neck on Broad River, South Carolina.

Devaux Neck is formed by the Tulfinny River and Coosawatchie River as they branch off the Broad River. The Peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Map shows rebel forces protecting the railroad while Union forces, the 127th NY under Gen. Edward E. Potter, advance up the peninsula.

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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In three parts. Part III

Francis Preston Blair, Jr., U.S. Representative, Missouri. General Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army. General Benjamin F. Butler, U.S. Army. General Irvin McDonald, U.S. Army. General James B. Ricketts, U.S. Army. General John C. Fremont, U.S. Army. General Lewis Wallace, U.S. Army. General T.W. Sherman, U.S. Army. Index to Part III follows p. 656. List of documents relating to trade in military districts, p. 559. Notable witnesses include: Testimony on miscellaneous subjects relating to the war, p. 280. William A. Hammond, U.S. Surgeon General. William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island.

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