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Map of Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee, showing the Confederate assault of Nov. 29, 1863
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Map of Fort Sanders, Knoxville, Tennessee, showing the Confederate assault of Nov. 29, 1863
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File Name
shades_loc_0004a
Creator
Orth
,
John
G
.
Title
Map
of
Fort
Sanders
,
Knoxville
,
Tennessee
,
showing
the
Confederate
assault
of
Nov
.
29
,
1863
Date
circa
1863
Genre
Maps
Material/Technique
ink and pencil on paper
Description
This
hand-drawn
map
shows
the
plan
of
Fort
Sanders
from an
aerial
perspective
.
It
is
labeled
with
directional
information
,
shows
railroad
tracks
, and has
symbols
that
appear
to
represent
cannons
drawn
in
red
ink
.
Written
on
verso
in
lead
pencil
:
Drawn
by
John
G
.
Orth
(Arcadia
,
Ohio)
.
Went
with
Army
8/22/1862
for
3
yrs
.
Mustered
out
with
Company
6/24/1865
.
Historical note
Fort
Sanders
,
which
sat
atop
a
fortified
hill
just
north
of the
Kingston
Pike
in
Knoxville
,
Tennessee
, was
built
by
U.S
.
Army
troops
under
the
direction
of
West
Point-trained
engineer
Orlando
M
.
Poe
.
Originally
named
Fort
Loudon
,
Poe
suggested
changing
the
name
to
honor
his
friend
Brigadier
General
William
Sanders
who
was
killed
Nov
.
19
,
1863
,
ten
days
before
Confederate
soldiers
were
soundly
defeated
trying
to
regain
control
of
Knoxville
.
Subject
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Battlefields--Tennessee--Knoxville
;
Fort
Sanders
(Knoxville
,
Tenn.)--Maps
,
Manuscript
;
Poe
,
O
.
M.--(Orlando
Metcalfe),--1832-1895
;
Forts
&
fortifications
;
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Pictorial
works
Theme
Visualizing the War
Story
Orlando Poe
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Knoxville
Time period
1860-1869
Language
eng
Identifier
g3964k
cw0426400r
Credit line
Library of Congress, Maps Division, Gift; Gene M. Crawford; Mar. 31, 1964.
Contributing Institution
Library of Congress
Archival file
shades12/shades_loc_0004a.jpg
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