2005-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2005
“A Plan of Charles Town the Capital of South Carolina, with the Harbor, Islands, and Forts; the Attack On Fort Sulivan (sic) by His Majesty’s Ships under Sir Peter Parker in 1776; the Position of the Land Forces under General Clinton and the Rebel Camp and Internchments exactly delineated.” This period (c1777) map is 13” x 8,” fine, withdrawn from publication. The British ship Thunder opened the attack on Charleston with a barrage of ten-inch mortars at 11 a.m. on June 28, 1776. The shelling continued as eight British gun boats advanced toward the American forces at Fort Moultrie. Within the hour more than 100 enemy pieces converged on the Fort. Despite the concentrated British forces, the rebels successfully resisted the attack. By 11 o'clock that night the British ships, battered and severely bruised during the day-long battle, admitted defeat and slipped their cables, drifting away with the tide.
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