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Map of the siege of Charlestown, sheet 1

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Map of the siege of Charlestown, sheet 1

Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet des

Title Leupe: A Sketch of the Operations before Charlestown, the Capital of South-Caroline.

This is one sheet of a map portraying the siege of Charlestown, South Carolina. The position of troops, vessels and fortifications are indicated and an elaborate key is provided at the bottom of the map explaining all the operations. An insert map is provided next to the key to assist the reader in tracing the locations of the events.

Scale-bar of 2 Statute miles = 270 ‘strepen’ (1:11,800).

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