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Rebel batteries firing on the 'Star of the West' off Charleston Harbour, January 9th 1861,...

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Rebel batteries firing on the 'Star of the West' off Charleston Harbour, January 9th 1861, from the Robert Knox Sneden Diary, 1861-65 (litho)

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Robert Knox Sneden (1832-1918) was a map-maker for the Union Army during the American Civil War; his seven volume diary concerns his service in the 40th New York Infantry Division and as a topographical engineer in the III Corps, Army of the Potomac; the 'Star of the West' was sent to reinforce Union forces at Fort Sumter; Confederate batteries on nearby Morris Island kept the ship from reaching its goal;

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