1872 Birdseye View of Charleston Charles Town It was completed under the

It was completed under the direction of Professor Alexander Dallas Bache

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After the Civil war

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1872 Birdseye View of Charleston Charles Town It was completed under theThis 1872 Birdseye View map of Charleston shows a city much changed from its pre war vitality. In 1865, at the end of the Civil War, Charleston was a city in ruins. It had vacant buildings and damaged homes, wharves that were decayed and rotten, deserted warehouses, overgrown gardens, a high number of orphans and widows, poverty, and little cultural identity. The Civil War had taken its toll on South Carolina, particularly Charleston. South Carolinas