1872 Birdseye View of Charleston Charles Town as well as a mapmaker

as well as a mapmaker for the Union Army

The descendants of the Drayton still own the property today

and can be purchased as either an 8x10 or 11x14 print

This image is enhanced with a painting of a crab

1872 Birdseye View of Charleston Charles Town as well as a mapmakerThis 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