Maps of 1871 Battle Areas on Kanghwa Island

First map (Marine Corps Historical Center) is of the US 1871 line of march; second map shows the same positions today.
On the modern map, the distance from point 1 to point 2 is approximately 250 meters.

Please note that on the modern map, the area to the SW of Marine Redoubt (Choji)[point 1] is reclaimed land, where the mud flat used to be.

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Point 2a (Main Camp, as seen from Marine Camp)

Point 2b (Inside Main Camp [playground])

Point 3 On top of Marine Camp hill (tombs)

Point 3a Marine Camp, as seen from road

Point 3b Marine Camp, as seen from Main Camp

Point 4 Bridge to Reservoir

Point 8 Dukjin Fortress (Ft. Monocacy)

Point 9

Point 12b 'Big Mama Mountain' (Daemosan), where Korean forces fired on Americans along the line of march

Point 15 First artillery position

Point 17 Second artillery position

Point 19 West hill where Amercian forces made final charge from (hard to see with trees and shrubbery)

Point 20 Valley between west hill and citadel

Chestnut grove on hill just below citadel

Looking up to citadel from trail next to chestnut grove

Annotations and original photos Copyright © 2001 Thomas Duvernay

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