Collection Items
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Map[Map of northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia showing movement of Union troops under the command of Gen. Edward M. McCook]. Relief shown by hachures. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. "Traced from La Tourrette's state map of Alabama, 1856." Pen-in-ink on tracing cloth. Mounted on paper. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S15, 103 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1864-01-01
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MapPlan of the battle of August 5, 1864. [Mobile Bay] Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 106.4 From Harper's weekly, v. 8, Sept. 24, 1864. p. 613. Names of ships are keyed by number and letter to the left of the map. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1864-01-01
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MapChart showing the entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut into Mobile Bay. 5th of August 1864 Scale ca. 1:22,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 110 Detailed map showing five positions and the tracks of the vessels during the sea battle, obstructions, channels, banks, and shoals. Includes small views of the "Iron-clad Tennessee," Federal ship colliding with the Ram Tennessee, a vessel sailing past what appears to be Mobile Point, and a general view of the battle. Inset: [Diagram] showing...
- Contributor: Weir, Robert - Farragut, David Glasgow
- Date: 1864-01-01
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MapMap of the defences of the city of Mobile. [1862-64] Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 107 From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A. No. 10. Map of Mobile and environs, showing roads, "Mobile and Ohio Rail-Road," drainage, vegetation, hachures, and fortifications at Blakely and Spanish Fort and those built in 1862, 1863, and 1864 at Mobile. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library...
- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Date: 1866-01-01
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MapRebel defences, Mobile, Alabama, occupied by Union forces under Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby comdg. Scale ca. 1:18,200. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 108 From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A. No. 9. Map shows the three lines of fortifications constructed in 1862, 1863, and 1864, streets, "Mobile and Ohio Rail Road," vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Most of the streets are not named. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the...
- Contributor: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
- Date: 1866-01-01
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MapSelma, Al'a., and vicinity Shows fortifications. Relief shown by hachures. Printed on blue paper. Mounted on paper. In pencil in top right hand corner: 1864, 61. Pencil notes in right margin. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S17, 111 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes text.
- Contributor: Ruger, Edward
- Date: 1864-01-01
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MapSiege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby : captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9, 1865
Plan no. 8 Description derived from published bibliography. Detailed map showing entrenchments, number, type, and position of Federal guns, vegetation, drainage, roads, and relief by hachures. From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A. No. 8. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. LC Civil War Maps (2nd...- Contributor: Palfrey, J. C. - Allen, C. J. - McAlester, Miles D.
- Date: 1866-01-01
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MapSouthern Mississippi and Alabama : showing the approaches to Mobile Covers the area west to east, from Jackson, Miss. to Montgomery, Ala. and north to south, from Philadelphia, Miss./Centreville, Ala. to Gulf of Mexico. Transferred from the Allen family papers in LC Manuscript Division. Annotated in ink on verso: Itinerary, march to Montgomery April 12 (or 13) to April 25, 1865, 16th A.C. LC copy imperfect: water marks scattered in map and deteriorated along...
- Contributor: Fillmore, Millard - United States Coast Survey - Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas)
- Date: 1863-01-01
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Map[Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.] Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1861-01-01
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MapCapture of Mobile, Alabama A regional view of Mobile and environs, encompassing Mobile, Blakely, Spanish Fort, Alabama City, Williamsburg, Fort Morgan, Fort Gaines, and Fort Orwell. Also shows defenses of Mobile Bay, including use of torpedoes (mines), spikes, and sunken logs. The city of Mobile was abandoned by the Confederates on the night of April 11-20th, 1865.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1861-01-01
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MapMap showing entrance to Mobile Bay and course taken by Union fleet. Map shows Confederate fortifications (Forts Powell, Gaines, Morgan) and the location of Union fleet in Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. On August 5, Union Admiral Farragut attempted to lead several ships into Mobile Bay, past formidable Confederate forts and the ironclad C.S.S. Tennessee. Despite the sinking by a mine of the U.S.S. Tecumseh, the Union fleet passed through the channel and engaged...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1864-08-05
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MapRebel defences [sic] of Mobile shewing [sic] Union attack April 3rd-9th 1865 on Spanish Fort. Map shows route taken by Union Admiral Farragut in August 1864 as well as that in March 1865, when his fleet provided naval support to land forces under Frederick Steele and E.R.S. Camby. Camby captured Spanish Fort and Blakely, across the bay from Mobile, entering that city on April 18. This map pays attention to the Confederates use of spikes and torpedoes (naval mines)...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox