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Map Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N.

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Title

  • Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N.

Names

  • United States Coast Survey.
  • Gerdes, F. H.
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867.
  • Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell), 1826-1905.
  • Bowen & Co.

Created / Published

  • [1862?]

Headings

  • -  Fort Jackson Region (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Mississippi River--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Louisiana--Fort Jackson Region
  • -  United States--Mississippi River

Notes

  • -  At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. Prof. A. D. Bache, Supt.
  • -  Stamped in lower right corner: From collection of David Dixon Porter.
  • -  Pen and ink manuscript drawn on tracing cloth, covering the environs of forts St. Philip and Jackson, Louisiana.
  • -  "Note: The forts and their immediate vicinity were taken from data furnished by Major Barnard, U.S.E., excepting the trigonometrical determinations of the forts and the hulks. This chart to be returned to Capt. D. D. Porter, U.S.N., after its use in the river ceases."
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 235

Medium

  • 1 map ; 107 x 47 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4014.F6S5 1862 .G4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99446367

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States Coast Survey, F. H Gerdes, A. D Bache, Joseph R Hawley, and Bowen & Co. Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip: made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. [?, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99446367/.

APA citation style:

United States Coast Survey, Gerdes, F. H., Bache, A. D., Hawley, J. R. & Bowen & Co. (1862) Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip: made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99446367/.

MLA citation style:

United States Coast Survey, et al. Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip: made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. [?, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99446367/>.