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Map Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, also the operations of the U.S. forces under General John Pope against these positions

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Title

  • Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, also the operations of the U.S. forces under General John Pope against these positions

Names

  • Hoelcke, Wm.

Created / Published

  • Phila., Bowen & Co. lith., [1862]

Headings

  • -  Mississippi River--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Mississippi River

Notes

  • -  Scale 1:84,480 ("3/4 of an inch = one mile").
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 299.8
  • -  From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Supplemental report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Supplemental to Senate report no. 142, 38th Congress, 2d session (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866). v. 2, fol. p. 56.
  • -  Accompanies "Report of Major General John Pope, to the hon. Committee on the Conduct of the War." 217 p.
  • -  "No 1." is in the upper margin.
  • -  Shows Union troop positions, Confederate camp, batteries, location and type of Union boats, houses and names of residents, roads, towns, drainage, and vegetation.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • 1 map, 51 x 44 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4042.M5 1862 .H6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447443

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Hoelcke, Wm. Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, also the operations of the U.S. forces under General John Pope against these positions. [Phila., Bowen & Co. lith, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447443/.

APA citation style:

Hoelcke, W. (1862) Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, also the operations of the U.S. forces under General John Pope against these positions. [Phila., Bowen & Co. lith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447443/.

MLA citation style:

Hoelcke, Wm. Map showing the system of rebel fortifications on the Mississippi River at Island no. 10 and New Madrid, also the operations of the U.S. forces under General John Pope against these positions. [Phila., Bowen & Co. lith, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447443/>.