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Map Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farragut's attack 24 April 1862.

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Title

  • Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farragut's attack 24 April 1862.

Summary

  • Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who captured the strategic port of New Orleans, thereby providing the Federal army access to the Mississippi River.

Names

  • Sneden, Robert Knox, 1832-1918.

Created / Published

  • [S.l., 1862-1865]

Headings

  • -  Farragut, David Glasgow,--1801-1870
  • -  Fort Jackson (La.)--History--Siege, 1862--Maps
  • -  Louisiana--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  New Orleans (La.)--History--Capture, 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations
  • -  United States--Louisiana--Fort Jackson Region
  • -  United States--Louisiana--New Orleans

Notes

  • -  Color coding indicates the location of Union and Confederate fortifications.
  • -  NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this diary image.
  • -  This item is from the collections of the Virginia Historical Society; please contact the institution for more information.
  • -  In the Robert Knox Sneden Diary (Mss5:1 Sn237:1 v. 6, p. 528).
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink and watercolor ; 15 x 11 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farragut's attack 24 April. [S.l., to 1865, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00197/.

APA citation style:

Sneden, R. K. (1862) Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farragut's attack 24 April. [S.l., to 1865] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00197/.

MLA citation style:

Sneden, Robert Knox. Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farragut's attack 24 April. [S.l., to 1865, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00197/>.