Capture 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.
- Date
- 1861
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Sneden, Robert Knox
- Place
- Mobile, Alabama, during the American Civil War
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 1,720 × 1,940 pixels
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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.
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Credit line
"Capture of Mobile, Alabama" (1861). Sneden, Robert Knox. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capture_of_Mobile,_Alabama_LOC_gvhs01.vhs00283.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 498.
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