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Includes note describing positions of Union "mortar flotilla" on April 18-21, 1862. Annotated in pencil on verso: Forts of Jackson/St. Philip, 1863?. "The Forts from data furnished by the Chief Engine
1862 map detail
- Date
- 1862
- Mapmaker / publisher
- United States Coast Survey; Gerdes, F. H.; Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas); Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell); Bowen & Co
- Place
- Louisiana
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 1,232 × 981 pixels
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"Includes note describing positions of Union "mortar flotilla" on April 18-21, 1862. Annotated in pencil on verso: Forts of Jackson/St. Philip, 1863?. "The Forts from data furnished by the Chief Engine" (1862). United States Coast Survey; Gerdes, F. H.; Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas); Hawley, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell); Bowen & Co. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1862_map_detail,_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._LOC_86691337_(cropped).jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 6244.
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