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

Old map of Fort Jackson Region, Louisiana, Mississippi River, United States.

Created by A. D. (Alexander Dallas) Bache, Bowen & Co, F. H. Gerdes, Joseph R. (Joseph Roswell) Hawley, United States Coast Survey in 1862.

• At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. Prof. A. D. Bache, Supt.
• 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."
• Civil War Map

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