Map Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby : captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9, 1865

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About this Item

Title

  • Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby : captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9, 1865

Other Title

  • Plan no. 8

Names

  • McAlester, Miles D.
  • Allen, C. J., Capt.
  • Palfrey, J. C.

Created / Published

  • Philada. : Bowen & Co. lith., [1866]

Headings

  • -  Mobile Bay Fort (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Spanish Fort (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Alabama--Mobile Bay
  • -  United States--Alabama--Spanish Fort

Notes

  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Detailed map showing entrenchments, number, type, and position of Federal guns, vegetation, drainage, roads, and relief by hachures.
  • -  From 39th Cong., 1st Sess. [1866]-Report of the Chief Engineer, U.S.A. No. 8.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 112
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
  • -  May 1969, source unknown; Oct 2003, Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  Civil War project no.: lva00156.
  • -  Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, Aug. 2003.
  • -  Digital image available: 15.5 x 20 in.
  • -  Map accession no. 896 (1913).
  • -  Previously filed as: 761 M6 1861-1865 1865.

Medium

  • 1 map : col., mounted on paper ; 31 x 43 cm. on sheet 40 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3974.S65S5 1866 .M3

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mcalester, Miles D, C. J Allen, and J. C Palfrey. Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby: captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9. [Philada.: Bowen & Co. lith, 1866] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000156/.

APA citation style:

McAlester, M. D., Allen, C. J. & Palfrey, J. C. (1866) Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby: captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9. [Philada.: Bowen & Co. lith] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000156/.

MLA citation style:

Mcalester, Miles D, C. J Allen, and J. C Palfrey. Siege operations at Spanish Fort, Mobile Bay, by the U.S. forces under Maj. Gen. Canby: captured by the Army of West Miss. on the night of April 8 & 9. [Philada.: Bowen & Co. lith, 1866] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lva0000156/>.