Map Plan of Fort Donelson and its outworks

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About this Item

Title

  • Plan of Fort Donelson and its outworks

Names

  • McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864.
  • Janney, Lieut.
  • Kossak, William.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Bell Bros., [1875?]

Headings

  • -  Fort Donelson (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  United States--Tennessee--Fort Donelson

Notes

  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Oriented with north toward the upper right.
  • -  Shows topography by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, houses, fences, a plan of Dover, fallen timber, "enemy's" tents and log huts, water batteries, entrenchments, Grant's headquarters, and the location of the divisions of General Smith, General Wallace, and General McClernand. A profile of the fort, another profile of the rifle pits, and one of the water battery appear on the left side of the map.
  • -  Similar to no. 409, LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.).
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
  • -  May 1969, source unknown; Oct 2003, Map Cataloging Team.

Medium

  • 1 map : col., mounted on paper ; 51 x 44 cm. on sheet 59 x 51 cm.

Repository

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

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Online Format

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

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Chicago citation style:

Mcpherson, James Birdseye, Lieut Janney, William Kossak, and United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. Plan of Fort Donelson and its outworks. [Washington, D.C.: Bell Bros., ?, 1875] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000163/.

APA citation style:

McPherson, J. B., Janney, L., Kossak, W. & United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. (1875) Plan of Fort Donelson and its outworks. [Washington, D.C.: Bell Bros., ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000163/.

MLA citation style:

Mcpherson, James Birdseye, et al. Plan of Fort Donelson and its outworks. [Washington, D.C.: Bell Bros., ?, 1875] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lva0000163/>.