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Map no. 12, Port Hudson and vicinity

Title
Map no. 12, Port Hudson and vicinity / prepared by order of Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks ; Major D.C. Houston, chief engineer, Sept. 1863 , surveyed by J.G. Oltmanns, asst. c.s. [and 5 others] ; delineated by F. D'Avignon [and 1 other].
Author
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894.
Publication
  • [New Orleans, La.?] : Department of the Gulf, [1863]
  • [New Orleans, La.?] : Photographed by Jacobs, Brown & Ogilvie, [1863]

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CartographicSupervised use Map Div. 15-425Schwarzman Building M1A - Map Division Room 117

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Additional Authors
  • Houston, D. C. (David Crawford), 1835-1893.
  • Oltmanns, J. G., 1829-1870
  • D'Avignon, Francis, 1813-
  • United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865), issuing body.
  • General Daniel Butterfield Collection. 25
Description
1 map : photocopy; 44 x 31 cm
Alternative Title
  • Port Hudson and vicinity
  • Department of the Gulf, map no. 12, Port Hudson and vicinity
  • Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Maps.
Note
  • Shows positions of Union and Confederate batteries in red and blue; indicates number and type of guns.
  • Relief shown by hachures.
  • At head of title: Department of the Gulf.
  • Includes index to Union batteries, with names of commanders.
  • Fortifications numbered with roman numerals may be keyed to fortifications shown in profile and numbered with roman numerals on Profiles of enemy's works, Port Hudson.
Source (note)
  • Mrs. Daniel Butterfield;
Call Number
Map Div. 15-425
OCLC
908960073
Author
Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894.
Title
Map no. 12, Port Hudson and vicinity / prepared by order of Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks ; Major D.C. Houston, chief engineer, Sept. 1863 , surveyed by J.G. Oltmanns, asst. c.s. [and 5 others] ; delineated by F. D'Avignon [and 1 other].
Publisher
[New Orleans, La.?] : Department of the Gulf, [1863]
Manufacturer
[New Orleans, La.?] : Photographed by Jacobs, Brown & Ogilvie, [1863]
Cartographic Data
Scale approximately 1:15,750 (W 91°24ʹ00ʺ--W 91°18ʹ10ʺ/N 30°47ʹ30ʺ--N 30°41ʹ20ʺ).
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Local Note
NYPL Map Div. copy hand colored.
Source
Gift; Mrs. Daniel Butterfield; 1903-1904
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Chronological Term
1861 - 1865
Place of Publication
United States Louisiana New Orleans
Added Author
Houston, D. C. (David Crawford), 1835-1893.
Oltmanns, J. G., 1829-1870, surveyor.
D'Avignon, Francis, 1813- draftsman.
United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865), issuing body.
General Daniel Butterfield Collection. 25
Research Call Number
Map Div. 15-425
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