Plan of Fort Jackson, Showing the effects of the Bombardment by the U.S. Mortar Flotilla and Gunboats, April 18th to 24th, 1862.

Subject

Fort Jackson; Civil War

Date

1862 Apr 18 - 24 (historical)

Mapmaker

Harris, J.S.; drawn by F. Hergesheimer; Bowen & Co., lithographers

Publisher

U. S. Coast Survey

Place of Publication

Philadelphia

Accession Number

1975.115.002.03

Condition

Good. Slighty worn along fold lines.

Curatorial Notes

Second copy, worse condition, located 1994.003.013. Formerly stored c5d1. Hudson's description includes, "Reduction of this fort did much to discourage construction of this type of bastian in military planning thereafter."

Market Value

1994 Murray Hudson Antiquarian Books and Maps: $125.00 (fair condition) for #1994.003.013.

Notes

Notes location of new graves. Detailed plan showing holes made by bombs, shot, parts that were burned. A description of the condition of the fort after the bombardment is contained in a brief note below the map title.

Size

10 1/2 x 16 7/8

Storage

c03d10