Port Hudson and its defences
Subject
Port Hudson, Civil War, James de Baun
Date
1863 c.
Mapmaker
de Baun, James
Place of Publication
unidentified
Accession Number
12797.008
Condition
Good; was conserved 1995; several areas of loss: center, two to the left of center, one center lower right quadrangle, several small losses throughout, along left and bottom center margin.
Curatorial Notes
Fragile hand-drawn map
Exhibition History
Reproduction on exhibit in Cabildo, 1995.
Notes
Right margin notes, "Given To (Or Drawn for) Miss Kate Tyler;" left margin notes, "Florence L. Smith, her daughter - H. Tyler Smith, her son." Booth's Records of Louisiana soldiers notes that de Baun, a major in Wingfield's Louisiana Cavalry, was captured at Port Hudson Jul 9, 1863, sent to New Orleans on the steamer Zephyr, Jul 13, 1863, was imprisoned in New York, Ohio, Maryland; then paroled until exchanged Mar 15, 1864; was on the Register of Prisoners of War paroled May 15, 1865. Age 42 years, resident of New Orleans, La.
Media Type
manuscript
Size
5 7/8 x 7 15/16
Storage
c03d05