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Plan and sections of Fort Fisher, carried by assault by the U.S. forces, Maj. Gen. A.H. Terry commanding, Jan. 15th, 1865

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"Head Qurtrs., U.S. forces, Fort Fisher, Jan. 27th, 1865, forwarded to Engineer Dept. with letter of this date, C.B. Comstock, Lt. Col., A.D.C. & Brvt. Brig. Gen. & &."

Detailed plan of the fort showing the position, type, and size of guns, riffle pits, and electric wires leading to a "line of torpedoes."

Includes 3 cross sections; scale 64 ft. to 1 in.

Relief shown by hachures.

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.) 310

Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

c. 1-3 April 2004, Map Cataloging Team.

Civil War project no.: lva00200.

Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2004.

Copy 1 map accession no. 5271; copy 2 map accession no. 5272 (33 x 49 cm.); copy 3 map accession no. 5273 (30 x 41 cm.).

Digital image available: 14 x 19.25 in.

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01/01/1865
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