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The Naval attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans

The Naval attack on Forts Jackson and St. Philip, New Orleans

Night scene illuminated by gun flashes from Federal gunboats on Mississippi River. Apr. 1862. Photo "copied from a painting belonging to Adm. Porter". This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. /

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Ph...

At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey. Prof. A. D. Bache, Supt. Stamped in lower right corner: From collection of David Dixon Porter. Pen and ink manuscript drawn on tracing cloth, covering the environs of forts ... More

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Philip : made previous to the reduction by the U.S. Fleet, under the command of flag officer D.G. Farragut, U.S.N. /

Reconnoissance of the Mississippi River below Forts Jackson and St. Ph...

Includes note describing positions of Union "mortar flotilla" on April 18-21, 1862. Annotated in pencil on verso: Forts of Jackson/St. Philip, [1863?]. "The Forts from data furnished by the Chief Engineer, U.S.... More