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Map Chart showing the entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut into Mobile Bay. 5th of August 1864

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Title

  • Chart showing the entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut into Mobile Bay. 5th of August 1864

Names

  • Weir, Robert, 1836-1905.
  • Farragut, David Glasgow, 1801-1870.

Created / Published

  • N.Y. Lith. by Hatch & Co. 1864

Headings

  • -  Mobile Bay Region (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Alabama--Mobile Bay Region

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:22,500.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 110
  • -  Detailed map showing five positions and the tracks of the vessels during the sea battle, obstructions, channels, banks, and shoals.
  • -  Includes small views of the "Iron-clad Tennessee," Federal ship colliding with the Ram Tennessee, a vessel sailing past what appears to be Mobile Point, and a general view of the battle.
  • -  Inset: [Diagram] showing points of collision of different vessels upon the Ram [Tennessee]. 19 x 15 cm.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.

Medium

  • 1 map col. 87 x 60 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3972.M6S5 1864 .W4

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447257

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Weir, Robert, and David Glasgow Farragut. Chart showing the entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut into Mobile Bay. 5th of August. N.Y. Lith. by Hatch & Co, 1864. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99447257/.

APA citation style:

Weir, R. & Farragut, D. G. (1864) Chart showing the entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut into Mobile Bay. 5th of August. N.Y. Lith. by Hatch & Co. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/99447257/.

MLA citation style:

Weir, Robert, and David Glasgow Farragut. Chart showing the entrance of Rear Admiral Farragut into Mobile Bay. 5th of August. N.Y. Lith. by Hatch & Co, 1864. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/99447257/>.