Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
Title: | Map of the siege of Jackson, Miss. by U.S. forces under command of Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, 9th to 17th July, 1863. |
Author: | Comstock, C. B. |
Scale: | ca. 1 inch ti 1,320 feet |
Situation Date: | 1863 |
Publication Date: | 1891-1895 |
Type: | Original |
Features: | Relief, drainage, wooded areas, swamps, Jackson street pattern with the names of structures, some structures in outlying area-"Deaf and Dumb (and) Insane asylums", fences, railroads, roads, paths, bridges, Confederate and Union fortifications, Union troop positions, names of commanders, Union field headquarters. |
Comments: | Author Note: "Surveyed by Lt. P.C. Hains, Lt. W.R. McComas and Capt. W.L.B. Jenney; drawn by H.A. Ulffers, Asst Engr. Sept, 1863" Publication Note: Illustrated as Plate 37, No. 5 in Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Type Note: Manuscript version located in the National Archives and Records Service. |
Coverage: | Hinds County |
Repository: | David Rumsey Map Collection | National Archives and Records Administration, Cartographic and Architectural Records |
Language: | English |
Publisher: | Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office |
Size (inches): | 22 X 19 |
Color: | Y |
Link: | http://www.davidrumsey.com/detail?id=1-1-26105-1100165&name= Vicksburg,+Jackson,+Big+Black+River+bridge. |