Inventory of Historic Maps of Mississippi,
created 2007-2017,
by Paul Davis
| Title: | Approaches to Grand Gulf from a Topographical & Hydrographical survey by F.H. Gerdes, Assistant, assigned by A.D. Bache Supdt. U.S. Coast Survey to act under orders of Rear Admiral D.D. Porter U.S. Navy Commanding Mississippi Squadron. |
| Author: | Gerdes, F. H. |
| Scale: | ca. 1 inch to 833 feet |
| Situation Date: | 1864 |
| Type: | Original |
| Features: | Relief, drainage,wooded areas, swamp, Grand Gulf streets, "plantation of "Col. Coffee," structures, orchards, fields, railroads, paths, Confederate positions, forts-"Ft. Cobun," "Ft. Wade,. |
| Comments: | Features Note: "Col. Coffee Plantation", "Ft. Coburn", "Ft. Wade" and "Magazine" are noted. Publisher note: Stamped: "USC&G (US Coast and Geodetic) Survey, Library and Archives No. 567," on a preliminary work copy. This copy is a photo copy and is annotated in pencil and ink illustrating more extensive fortifications at Fort Wade. Mississippi Archives item is a printed copy produced by Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962. "Plate 11" Another U.S. Coast Survey version can be viewed at: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/Coastal%20Survey%20Maps/mississippi.htm |
| Coverage: | Claiborne County |
| Repository: | Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division | Mississippi Department of Archives and History |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | US Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Size (inches): | 22 x 15 |
| Link: | http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4042m.cw0270000 |