Texas State Archives Map Collection



Fort Esperanza
Date: 1863
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: Reed, Enos, Company K, 34th Iowa
Scale: none given
Size: 25 cm x 39 cm
Type of Map: plan
Format: photostat, white on black
Language: English
AC Number: 00014a
Photo Media: -- None Listed --
File Size: 13.24 MB

Fort Esperanza Image:

Description:
Shows the position of the fort on Matagorda Bay, the camping positions of the Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Thirteenth Army Corps; Fifteenth Maine, Thirteenth Maine, and Thirty-fourth Iowa. Notes are given on positions during the engagement and the dimensions of the fort walls and defenses. There are drawings of ships in the harbor. Photostat. 3/16/82
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