Texas State Archives Map Collection
Coast of Texas and Its Defenses
| Date: | 1864 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1891-1895. |
| Cartographer: |
Helferich, P., Assistant Engineer, 1864 |
| Scale: | 1 3/8 inch = 24 miles |
| Size: | 20 cm x 55 cm |
| Type of Map: | military |
| Format: | color, engraved, lithographed, printed |
| Language: | English |
| AC Number: | 03538 |
| Photo Media: | -- None Listed -- |
Coast of Texas and Its Defenses Image:
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Description:
Shows the Gulf, bays, rivers, creeks, towns, roads, railroads, and Confederate forts and defenses. Insets: 1) Galveston Island, 2) [Outline sketches of forts along Texas Coast].
This map is part of the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, compiled by Captain Calvin D. Cowles, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891-1895, plate LXV. Title page, table of contents, and index to maps in the atlas are filed under map #3209. A reprint of this atlas can be found in the Archive's Texana book collection.
10/24/84
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