Texas State Archives Map Collection



Powder Vessel Exploded off Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Sheet Number 1
Date: 1864
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1891-1895.
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: none given
Size: 11 cm x 31 cm
Type of Map: military
Format: color, engraved, lithographed, printed
Language: English
AC Number: 03554
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

Powder Vessel Exploded off Fort Fisher, North Carolina, Sheet Number 1 Image:
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Description:
Plan of the vessel, showing rooms, cabins, the fire box, the hold, and cargo. Inset: Enlarged plan of Fuse Room, and of various sections. This map accompanies the report of Major Thomas L. Casey, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. This map and report are 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 LXVII. 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. 10/29/84

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