Map of Fort Jackson, Louisiana, showing the effects of indirect mortar fire by mortar boats positioned by Coast Surveyors working with Captain David Dixon Porter. This map was printed as a commemorative copy on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the formation of the Survey of the Coast.

Image ID: libr0318, Treasures of the NOAA Library Collection
Photographer: Archival Photograph by Mr. Steve Nicklas, NOS, NGS


Category: Treasure/Cartography/Civil War/

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