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First Attack upon Fort Fisher, by the U.S. Navy under Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, Dec. 24 and 25, 1864. Showing the Position of Vessels and Line of Fire.

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Repository	State Archives of North Carolina
Title	First Attack upon Fort Fisher, by the U.S. Navy under Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, Dec. 24 and 25, 1864. Showing the Position of Vessels and Line of Fire.
Date Published	1865
Date Depicted	1864
Creator - Organization	United States. Navy.
Place of Publication	Philadelphia
Publisher	Bowen & Co.
Caption	Upper left margin: "39th Cong. 1st Sess. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy." Lower right margin: "Bowen & Co. lith. Philada."
Abstract	Print, mounted. An outline of the fortifications is shown along with the area immediately surrounding Fort Fisher. Individual vessels of the U. S. Navy, commanded by David Dixon Porter (1813-1891), are named; and their positions in the battle formation are shown. Solid lines on the map indicate the line of fire from each vessel to the fort. Broken lines indicate the radius of 1/2 mile, 3/4 mile, 1 mile, and 1 14/ miles distances from the fort. Depths shown by soundings.
Related Item	Published in and extracted from: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, 39th Congress, 1st Session, 1865-1866.
OCLC	47909343
Related Maps	MC.175.1865ba
Map Type	Military
Details	Battles Forts Soundings
Subject - Geographic	Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- Capture 1865 -- Maps. Fort Fisher (N.C. : Fort) -- Siege, 1864-1865 -- Maps. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns -- Maps. Fort Fisher (N.C.) -- Maps.
Subject (tgm)	Forts & fortifications Vessels
Places Depicted	Fort Fisher (N.C.)
West Longitude	-77.928257
East Longitude	-77.897701
North Latitude	34.025120
South Latitude	33.919774
Scale	1:10,560
Size	47.6 x 44.2 cm.
Medium	Paper
Format	Maps
Language	English
Digital Collection	North Carolina Maps
Institution	North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Sponsor	North Carolina Maps is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.;
Call Number	MC.175.1865b;MARS Id 3.14.11
Copyright	This item is presented courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina, for research and educational purposes. Prior permission from the State Archives is required for any commercial use.
Type	Image

First Attack upon Fort Fisher, by the U.S. Navy under Rear Admiral D.D. Porter, Dec. 24 and 25, 1864. Showing the Position of Vessels and Line of Fire.

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