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Map no. 16, Battlefield of Fort Bisland

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5365410


Item data

Title

Map no. 16, Battlefield of Fort Bisland

Collection

Maps of North America
Countries
United States (except New York)
The Daniel Butterfield Collection of Civil War Maps

Names

Jekyll, Thomas (Cartographer)
D'Avignon, Francis, 1813- (Draftsman)
Brown & Ogilvie (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1863
Place: New Orleans, La.?

Library Location

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 15-424

Subjects

Fortification -- Louisiana -- Fort Bisland (La.)
Fort Bisland (La.)
Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865

Genres

Maps

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: Surveyed and drawn by T. Jekyll, April 1863 ; F. D'Avignon, delt.
Statement Of Responsibility: Photographed by Brown & Ogilvie.
Content: Includes 2 ancillary plans of fortifications, at scale of 60 feet to 1 inch, also showing vertical sections.
Content: Scale approximately 1:21,000 (W 91°21ʹ04ʺ/N 29°42ʹ36ʺ)
Acquisition: Gift; Mrs. Daniel Butterfield; 1903-1904
Funding: Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 map : photocopy ; 31 x 42 cm

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 908960033
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20621245
Other local Identifier: General Daniel Butterfield Collection. 24
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 80d0d970-dd4d-0132-de35-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Cartographic

Date Issued

1863

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MLA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map no. 16, Battlefield of Fort Bisland" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80d0d970-dd4d-0132-de35-58d385a7b928

APA format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1863). Map no. 16, Battlefield of Fort Bisland Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80d0d970-dd4d-0132-de35-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map no. 16, Battlefield of Fort Bisland" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80d0d970-dd4d-0132-de35-58d385a7b928

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