[Map of the defeat of the Confederate ship Alabama by the U.S. steamer Kearsarge on June 19, 1864, off Cherbourg, France]
United States.
Navy.
cartographic
map
pau
1864
monographic
Philada
Lith. of Bowen & Co.
[1864]
eng
1 map, 42 x 2. cm.
From. Report on the Secretary of the Navy, with an appendix, containing reports from officers. December, 1864). opp. p. 630.
Map shows the "Position of the Kearsarge when she received the first broadside of the enemy," the general direction of the ships during the battle, and the position of the Alabama, when it sank in 45 fathoms of water. Map accompanies "Captain [John A.] Winslow's detailed report of the action" dated July 30, 1864.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Scale ca. 1:41,000.
Alabama (Screw sloop)
Kearsarge (Sloop)
Naval battles
France
Atlantic Coast
History
19th century
Maps
United States
History
Civil War, 1861-1865
Naval operations, Confederate
France
Cherbourg
G5831.S56 1864 U3
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5831s.cw0703000
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