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Route of the late expedtion [sic] commanded by Act'g. Rear Admiral D. D. Porter U.S.N. attempting to get into the Yazoo River by the way of Steels Bayou and Deer Creek
Summary
Scale ca. 1:215,000.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 295
"The shaded bayou shows the route actually travelled by the gun boats. The doted line shows the remaining proposed route."
Indicates the location of bridges, Indian mounds, and names or residents along Deer Creek.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Tags
Date
01/01/1863
Contributors
Strausz, A.
United States Coast Survey.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain
