Fortress Monroe. February 1862. / Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lith. 96 Fulton St. N.Y.

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Title: Fortress Monroe. February 1862. / Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lith. 96 Fulton St. N.Y.
Date: 1862.
Creator: Ferd. Mayer & Co. lithographer.
Notes: Bird's-eye view of Fort Monroe, Virginia, in February of 1862.; Includes table of reference showing locations of officers' quarters, hotels, hospitals, wharfs, churches, government buildings, ordinance buildings, storehouses, a 'contraband quarters' for holding slaves siezed by Union Army forces as contraband of war, barracks, batteries, sutlers' quarters, a naval blockade, and more.; Camp Hamilton and the city of Hampton are also labeled in the distant background. The tents of encamped regiments, the '16. Mass.', '20. N.Y.,' 'U.C.G.,' '11. Cav.,' '1t. Del.' and the '20. Ind.' are visible on the shore near Camp Hamilton.; "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Jacob Cohen in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Names and Subjects: United States.--Army of the Potomac; United States.--Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Barracks--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Batteries (Weaponry)--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Blockades--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Buildings--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Churches--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Forts & fortifications--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Government facilities--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Hospitals--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Hotels--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Military camps--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Officers' quarters--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Piers & wharves--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Shipping--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Sutlers--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Railroads--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Vessels--Union--Virginia--Fort Monroe--1860-1870.; Prints shelf.; Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)--Aerial views.; Fort Monroe (Va.)--Aerial views.; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.; Cohen Ventura, Jacob,--publisher.
Genre: Bird's-eye view prints 1860-1870.; Lithographs Color Hand-colored 1860-1870.
Project Name: Bird's-Eye View Project
ID: 6739
Barcode: B9409270
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph, color with some hand-coloring ; 56 x 72 cm
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-06 17:14:26

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 12224 x 9768
File Size: 9 MB
Record: 6739
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