Fox, Gustavus Vasa (1821-1883) Reports of the naval engagements on the Mississippi River
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04608 Author/Creator: Fox, Gustavus Vasa (1821-1883) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book signed Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. : 107 p. , 2 p. of plates : ill ; 23.2 x 15.2 cm. Order a Copy
Title continues as: "resulting in the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and the City of New Orleans, and the destruction of the rebel naval flotilla." Printed by the Government Printing Office. This first edition copy was owned by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus V. Fox, who signed the first page "Compliments of G.V. Fox." Contains a detailed folded-up map (38.2 x 31.5 cm) titled "General Sketch of Approaches to New Orleans From the Charts of the U.S. Coast Survey." Contains 45 reports by different officers (from several lieutenants up to Admiral Farragut) involved in the attacks on the forts below New Orleans, as well as the attack on New Orleans itself. Also contains two color lithograph plates - one of the ship "Louisiana" and one of the "Manassas." The lithographs were printed by Bowen & Co. in Philadelphia.
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