Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2012.
Plan of Fort Jackson, 1862 Gerdes and his men surveyed and mapped the flotilla’s successful mortar bombardment of Fort Jackson. Download here. (Credit: NOAA Coast Survey sketch, from the Coast Survey historical collection)
As the Civil War battle to control the lower Mississippi River raged 150 years ago this April, survey data from NOAA’s predecessor agency was instrumental in the novel strategy to capture New Orleans, the largest city…
