The War with Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)

Name: The War with Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)
Author: Smith, Justin Harvey

Smith, Justin Harvey

Mexican War, 1846-1848

1.  Mexico in 1919. Based upon standard maps                  xxii

  2.  Profile of the Route between Vera Cruz and Mexico            2

      Drawn by Lieut. Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong.,
      1 sess.).

  3.  Matamoros and Fort Brown                                   159

      Sketch map based on a *map drawn by Luis Berlandier,
      Arista's chief engineer (War Dept., Mexico); Meade,
      Letters, i, 73; McCall, Letters, 444; New Orleans
      _Picayune_, June 28, 1846; *sketch by Mansfield,
      Taylor's chief engineer (War Dept., Washington); and
      an anonymous plan (Mass. Hist. Society).

  4.  Fort Brown to Brazos Island                                162

      Sketch map based principally upon the map in Apuntes para
      la Historia de la Guerra entre México y los Estados-Unidos
      and a map by Eaton of Third Infantry (Ho. Ex. Doc. 209;
      29 Cong., 1 sess.).

  5.  Battle of Palo Alto                                        164

      Sketch map drawn by a U. S. army officer. Based on Eaton's
      plan (Ho. Ex. Doc., 209; 29 Cong., 1 sess.); a *sketch by
      Berlandier (War Dept., Mexico); Apuntes; México á través
      de los Siglos, iv, 562; _El Republicano_ (Berlandier);
      a map in Campaña contra los Norte-Americanos; a map by
      Lieut. Dobbins in Life of General Taylor; and _Journal of
      Milit. Service Institution_, xli, 96.

  6.  Battle of Resaca de la Palma (_i.e._ Resaca de Guerrero)   170

      Sketch map based on Apuntes; New Orleans _Picayune_,
      June 25, 1846, from official drawings; a plan by Dobbins
      in Life of General Taylor; a map in Campaña contra, _etc._;
      a plan by Berlandier in _El Republicano_; a plan by
      Eaton (Ho. Ex. Doc. 209; 29 Cong., 1 sess.); French, Two Wars,
      52; and _Journal of Milit. Service Instit._, xli, 100.

  7.  From Matamoros to Monterey                                 210

      Based on an official Mexican map prepared by the Fomento
      Dept. and on Gen. Arista's map.

  8.  Battles of Monterey: General Map                           232

      Based on *three plans drawn by Lieut. Gardner from surveys
      of Lieut. Scarritt (War Dept., Washington); _Picayune_
      Extra, Nov. 19, 1846 (Lieut. Benjamin); a *drawing by
      Adjutant Heiman (Tennessee Hist. Society); a map in
      Apuntes; and a plan by Balbontín (Invasión Americana).

  9.  Battles of Monterey. Central Operations                    240

      Based on the same sources as No. 8 _supra_.

  10. General Wool's March                                       271

      Based on reconnaissances of Capt. Hughes, Lieut. Sitgreaves,
      and Lieut. Franklin (Sen. Ex. Doc. 32; 31 Cong., 1 sess.).

  11. Tampico and Its Environs                                   276

      Based on a sketch by Lee and Gilmer (War Dept.,
      Washington); and a Fomento Dept. Map (_see_ No. 7
       _supra_).

  12. General Kearny's March to Santa Fe                         287

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