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Subject:        Re: A.E. Mathews Civil War map maker
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:10:35 -0400
From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
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This does not help in terms of maps, but he apparently sketched for
_Harper's Weekly_:

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/november/war-in-kentucky.htm

. There is also a rather detailed blog entry on him, about a year ago,
so maybe that will help you track things:

http://shilohnick.blogspot.com/2008/08/alfred-edward-mathews.html .

         Joel Kovarsky

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> Subject:        A.E. Mathews Civil War map maker
> Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:35:44 -0600
> From:   Nancy P. Masimer <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hello,
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> I am interested in finding information on Alfred E, Mathews, born June
> 12, 1881 in Bristol, England.  He came to the United States at the age
> of 13 and later became a map maker during the Civil War.  He had
> volunteered in the 31st. Ohio Regiment Vols. under Col. Moses Walker.
> His maps received commendation for their accuracy for Generals Grant,
> Sherman, Logan and more.
>
> I am looking for his maps.  It does not have to be the real thing,
> just something that I can look at.
>
> Thank you,
> Nancy Masimer
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