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Subject: Re: Maps used by U.S. in Mexican American War
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:28:35 -0500 (CDT)
From: Linda R Zellmer <[log in to unmask]>
To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>


Hello,

I seem to remember reading something about Robert E. Lee (yes the one
who was later General of the Confederate Army) being a cartographer or
scouting out positions and routes during the Mexican American War. I
suspect that they might have had general ideas of the terrain, but did
not have specific maps to plan their campaigns. They found things as
they went along and added them to the maps, similar to the way the
Western U.S. was mapped. Linda Zellmer

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From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee"
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Subject: Re: Maps used by U.S. in Mexican American War

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Subject: Re: Maps used by U.S. in Mexican American War
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 08:40:25 -0600 (MDT)
From: Laurence S. Creider <[log in to unmask]>
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It would be helpful if you could post results to this list.  Or, if you
are working on an article, post an announcement of the article when it is
published.  I would be quite interested in reading such an article. Thank
you.

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Laurence S. Creider
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Archives and Special Collections Dept.
University Library
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM  88003
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On Wed, May 16, 2012 7:36 am, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society
Library,              UW Milwaukee wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Maps used by U.S. in Mexican American War
> Date:   Tue, 15 May 2012 18:24:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From:   David Allen <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> I am trying to find out what maps the U.S. government (especially the
> army) used in planning and executing operations in the Mexican American
> War. The type of information I am looking for is what specific maps
> military and civilian officials used, how they used them, and what they
> thought of them. I am NOT interested in maps made after the war showing
> military operations. This is a hard subject to get a handle on, but I am
> hoping that some of you who are knowledgeable about the war can give me
> some leads.
>
> David Allen
> Map Librarian ("Emeritus"--i.e. retired)
> Stony Brook University
>