Battles of Mexico : survey of the line of operations of the U.S. Army, under command of Major General Winfield Scott, on the 19th & 20th August & on the 8th, 12th & 13th September, 1847


Battles of Mexico

Item Information

Title:
Battles of Mexico : survey of the line of operations of the U.S. Army, under command of Major General Winfield Scott, on the 19th & 20th August & on the 8th, 12th & 13th September, 1847
Creator:
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885
Name on Item:
made by Maj. Turnbull, Capt. McClellan & Lieut. Hardcastle, Topl. Engs. ; drawn by Capt. McClellan.
Date:
1847–1848
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Maps
Battlefields--Mexico--Mexico City--Maps
Roads--Mexico--Mexico City--Maps
Buildings--Mexico--Mexico City--Maps
Mexico City (Mexico)--History--American occupation, 1847-1848--Maps
Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)--Maps
Churubusco (Distrito Federal, Mexico)--Maps
Places:
MexicoDistrito Federal (territory)Churubusco
MexicoDistrito Federal (territory)Mexico City
MexicoMéxicoValley of Mexico (area)
Extent:
1 map : hand colored ; 60 x 85 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : C.B. Graham,
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:31,800
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.
Shows positions and routes of troops by brigade, division, battalions, and batteries; location of fortifications, buildings, roads, streets, ranches, and terrain for Mexico City and the vicinity to the south and east.
Includes key to symbols and casualty statistics for the battles of Contreras, Churubusco, Molino del Rey, and Chapultepec.
In lower left corner: "Bureau Corps T. Engineers. 3rd March 1848. Examined & approved, J.J. Abert, Col. Corps T.E."
"Entered according to the act of Congress, in the year 1848, by Curtis B. Graham, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Columbia."
Inset: Part of the Valley of Mexico.
Routes and fortifications colored.
Identifier:
06_01_011794
Call #:
G4414.M6S44 1848 .M33
Barcode:
39999065690974