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Map Siege of Vera Cruz : by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March 1847, from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston, Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers

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Title

  • Siege of Vera Cruz : by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March 1847, from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston, Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers

Names

  • McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885, cartographer.
  • Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
  • Turnbull, Wm. (William), 1800-1857, surveyor.
  • Hughes, George W. (George Wurtz), 1806-1870, surveyor.
  • Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891, surveyor.
  • Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861, surveyor.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector.
  • Hardcastle, E. L. F. (Edmund Lafayette), 1824-1899, surveyor.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.] : [Publisher not identified], 1847.

Headings

  • -  Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns--Maps
  • -  Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)--Maps
  • -  Mexico--Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave)

Genre

  • Military maps

Notes

  • -  Shows the port of Vera Cruz, outlying areas, troop positions, and details of siege.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  North oriented toward upper left corner of map.
  • -  Annotated in colored pencil and sectioned into 10 and mounted on cloth.
  • -  Phillips, 971
  • -  Signed on verso: No. 123, Vera Cruz Siege, 1847. Millard Fillmore.
  • -  Includes text with statistics on "Worth's, Twiggs, and Patterson's Divisions," and a table that lists U.S. casualties during siege.

Medium

  • 1 map : color ; 41 x 66 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4414.V46S44 1847 .M3

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018593097

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Mcclellan, George B. , Cartographer, Winfield Scott, Wm Turnbull, George W Hughes, Joseph E Johnston, George Horatio Derby, Millard Fillmore, and E. L. F Hardcastle. Siege of Vera Cruz: by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March , from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston, Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers. [Washington, D.C.: Publisher not identified, 1847] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018593097/.

APA citation style:

McClellan, G. B., Scott, W., Turnbull, W., Hughes, G. W., Johnston, J. E., Derby, G. H. [...] Hardcastle, E. L. F. (1847) Siege of Vera Cruz: by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March , from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston, Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers. [Washington, D.C.: Publisher not identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018593097/.

MLA citation style:

Mcclellan, George B. , Cartographer, et al. Siege of Vera Cruz: by the U.S. troops under Major General Scott, in March , from surveys made by Major Turnbull, Captains Hughes, McClellan, & Johnston, Lieutenants Derby & Hardcastle, Topl. Engineers. [Washington, D.C.: Publisher not identified, 1847] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018593097/>.