A hand-drawn copy of Lieutenant Benham's (U. S. Engineers) annotated map of trails and wagon paths around Agua Nueva. The map labels regional features such as mountain ranges, roadways, woods, and passes. The map also lists military camp and picket locations of General Taylor and General Wool. This map is oriented with North to the left. [See Gerald Saxon, "Chapter Five: Henry Washington Benham: A U. S. Army Engineer’s View of the U. S. – Mexican War," in Mapping and Empire?: Soldier-Engineers on the Southwestern Frontier, Reinhartz, Dennis, and Saxon (Austin: University of Texas Press., 2005), 130-155.]
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Date: 1847-02-27
Format: maps
Format Notes:
Maps
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Language: English
Creator:
Mansfield, Joseph K. F. (Joseph King Fenno), 1803-1862
Physical Characteristics: 74 x 56.5 cm
Collection: Henry Benham Collection. The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.
Call Number: 108/1 AR388-7-4
