Index:The War with Mexico, Vol 2.djvu

Title The War with Mexico/Volume 2
Author Justin Harvey Smith
Year 1919
Publisher The Macmillan Company
Location New York
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME II

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Maps and Plans in Volume II vi
Conspectus of Events xi
Pronunciation of Spanish xiii
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XXI. Behind the Scenes at Mexico 1
XXII. Vera Cruz 17
XXIII. Cerro Gordo 37
XXIV. Puebla 60
XXV. On to the Capital 79
XXVI. Contreras and Churubusco 99
XXVII. Negotiations 120
XXVIII. Molino del Rey, Chapultepec and Mexico 140
XXIX. Final Military Operations 165
XXX. The Naval Operations 189
XXXI. The Americans as Conquerors 210
XXXII. Peace 233
XXXIII. The Finances of the War 253
XXXIV. The War in American Politics 268
XXXV. The Foreign Relations of the War 294
XXXVI. Conclusion 310

Notes On Volume 2 327
Appendix (List of Sources) 517
Index 563

MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME TWO

As equally good sources disagree sometimes, a few inconsistencies are unavoidable. Numerous errors have been corrected. An asterisk indicates an unpublished source. Statements, cited in the notes, have also been used.

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1. The Fortress of San Juan de Ulúa in 1854 21
From a *plan in the War Dept., Washington.
2. Siege of Vera Cruz: General Plan 24
From a map drawn by McClellan from surveys done by six American officers (N. Y. City Public Library); a map drawn by order of Lieut. Col. Henry Wilson (War Dept., Washington).
3. Siege of Vera Cruz: The American Works 28
From a map drawn by Lieut. Foster, based on surveys of four American officers (War Dept., Washington).
4. From Vera Cruz to Perote 39
Based on a map issued by Manouvrier and Snell, New Orleans, 1847 (Papers of N. P. Trist).
5. Contour Lines near Cerro Gordo 40
From a *drawing in the War College, Washington.
6. Battle of Cerro Gordo : General Map 43
Based on a map drawn by Lieut. Coppée from the surveys of Maj. Turnbull and Capt. McClellan (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; a map drawn by McClellan (Mass. Hist. Society) ; a *sketch of a reconnaissance by Lieut. Tower (War Dept., Washington) ; *Croquis de la Posición del campo de Cerro Gordo, 1847 (War Dept., Washington); a plan by I. A. de Soiecki (Vera Cruz City archives); and a *sketch by Lieut. Thos. Williams (among his letters).
7. Battle of Cerro Gordo: Central Portion 51
Based on the same sources as No. 6 supra.
8. From Jalapa to Puebla 61
Based on a Fomento Dept. map.
9. Profile of the Route from Vera Cruz to Mexico 62
From a map published by Manouvrier and Snell, New Orleans, 1847 (Papers of N. P. Trist).
10. A Part of the Valley of Mexico 80
From a map surveyed and drawn by Lieut. M. L. Smith and Bvt. Capt. Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 11 ; 31 Cong., 1 sess.) ; and a map by Balbontín (Invasión Americana).
11. Battles of August 19 and 20, 1847 : General Map 100
Based on a map drawn by Hardcastle from the surveys of Maj. Turnbull, Capt. McClellan and Lieut. Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; the Smith and Hardcastle map (No. 10 supra); a *map drawn by Capt. Barnard from the surveys of Capt. Mason and Lieuts. Beauregard, McClellan, and Foster (War Dept., Washington) ; a map drawn by Hardcastle from the surveys of Mason and Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; a map in Apuntes; and a map drawn by McClellan (Mass. Hist. Society).
12. Battle of Contreras 107
Based on the Turnbull map (No. 11 supra) ; a *plan of Capt. Gardner (Pierce Papers) ; *notes by Capt. Henshaw on a map by Hardcastle (Mass. Hist. Society) ; a *sketch by Lieut. Collins, 4th Artillery (Collins Papers) ; New Orleans Picayune, Sept. 12, 1847 ; a plan by Balbontin (Invasion Americana) ; and a map in Apuntes.
13. Battle of Churubusco 111
Based on the Turnbull map (No. 11 supra) ; a map drawn by Hardcastle from the surveys of Mason and Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; and a sketch by Balbontin ("Invasion Americana").
14. The Tete de Pont, Churubusco 112
*Drawn by Lieuts. Beauregard and Tower from Beauregard's survey (War Dept., Washington).
15. Profile of East Curtain, Tete de Pont, Churubusco 113
*Drawn by Beauregard from the surveys of Lieuts. McClellan, Beauregard, and Foster (War Dept., Washington).
16. The Fortifications of Churubusco Convent 114
*Drawn by Beauregard and Tower from Beauregard's survey (War Dept., Washington).
17. Battles of Mexico : General Map 141
Based on a map drawn by Hardcastle from the surveys of Turnbull, McClellan, and Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; and a map drawn by McClellan and Hardcastle (published by the government).
18. Battle of Molino del Key 143
Based on the maps specified under No. 17 supra; a sketch by Hardcastle (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; and a sketch in New Orleans Picayune, Oct. 17, 1847.
19. Battle of Chapultepec 150
Based upon the maps specified under No. 17 supra; a *sketch drawn by Tower from surveys of Beauregard and Tower (War

Dept., Washington) ; a plan accompanying Gen. Quitman report (Sen. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 1 sess.) ; "recollections of Senor D. Ignacio Molina, Chief Cartographer of the Fomento Dept., Mexico.

20. Blindage at Chapultepec 151
21. The Citadel, Mexico, in 1840 (War Dept. *plan, Washington). 159
22. Alvarado, Mexico 198
A *plan by J. L. Mason (War Dept., Washington).
23. A Part of Tabasco River 205
Based on a map in Ho. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 2 sess.
24. Guaymas, Mexico 206
From a plan in Ho. Ex. Doc. 1 ; 30 Cong., 2 sess.
25. Mazatlán, Mexico 207
From a *drawing by Commander Wouldridge of Brigantine Spy (Admiralty Papers, Public Record Office, London).
26. The Tip of Lower California 207
Based on a map in Sen. Ex. Doc. 18; 31 Cong., 1 sess.
27. Territory acquired from Mexico 241