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OF VOLUME I
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MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME I xvii
CONSPECTUS OF EVENTS xix
PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH xxi
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NOTES ON VOLUME I 402
MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME ONE
As equally good sources disagree sometimes, a few inconsistencies are unavoidable. Numerous errors have been corrected. An asterisk indicates an unpublished original. Statements, cited in the notes, have also been used.
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Drawn by Lieut. Hardcastle .
Sketch map based principally upon the map in Apuntes para la Historia de la Guerra entre M?xico y los Estados-Unidos and a map by Eaton of Third Infantry .
Based on an official Mexican map prepared by the Fomento Dept. and on Gen. Arista's map.
Based on reconnaissances of Capt. Hughes, Lieut. Sitgreaves, and Lieut. Franklin .
Based on a sketch by Lee and Gilmer ; and a Fomento Dept. Map .
From a sketch drawn by A. Wislizenus .
From a U. S. War College map, Washington.
Based on a map in Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong., 1 sess.; and a plan in M?xico ? trav?s de los Siglos, iv, 644.
Based on a map in Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong., 1 sess.
From a sketch by Lieut. Derby and recent maps.
From a plan in Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong., 1 sess.
From a plan in Sen. Ex. Doc. 1; 30 Cong., 1 sess.
From a map in Ho. Ex. Doc. 13; 31 Cong., 2 sess.
From a Fomento Dept. map.
CONSPECTUS OF EVENTS
March. The United States determines to annex Texas; W. S. Parrott sent to conciliate Mexico.
July. Texas consents; Taylor proceeds to Corpus Christi.
Oct. 17. Larkin appointed a confidential agent in California.
Nov. 10. Slidell ordered to Mexico.
Dec. 20. Slidell rejected by Herrera.
Jan. 13. Taylor ordered to the Rio Grande.
Mar. 8. Taylor marches from Corpus Christi.
Apr. 25. Thornton attacked.
May 8. Battle of Palo Alto.
June 5. Kearny's march to Santa Fe begins.
July 7. Monterey, California, occupied.
Aug. 4. Paredes overthrown.
Sept. 14. Santa Anna enters Mexico City.
Oct. 8. Santa Anna arrives at San Luis Potos?.
Oct. 15. Second attack on Alvarado.
Nov. 15. Tampico captured by Conner.
Dec. 5. Wool occupies Parras.
Jan. 3. Scott orders troops from Taylor.
Feb. 5. Taylor places himself at Agua Nueva.
Mar. 9. Scott lands near Vera Cruz.
Apr. 8. Scott's advance from Vera Cruz begins.
May 15. Worth enters Puebla.
June 6. Trist opens negotiations through the British legation.
Aug. 7. The advance from Puebla begins.
Aug. 24-Sept. 7. Armistice.
Sept. 8. Battle of Molino del Rey.
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