CHAPTER SIX
NOTES
1. Abert to Hughes, 6 Aug 1846, LS 400, TE 77.
2. DAB, III, pp. 601-02, V, pp. 348-49; Cullum, Biographical Register, I, pp. 518-19, II, pp. 152-54, 261; Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, V (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1888-1901), p. 543.
3. Goetzmann, Army Exploration, pp. 149-50; George W. Hughes, "Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating . . . a Map Showing the Operations of the Army of the United States in Texas and the Adjacent Mexican States on the Rio Grande; Accompanied by Astronomical Observations, and Descriptive and Military Memoirs of the Country," 1 Mar 1849, Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, 31st Cong., 1st sess., 1850, pp. 5, 8; Hughes to Abert, Dec 1846, LR 1093, TE 77.
4. Quoted in Hughes to Abert, 20 Jan 1849, LR 129, TE 77. Hughes enclosed reports and memoirs from Sitgreaves and Franklin in his report submitted to the Topographical Bureau. See also Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, pp. 9, 49.
5. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, p. 10.
6. Douglas Southall Freeman, Robert E. Lee, a Biography, I (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933), pp. 205-06; Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, p. 12.
7. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, pp. 12-13.
9. Ibid., p. 18. See also Smith, War With Mexico, I, p. 270; Bauer, The Mexican War, p. 147.
10. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, p. 19.
13. Ibid., p. 26. Franklin's reconnaissance report is on pages 57-59.
16. Ibid., p. 33. See also Smith, War With Mexico, I, pp. 273-74.
17. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, pp. 33-34. Wool's professional attributes are also based on the account of his march in Smith, War With Mexico, I, pp. 269-76.
18. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, p. 34; Smith, War With Mexico, I, pp. 275-76.
19. Lavender, Climax at Buena Vista, p. 148.
20. Report of the Secretary of War, Sen. Exec. Doc. 1, 30th Cong., 1st sess., 1847, pp. 132-213; Henry, Campaign Sketches, p. 313; Carleton, Battle of Buena Vista, pp. 38, 58, 60, 62-63, 112-14; Lavender, Climax at Buena Vista, pp. 187-92, 207-09; Smith, War With Mexico, I, pp. 388, 390-91; Dufour, Mexican War, A Compact History, pp. 173-76; Heitman, Historical Register, I, pp. 257, 434, 634, 798, 890.
21. Report of the Secretary of War, Sen. Exec. Doc. 1, 30th Cong., 1st sess., 1847, pp. 140, 161; Heitman, Historical Register, I, pp. 257, 798, 890.
22. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, p. 35; Hughes to Abert, 12 Feb 1847, LR 152, TE 77; Goetzmann, Army Exploration, p. 150.
23. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, p. 35.
24. Ibid.; Goetzmann, Army Exploration, pp. 194, 211. Goetzmann also discusses the problems that the Boundary Commission encountered after the war and the interest of the Topographical Bureau and other parties in the southern railroad route.
25. Hughes, "Report," Sen. Exec. Doc. 32, pp. 35-36.
27. Ibid., p. 8.28. Ibid., pp. 38, 44.
31. Ibid., p. 5. A copy of the report is reproduced in Appendix A.
32. Ibid., pp. 6, 8. By then Bryan had been attached to an artillery unit.
33. Ibid., pp. 47-62, 51-57, 65-67.
34. Goetzmann, Army Exploration, p. 151.
35. Cullum, Biographical Register, I, pp. 452-53.
36. Cullum, Biographical Register, II, pp. 152-54; DAB, III, pp. 601-02.
37. Cullum, Biographical Register, I, pp. 518-19; Appleton's Cyclopaedia, V, p. 543.
38. Cullum, Biographical Register, II, p. 261; Forty-Ninth Annual Report of the Association Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 11th, 1918 (Saginaw, Mich.: Seemann & Peters, 1918), pp. 65-67.
39. Cullum, Biographical Register, II, pp. 126-27; DAB, VIII, pp. 76-77; Appleton's Cyclopaedia, V, pp. 68-69; National Cyclapaedia of American Biography, IV (New York: James T. White, 1898-1969), pp. 282-83, 392. Goetzmann notes several of Pope's problems: Colonel Abert reprimanded him for disparaging Fremont's earlier work; Pope's 1849 report on Minnesota boldly plagiarized Nicollet's work; and his three years of artesian well experiments resulted in a dry hole; Goetzmann, Army Exploration, pp. 67, 74, 247, 365-68. Pope's explorations in New Mexico and his railroad survey are outlined on pages 246-48, 277-78, and 291-92.
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