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Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891 Reports of the Secretary of War, with reconnaissances of routes... [in Texas]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04134 Author/Creator: Johnston, Joseph Egleston, 1807-1891 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Book Date: 1850 Pagination: Height: 23.4 cm, Width: 14.8 cm Order a Copy

Full title: "Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso. By Brevet Lt. Col. J.E. Johnston...Capt. R.B. Marcy's Route From Fort Smith to Santa Fe...Expedition into the Navajo Country; and also the Report of Lt. W.H.C. Whiting's Reconnaissances of the Western Frontier Of Texas." (Senate Executive Document no. 64.) With 2 folding maps and 72 lithographed plates. References: Jenkins 111, Howes J170, Raines p. 128, Wagner-Camp 184.

Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807-1891

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