HISTORY

• History of the Corps of Topographical Engineers

• The Corps of Topographical Engineers, by William M. Robinson, Jr.

• Pre Civil War -- Roster of the Corps of Topographical Engineers

• Civil War -- Topographical Engineers Serving During the Civil War

• General Regulations Pertaining to Duties and Dress

• Civil War Maps and Charts by State -- (not available currently)

• The Retreat from Pulaski to Nashville, Tenn. by Levi Scofield

• The Topographical Engineers Balloon Corps

• The Balloons with the Army of the Potomac. by T. S. C. Lowe

• Reunification of the Corps of Engineers and the Corps of Topographical Engineers

• Engineers in the Union Army, 1861 - 1865. by Phillip M. Thienel

• EXPEDITIONS
  
  

  • Kearny's Plains Expedition of 1845

  WAR IN NEW MEXICO
  
  

  • Topographical Engineers are ordered to Fort Leavenworth 

  • The Army of the West - Fort Leavenworth to Bent's Fort

  • Events at Bent's Fort  

  • The Army of the West - Bent's Fort to Santa Fe

  • The New York Herald Reports the Mexican War

LIVING HISTORY - EVENT IMAGES

Battle of Corinth

• Construction of Battery "Powellinett" -- Historical images and maps

• Battle of Corinth scenes

Bent's Old Fort

• Living History Encampment, 2008  New Jan 2009

• Educator's Encampment, 2007

  • article about 2007 event -- Dan Rittel, PLS,  Society of Land Surveyors of Iowa

  • Topographical Engineer Course for 2013

• Educator's Encampment, 2006

• 1846 Christmas, 2006

Oregon - California Trails Association (OCTA)

• Oregon Trail filming of In Pursuit of a Dream  New, Jan 2009

Ft Scott and Rayado

• Ft Scott -- 2006 Blackhawk assault

St. Patrick's Day Parade, Denver 2007

• San Patricio Memorial Battalion

TECHNIQUE AND PHILOSOPHY

• Finding the Way and Fixing the Boundary

• Washington Hood's Field Notebook

• William Luce's Field Notebook

• Francis Mohrhardt's Field Notebook

• Mode of Determining the Astronomical Positions and the Elements of Magnetism at Temporary Camps

• Australian Exploration and the Introduction of the Aneroid Barometer

• (see also) On the use of the barometer on surveys and reconnaissances

• The Geography of Chaos:  William H. Emory's Images of the Texas Borderlands

• The Moons of Jupiter and Greenwich Time

• LINKS AND REFERENCES
  
  

Links to related websites

Links to References On Line

Corps of Engineers Historical Pamphlets

Bibliography