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JP - As I recall, Lew Wallace, who would probably have been of an appropriate age to be a Major in the Union Army, served in the Corps of Engineers. William Henry Harrison gave Lew an appointment to West Point which would also fit with the Corps of Engineers. Wallace also wrote Ben Hur and several other books after finishing his Army service. You might have some success trying to track down a complete carto-bibliography with this fuller name on it. As well, several of his great grandchildren are still around so you might pursue finding their names and asking them about the maps. I thought about googling and wikipedia, but I have a presentation, with a demonstration of some software I've been working on, to make next Tuesday and I want it to be perfect. Hope this helps. It would be pretty cool for LoC to have the actual folio to display during Civil War Maps Day. Back to aiming for perfection. v ------------------------------------------------------------- Virginia R. Hetrick, here in sunny California Email: [email protected] "There is always hope." My fave: http://www.washington.edu/cambots/camera1_l.gif There's no place like: 34N 8' 25.40", 117W 58'5.36" if you can't be at: 48N 6' 59.9" 122W 59' 54.2" ------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
