Born in Mount Holly, New Jersey, James Abert became a topographical
artist with the corps of engineers and made several expeditions into
the West from which he did illustrated reports with watercolor
sketches.
In 1838, he entered the Military Academy at West
Point, after attending Princeton University, and after West Point
Graduation in 1842 was assigned to a U.S. Infantry Regiment at Detroit
and then transferred to the Corps of Topographical Engineers in 1843.
In
1845, he (showing 500 of 3811 characters). |
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