Following the valley of the Rio Grande southward, we come successively to the military station at Socorro, and to Fort Conrad,.... Next in order is Fort Craig, at the northern terminus of the Jornada del Muerto, nine miles below Fort Conrad and southward on the river. [1] : 414
The latitude of Fort Conrad is about 33° 34’ 19” N., and the longitude 107° 9’ 39” W.; the altitude above the ocean 4,576 feet.
[1] That location
33°34′19″N 107°09′39″W / 33.57194°N 107.16083°W
is located southwest of Fort Craig and must be in error. However 9 miles above fort Craig on the west bank of the river the altitude is close.
- ^ a b STATISTICAL REPORT ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SURGEON GENERAL’S OFFICE; EMBRACING A PERIOD OF SIXTEEN YEARS, FROM JANUARY, 1839, TO JANUARY, 1855. PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS LAWSON, Surgeon General of the U. S. Army, by Richard H. Coolidge M. D., Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, Washington, 1856, pp.414-419 Among the Troops in New Mexico
Following the valley of the Rio Grande southward, we come successively to the military station at Socorro, and to Fort Conrad,.... Next in order is Fort Craig, at the northern terminus of the Jornada del Muerto, nine miles below Fort Conrad and southward on the river. [1] : 414
The latitude of Fort Conrad is about 33° 34’ 19” N., and the longitude 107° 9’ 39” W.; the altitude above the ocean 4,576 feet.
[1] That location
33°34′19″N 107°09′39″W / 33.57194°N 107.16083°W
is located southwest of Fort Craig and must be in error. However 9 miles above fort Craig on the west bank of the river the altitude is close.
- ^ a b STATISTICAL REPORT ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SURGEON GENERAL’S OFFICE; EMBRACING A PERIOD OF SIXTEEN YEARS, FROM JANUARY, 1839, TO JANUARY, 1855. PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS LAWSON, Surgeon General of the U. S. Army, by Richard H. Coolidge M. D., Assistant Surgeon, U. S. Army, A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, Washington, 1856, pp.414-419 Among the Troops in New Mexico