Meet the American who mapped the US-Mexico border, Gen. William Emory, shaped nation in war and in peace
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William H. Emory served in two wars but is best remembered for leading the expedition that mapped out the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border and shaped images of the Southwest.
Emory's "boundary survey is one of the greatest events in U.S. political history and remains deeply present in our contemporary lives." "His father Thomas Emory was a prominent politician and businessman, who groomed William for the military from a young age." Emory was "able to navigate both the treacherous landscape of the Southwest and the equally treacherous politics of the job." "Is it possible … the joyous embrace of the living victors, is all to be done hereafter without me?" Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
Emory later defied local and family sentiment in his home state of Maryland, rejecting offers from the Confederacy. Instead, he fought for the Union in the Civil War.