Print shows Zachary Taylor on horseback in center foreground at the battle of Buena Vista directing action; mountains to left; battle scene with many soldiers in middle ground
Description:
Title from caption below image., Another state of this print with no imprint information exists., and Another state with imprint "Boston: B.B. Russell & Co." below image issued in Abbott, John S.C. Lives of the presidents (Boston: B.B. Russell & Co., 1867) as plate following page 318.
Print shows Zachary Taylor on horseback at the battle of Buena Vista directing action, in center foreground of image; mountains to left; battle scene with many soldiers in middle ground
Description:
BEIN BrSide4o Zc50 867bi: On sheet 15.0 x 24.0 cm., Title from caption below image., and Text below title caption: prepared expressly for Abbott's Lives of the Presidents.
Print shows the assault on Chapultepec Castle just outside Mexico City by General Scott's troops; castle at top of hill in center; U.S. troops ascending the hill carrying ladders and guns, firing on Mexican troops; Mexican troops higher on hill, firing on U.S. troops
Print shows a scene from the battle of Chapultepec on 13 September 1847; advancing east from Molino del Rey, Major General Gideon Pillow's division pushes up the slope; U.S. troops on foot ascending, firing on Mexican troops; Mexican troops, the Moelia Battalion battery, higher on hill, firing on U.S. troops with cannon; the castle is not visible; some soldiers down, in middle distance and to the right; lower right, two U.S. officers on horseback
Print shows a scene from the battle of Palo Alto fought on May 8, 1846; U.S. light artillery in left foreground fires upon Mexican troops to right background
Print shows a Blackfoot (Siksika) Native American man on horseback, carrying a long gun, and looking back toward another rider. He is wearing moccasins, leggings, animal hide clothing, and has feathers in his hair
Alternative Title:
Indien Pieds Noir a cheval and Blackfoot Indian on horse-back
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Print published in Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867. Travels in the interior of North America (London: Ackermann and co., 1843); volume 1, plate 19.
Publisher:
Ackerman & Co., J. Hölscher, Arthus Bertrand, and Imp. de Bougeard
Subject (Topic):
Siksika Indians, Indians of North America, and Horses
Reproduction of a painting by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans on horseback, one with a long gun, the other with bow and arrow, hunting buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains. The upper three-quarters of the image are of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 9.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Print shows Captain May on a white horse, saber raised, leading assualt on Mexican forces at Resica de la Palma on May 9, 1846
Alternative Title:
Captain May's charge at Resaca de la Palma
Description:
BEIN Broardsides4to Zc50 860da: On sheet 21.8 x 29.0 cm., Title from caption below image., and Text below title caption: Entered according to act of Congress AD 1860 by John Emmins in the clerk's offices of the district court of the United States for the southern district of N.Y.
Print shows Farragut's fleet bombarding and fighting at the battle of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip near New Orleans, April 1862. Ships shown include for the Confederate States Navy, three ironclads: CSS Manassas, Louisiana, and Mississippi; for the Union Navy, USS Hartford, Pensacola, Varuna, and Brooklyn; motar vessels bombarding the forts in the background
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below caption names the forts and some of the ships depicted above., and Another state of image with caption title above image and slightly different letters below image was issued in Robert Tomes. The war with the South, a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders (New York: Virtue & Yorston, 1862-1867), volume 2, facing page 181. This state has imprint: Virtue, Yorston & Co., publishers, N.Y.; and copyright claim: Entered according to act of Congress AD 1863 by Virtue, Yorston & Co. in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Publisher:
Virtue, Yorston & Co.?
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Mississippi River, Fort Jackson (La.), Fort Saint Philip (La.), and New Orleans (La.)
Subject (Name):
United States. Navy. Western Gulf Blockading Squadron, Manassas (Ship), Mississippi (Ironclad), Louisiana (Ironclad), Hartford (Ship), Pensacola (Screw steamer), Brooklyn (Ship), and Varuna (Ship)
