In the foreground, American troops stab, bayonette, and pummel their Mexican enemies while one mounted American soldier battles a mounted Mexican officer. In the near background, a mounted General Taylor directs more American infantry into the battle...
Alternative Title:
Battle of Buena Vista (James Baillie : 1848)
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie, 87th St. near 3rd Avenue, N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Subject: Image of General Winfield Scott on horseback at left, surrounded by troops. He points his sword towards the battle, where cannonballs fly in the air and the ground is covered in thick white clouds of smoke. Battleships are seen in the distanc...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & Pub. by J. Baillie. 88 St. near 3d. Ave. N. York
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Name):
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, and Military campaigns
Longboats full of American troops row from large sailing ships in the harbor to the Mexican shore, where several are already mustering and one has planted an American flag
Subject: Scene depicting the American forces landing on the beach at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Soldiers are seen in rowboats heading to shore, and others are seen pitching tents and unloading cannons from boats. Smoke and fire is seen in the distance
Description:
Removed from Frost, J. Pictorial history of Mexico and the Mexican war, Philadelphia, 1849, BIB 43005.
Publisher:
Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, and Military campaigns
Subject: Image of General Zachary Taylor sitting on his horse, apporaching three Mexican soldiers standing at right. Taylor is surrounded by other American soldiers, and fighting can be seen in the distance
Alternative Title:
General Taylor never surrenders
Description:
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847 by N. Currier, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Publisher:
N. Currier
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Name):
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Subject (Topic):
Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, Soldiers, and Military campaigns
An officer pointing a sword in his right hand and carrying an American flag in his left leads an attack. He stands on a rocky slope near the muzzle of a cannon, as he exhorts his troops, two of whom have lost their shakos, to follow
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau cor. Spruce St. N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico
Subject (Topic):
Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
