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
Print shows General Winfield Scott upon victory over Mexican forces at Contreras, Mexico, in August 1847; Scott on a light-colored horse, with plumed tricorn hat held high, center; with soldiers, some fallen, some bandaged, most standing and waving ca...
Alternative Title:
General Scott at Contreras
Description:
BEIN Broadsides4to Zc50 859ci copy 1: On sheet 18.9 x 29.0 cm.
Print shows General Winfield Scott upon victory over Mexican forces at Contreras, Mexico, in August 1847; Scott on a light-colored horse, with plumed tricorn hat held high, center; with soldiers, some fallen, some bandaged, most standing and waving ca...
Alternative Title:
General Scott at Contreras
Description:
BEIN Broadsides4to Zc50 859ci copy 1: On sheet 18.9 x 29.0 cm.
Print shows General Winfield Scott, full-length portrait, seated on horseback, facing front, leading triumphant American troops into Mexico City during the Mexican War
Alternative Title:
General Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847
Description:
"Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1848, by J. Baillie, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist't. Court of the South'n. Dist't. of N.Y."
Publisher:
Published by James Baillie
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico City (Mexico), Mexico, Mexico City, and Mexico City.
Subject (Name):
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 and Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866.
Subject (Topic):
Military service, History, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Military personnel, and American
33 ALS to Freaner from friends and associates, some of them Army officers and government officials, and 5 copies of letters he wrote to others. Eleven letters are from John Maginnis; these discuss Delta business and the court of inquiry, other New Orl...
Description:
Freaner, a correspondent for the New Orleans Delta during the Mexican War, signed his dispatches from the front "Mustang." He also carried the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Washington, and became involved in a quarrel between General Winfield Scott a...
Subject (Geographic):
Louisiana, New Orleans., and New Orleans (La.)
Subject (Name):
Dimond, Francis M., Freaner, James L., Maginnis, John., Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881., Pillow, Gideon Johnson, 1806-1878., Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866., Tasistro, Louis F. 1808-1868. (Louis Fitzgerald),, Twiggs, David Emmanuel, 1790-1862., Daily delta (New Orleans, La. : 1845), and United States. Army. Courts of Inquiry. Pillow.
Subject (Topic):
American newspapers, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Description and travel
The papers, written to or by Thomas Ellerbeck during his service as Colonel of Ordnance, include records of inventories, stores of arms, ammunition, bills, receipts and commissary supplies of the Nauvoo Legion, and general order no. 12 ...
Description:
Thomas Ellerbeck, originally from England, converted to Mormonism and came to Utah in 1851. He served as Brigham Young's clerk, as engineer for the Salt Lake City Waterworks, and as Colonel of Ordnance of the Utah militia in the Nauvoo Legion.
Subject (Geographic):
Jefferson Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.) and Utah.
Subject (Name):
Browning, Jonathan., Colebrook, Charles., Ellerbeck, Thomas Witton, 1829-1895., Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889., McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885., Richards, F. D. 1821-1899. (Franklin Dewey),, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866., Wells, Daniel Hanmer, 1814-1891., Wootton, Francis H., Young, Brigham, 1801-1877., Nauvoo Legion., United States. War Department., and Utah Expedition
Prud’homme, John Francis Eugene, 1800-1892, engraver, artist
Published / Created:
[1846]
Call Number:
BrSides Box 2024 19
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Engraving by J.F.E. Prud’homme reproduces a portrait of Scott painted by R.W. Weir; half-length; body slightly to right; head turned toward left; double-breasted military jacket with sardine box shoulder bars showing the rank insignia for a lieutenent...
