The battle of Sacramento took place in Chihuahua, Mexico, where the Chihuahua Road from New Mexico intersects the Sacramento River. There Colonel Alexander Doniphan's Missouri Volunteers outmaneuvered a Mexican defensive force under the commands of Governor Angel Trias Alvarez, General Jose A. Herdia and General Jose Maria Garcia Conde. Eyewitness L.A.Maclean's image depicts the swift and unexpected charge of the Missouri Cavalry under his commander Captain John William Reid.
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Date: 1847-00-00 1848-00-00
Format: images
Publisher and Date Published: J. A. & U. P. James 1848-00-00
Language: English
Publication Place: Cincinnati (Ohio)
Contributor:
Hughes, John Taylor
Creator:
MacLean, Lachlan Allan
Collection: Garrett Bay D
Call Number: E405.2 .H88
Source Title: Doniphan's expedition; containing an account of the conquest of New Mexico; General Kearney's overland expedition to California; Doniphan's campaign against the Navajos; his unparalleled march upon Chihuahua and Duran
