This large-scale chromolithographed broadside depicts various events from throughout the Mexican American War. Titled "The Seat of War and Battles." It has four portraits of military figures (General Scott and General Taylor of the United States army as well as General Ampudia and General Santa Anna of the Mexican army), a map of Mexico with a historical description of events in the war, and prints of important battles with descriptions (the Battle of Monterey, the Battle of Buena Vista, Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Battles of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo, and the Battles of Contreras and Churubusco).
Topics:
Mexican Military Preparation, Corpus Christi, Along the Rio Grande, Thornton Affair, Siege of Fort Brown, Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Matamoros and Camargo, Battle of Monterrey, Troop Movements and Logistics (North), Buena Vista/la Angostura, Blockading the Gulf of Mexico, Scott's Landing at Vera Cruz, U.S. Pacific Squadron, Siege and Occupation of Vera Cruz, Scott's March Inland, Cerro Gordo, Push to the Valley of Mexico, Contreras and Churubusco, Cultural Productions, Mexico City, Other Mexican Towns and Cities
Date: 1808 1847-09-20
Format: images
Format Notes:
Maps; Chromolithographs
Publisher and Date Published: Ensigns & Thayer 1847
Language: English
Publication Place: New York
Contributor:
Blanchard, Rufus; Needham, D.; Lossing Barritt (Lithographer)
Creator:
Jos. Ward
Physical Characteristics: 75.5 x 55.5 cm
Collection: Garrett Oversize. The University of Texas at Arlington Library, Special Collections.
Call Number: GO 32/7 83-784
