A print of the landing of the United States Army near Vera Cruz on March 9, 1847 (which was later bombed by the Americans from March 21-27, 1847 under the direction of General Winfield Scott). This print depicts a fleet of American ships (man-of-war, brigs, and schooners) anchored in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Vera Cruz while soldiers are transported to land in row boats, armed soldiers and military musicians line the beach. Oswandel states that General William J. Worth's division of regular soldiers were among the first to be transported to land (followed by the divisions of General Robert Patterson and General David E. Twiggs) and as they reached the shore they immediately placed an American flag in the ground without encountering any enemy Mexican soldiers. Since leaving New Orleans by boat to travel to the "seat of war" in Mexico, landing near the Island of Sacrificios was Oswandel's inital step into Mexico with the troop of voluteers, all of who had eagerly awaited leaving the boat since Colonel F. M. Wynkoop had announced General Scott's orders to land from March 7, 1847. [This lithograph is from the book "Notes of the Mexican War 1846-47-48, Revised 1885, Illustrated" by J. Jacob Oswandel, page 69]
