Image of a division of the United States Army moving into position after fighting at the village of St. Jeronimo during the Mexican-American War on September 21, 1846; ranks of foot soldiers, soldiers on horseback, and horse-drawn artillery proceed up the Saltillo dirt road near the heights of Monterey, Mexico; mountain landscape in background; numeric key in margins indicates various points of interest, including Saddle Mountain, the city of Monterey, and Federation Hill. "Lith. & printed in colors by G. & W. Endicott, New York."--text, bottom center margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1847 by D.P. Whiting in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern district of New York."--text, bottom center margin. "D. P. Whiting Capt. 7th. Inf. Del."--text, bottom left margin. "On stone by F. Swinton."--text, bottom right margin. "(No. 2)"--text, bottom right margin. "(Worth's Division moving into position under the guns of the enemy, after the action of "St. Jeronimo," on the morning of 21st Sepr. 1846)"--text, bottom center margin. "N.B. The second Division was composed of one Regt. of Texan Cavalry, two Co's. of Texn. Rangers, two Batteries of Lt. Artillery, the "Artly. Battalion," the 5th 7th and 8th Reg'ts. of Infantry, and one Company of Louisiana Volunteers."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 47.94 x 59.37 cm (18 7/8 x 23 3/8 in.)
Artillery--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Mexican War, 1846-1848 Mountains--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 7th United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 8th Lithographs--Color--1825-1850. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Military Large Size Other Military The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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