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1. Bombardment of Vera Cruz. : By the American army, commanded by Genl. Scott

Creator:: Baillie, James S., active 1838-1855, lithographer
Published / Created:: [approximately 1848?]
Call Number:: WA Prints +177
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bombardment of Vera Cruz. : By the American army, commanded by Genl. Scott

2. Genl. Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847

Creator:: Baillie, James S., active 1838-1855, lithographer
Published / Created:: c1848.
Call Number:: WA Prints +172
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Genl. Scott's grand entry into the city of Mexico, Sept. 14th, 1847

3. Landing of the U.S. Army under General Scott, on the beach near Vera Cruz March 9th 1847

Creator:: Barton, Charles Crillon, -1851, artist
Published / Created:: [1847]
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Longboats full of American troops row from large sailing ships in the harbor to the Mexican shore, where several are already mustering and one has planted an American flag
Description:: "On stone by H. Dacre."
Publisher:: Published by P.S. Duval, no. 7 Bank Alley
Subject (Geographic):: Mexico
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Landing of the U.S. Army under General Scott, on the beach near Vera Cruz March 9th 1847

4. The island of Lobos : rendezvous of the U.S. Army under General Scott, previous to the attack on Vera Cruz, February 9th, 1847

Creator:: Barton, Charles Crillon, -1851, artist
Published / Created:: [1847]
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Sailing ships in the harbor watch over American troops camped in tents on the island
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Published by P.S. Duval, no. 7 Bank Alley
Subject (Geographic):: Mexico and Veracruz-Llave (State)
Subject (Topic):: Islands, Military camps, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The island of Lobos : rendezvous of the U.S. Army under General Scott, previous to the attack on Vera Cruz, February 9th, 1847

5. Mexican War lithographs. 1846-1861

Creator:: Beinecke, Frederick W.
Call Number:: 1979 Folio 88
Image Count:: 70
Description:: List of contents laid in.
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mexican War lithographs. 1846-1861

6. Letter : to his father, Lester Burnett

Creator:: Burnett, W. C., (Wellington C.)
Published / Created:: 1848 Jan 3
Call Number:: WA MSS S-999 B935
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: W. C. Burnett, a member of Company "E" 15th Infantry during the War with Mexico, writes home about Molino del Rey being filled with American troops, the capture of General Valencia by the Texas Rangers, the rumor that Cadwalader is going to move on to...
Subject (Geographic):: Molina del Rey (Mexico)
Subject (Name):: Burnett, Lester, Cadwalader, George, 1806-1879, Texas Rangers, United States--Army--Infantry Regiment, 15th, United States--Army--Military life, and Valencia, Gabriel, 1799-1848
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to his father, Lester Burnett

7. Fall of Major Ringold

Creator:: Chapin, John Reuben, 1823-1894, artist
Published / Created:: [1861]
Call Number:: BrSide4o Zc50 861ci
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Subject: Central figure on horseback, Major Samuel Ringgold, falls backward with saber falling from hand; horseman, right, turns toward him, as do other soldiers in distance; horseman, left and behind, holds up hand; with fallen soldier, foreground
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Virtue & Co. Publishers
Subject (Geographic):: Texas.
Subject (Name):: Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846 and Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846.
Subject (Topic):: Palo Alto, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, and Horses
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fall of Major Ringold

8. The mission of America: containing the conquest of California, resources of the Pacific, the American Navy. To which is added, The operations of Commodore Stockton on the western coast, from the original manuscript of the late J. Fenimore Cooper ...

Creator:: Clarke, Thomas Curtis, 1827-1901
Published / Created:: 1852.
Call Number:: Zc72 +852cL
Image Count:: 74
Description:: BEIN Zc72 +852cL: Original wrappers.
Publisher:: S.C. Paul & Co.
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Name):: Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866.
Subject (Topic):: History, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Naval operations
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mission of America: containing the conquest of California, resources of the Pacific, the American Navy. To which is added, The operations of Commodore Stockton on the western coast, from the original manuscript of the late J. Fenimore Cooper ...

9. [Letter: Jefferson Davis to Dear Sir (Unidentified)]

Creator:: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Published / Created:: 1947 December 6
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1083 D294
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Concerns mailing directions for his father-in-law, Zachary Taylor, during the Mexican War.
Description:: Autograph letter, signed.
Subject (Name):: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Jefferson Davis to Dear Sir (Unidentified)]

10. [Letter: Jefferson Davis to Lieutenant McNutt]

Creator:: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
Published / Created:: 1846 August
Call Number:: WA MSS S-527 D294
Image Count:: 2
Description:: Autograph letter, signed.
Subject (Name):: McNutt, John, d. 1881
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Letter: Jefferson Davis to Lieutenant McNutt]

11. James L. Freaner letters and other papers, 1847-1849

Creator:: Freaner, James L.
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1665
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 134
Abstract:: 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
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > James L. Freaner letters and other papers, 1847-1849

12. Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

Creator:: Howland, Henry Elias, 1835-1913, collector
Published / Created:: 1848-1850]
Call Number:: GEN MSS 243
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: Fifteen daguerreotypes attributed to photographer Mathew B. Brady that depict individual seated portraits of prominent men in the United States consisting of presidents, senators and representatives of the United States Congress, justices of the Unite...
Description:: Henry Elias Howland (1835-1913) was born in Walpole, New Hampshire. A graduate of Yale College (1854) and Yale University Law School (1857), he practiced law in New York and was active in municipal politics there.
Publisher:: s.n.
Subject (Geographic):: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):: Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886, Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886, Butler, A. P. 1796-1857 (Andrew Pickens),, Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850 (John Caldwell),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Davis, John, 1787-1854, Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Foote, Henry S. 1804-1880 (Henry Stuart),, McLean, John, 1785-1861, Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864, Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, and United States. Supreme Court
Subject (Topic):: Officials and employees, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Legislators, Portraits, American, Portrait photography, History, Presidents, Capitol, and White House
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

13. Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

Creator:: Howland, Henry Elias, 1835-1913, collector
Published / Created:: 1848-1850]
Call Number:: GEN MSS 243
Container / Volume:: Box 2
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: Fifteen daguerreotypes attributed to photographer Mathew B. Brady that depict individual seated portraits of prominent men in the United States consisting of presidents, senators and representatives of the United States Congress, justices of the Unite...
Description:: Henry Elias Howland (1835-1913) was born in Walpole, New Hampshire. A graduate of Yale College (1854) and Yale University Law School (1857), he practiced law in New York and was active in municipal politics there.
Publisher:: s.n.
Subject (Geographic):: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):: Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886, Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886, Butler, A. P. 1796-1857 (Andrew Pickens),, Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850 (John Caldwell),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Davis, John, 1787-1854, Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Foote, Henry S. 1804-1880 (Henry Stuart),, McLean, John, 1785-1861, Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864, Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, and United States. Supreme Court
Subject (Topic):: Officials and employees, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Legislators, Portraits, American, Portrait photography, History, Presidents, Capitol, and White House
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

14. Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

Creator:: Howland, Henry Elias, 1835-1913, collector
Published / Created:: 1848-1850]
Call Number:: GEN MSS 243
Container / Volume:: Box 4
Image Count:: 3
Abstract:: Fifteen daguerreotypes attributed to photographer Mathew B. Brady that depict individual seated portraits of prominent men in the United States consisting of presidents, senators and representatives of the United States Congress, justices of the Unite...
Description:: Henry Elias Howland (1835-1913) was born in Walpole, New Hampshire. A graduate of Yale College (1854) and Yale University Law School (1857), he practiced law in New York and was active in municipal politics there.
Publisher:: s.n.
Subject (Geographic):: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):: Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886, Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886, Butler, A. P. 1796-1857 (Andrew Pickens),, Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850 (John Caldwell),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Davis, John, 1787-1854, Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Foote, Henry S. 1804-1880 (Henry Stuart),, McLean, John, 1785-1861, Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864, Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, and United States. Supreme Court
Subject (Topic):: Officials and employees, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Legislators, Portraits, American, Portrait photography, History, Presidents, Capitol, and White House
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

15. Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

Creator:: Howland, Henry Elias, 1835-1913, collector
Published / Created:: 1848-1850]
Call Number:: GEN MSS 243
Container / Volume:: Box 3
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: Fifteen daguerreotypes attributed to photographer Mathew B. Brady that depict individual seated portraits of prominent men in the United States consisting of presidents, senators and representatives of the United States Congress, justices of the Unite...
Description:: Henry Elias Howland (1835-1913) was born in Walpole, New Hampshire. A graduate of Yale College (1854) and Yale University Law School (1857), he practiced law in New York and was active in municipal politics there.
Publisher:: s.n.
Subject (Geographic):: United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):: Atchison, David Rice, 1807-1886, Brown, Neill Smith, 1810-1886, Butler, A. P. 1796-1857 (Andrew Pickens),, Calhoun, John C. 1782-1850 (John Caldwell),, Clay, Henry, 1777-1852, Davis, John, 1787-1854, Doty, James Duane, 1799-1865, Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, Foote, Henry S. 1804-1880 (Henry Stuart),, McLean, John, 1785-1861, Tallmadge, Nathaniel Pitcher, 1795-1864, Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864, Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850, Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862, and United States. Supreme Court
Subject (Topic):: Officials and employees, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Legislators, Portraits, American, Portrait photography, History, Presidents, Capitol, and White House
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Henry Elias Howland daguerreotype collection

16. Comunicaciones del Exmo. Sr. Gral. Santa-Anna

Creator:: Ibarra, Domingo, d. 1850
Puebla (Mexico : State). Governor (1846 nov. 20-Apr. 1847 : Ibarra)
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 1794?-1876
Published / Created:: marzo 17 de 1847
Call Number:: Zc50 847sxf 3/17
Image Count:: 2
Abstract:: Two communications from Santa Anna concerning the civil war and his return to power, one to Pena y Barragan and another to Gomez Farias, and a third communication, this from Domingo Ibarra, governor of Puebla, to Gomez Farias.
Description:: Quarto broadside.
Publisher:: Imprenta de J. Mari´a Rivera
Subject (Geographic):: Mexico --Politics and government --1821-1861
Subject (Name):: Gomez Farias, Valenti´n, 1781-1858 and Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, 1794?-1876.
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Comunicaciones del Exmo. Sr. Gral. Santa-Anna

17. Letter : to General Mason, 1st dragoons / by Philip Kearny, 1849 Nov 1

Creator:: Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862
Published / Created:: 1849 November 1
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1135
Image Count:: 3
Abstract:: A letter discussing the inequalities and lack of scale in the brevet system which affects many of the men fighting in the Mexican War. General Kearny is disturbed that Lt. Elwell has not received a brevet promotion for his heroic service and harshly c...
Subject (Name):: Boone, Nathan, 1782-1857?, Elwell, Richard S., Gibbs, Alfred, Graham, Lorimer, Harney, William Selby, 1800-1889, Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Mason, Richard Barnes, 1797-1850, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, United States. Army --Promotions, United States. Army. Cavalry, 1st, United States. Army. Cavalry, 2nd, and Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to General Mason, 1st dragoons / by Philip Kearny, 1849 Nov 1

18. Letter : to John Walker / by Philip Kearny, 1849 Sep 4

Creator:: Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862
Published / Created:: 1849 September 4
Call Number:: WA MSS S-981 K215
Image Count:: 3
Abstract:: Philip Kearny, nephew of S. W. Kearny, writes to John Walker at General Scott’s office regarding a certificate of merit for the men in Company "F" 1st Dragoons, expressing his regret for the omission of a recommendation for Scott’s orderly, Macrae.
Subject (Name):: Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862 and Walker, John
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to John Walker / by Philip Kearny, 1849 Sep 4

19. Letter : to T. S. Jesup / by Philip Kearny, 1848 Sep 12

Creator:: Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862
Published / Created:: 1848 September 12
Call Number:: WA MSS S-548 K215
Image Count:: 3
Abstract:: Explanation of recruiting account expenses beyond the usual amount.
Subject (Name):: Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860 and Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to T. S. Jesup / by Philip Kearny, 1848 Sep 12

20. Letters

Creator:: Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867
Published / Created:: 1841-1852
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1248 K333
Image Count:: 35
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: George Kendall's letters relate to the Texan Santa Fe expedition and his book, The War between the United States and Mexico. Accompanying these are a draft of a letter from Kendall's family to Daniel Webster, Secretary of State, and his answer.
Subject (Name):: Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867, Kendall, Thaddeus, Rix, Catherine F. Kendall, Rix, William, 1811-1892, and United States Department of State
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848, Texan Santa Fé Expedition, 1841, and The War between the United States and Mexico
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters

21. The war between the United States and Mexico illustrated

Creator:: Kendall, Geo. Wilkins (George Wilkins), 1809-1867, author
Published / Created:: 1851.
Call Number:: ZZc50 851ke 2
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN ZZc50 851ke copy 1: Imperfect: volume water damaged. Plates bound interleaved with text.
Publisher:: Published by D. Appleton & Company, George S. Appleton, and Plon Brothers, Printers, No. 36, Rue Vaugirard
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The war between the United States and Mexico illustrated

22. Journal, 1846-1847

Creator:: Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855
Call Number:: WA MSS S-867
Image Count:: 297
Resource Type:: unspecified
Abstract:: The second volume of a personal journal of a young lady from Independence, Missouri, who follows her husband, a Santa Fé trader, to the Southwest in the early stages of the Mexican war. She describes people, events regarding the acquisition of the N...
Description:: There are 32 loose pages laid in front of the journal.
Subject (Geographic):: Bent's Fort (Colo.), Chihuahua (Mexico : State), El Paso (Tex.), Fort Macy (N.M.), Little Arkansas River (Kan.), Pecos (N.M.), Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), Santa Fe (N.M.), Southwest, New, and Taos (N.M.)
Subject (Name):: Ampudia, Pedro de, 1805-1868., Archuleta, Diego, 1814-1884., Armijo, Manuel, 1792?-1853., Belknap, William Goldsmith, d. 1851., Bent, Charles, 1799-1847., Bent, George, 1814-1847., Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853., Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876., Chavez y Castillo, Mariano., Clark, Meriwether Lewis, 1809-1881., Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895., Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879., Davy, Cornelius., Donaldson, James Lowry, 1814-1885., Doniphan, Alexander William., Gilpin, William, 1815-1894., Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850., Howard, John Eager, d. 1862., Hunter, David, 1802-1886., Kearny, Stephen Watts, 1794-1848., Kendall, Geo. Wilkins 1809-1867. (George Wilkins),, McDowell, Sarah Shelby, 1785-1847., Magoffin, James Wiley, 1799-1868., Magoffin, Samuel, 1801-1888., Magoffin, Susan Shelby, 1827-1855., Ortiz, Ramon., Ortiz, Tomas., Owens, Samuel D., d. 1847., Peck, William 1820-1892. (William Guy),, Pino, Manuel., Prentice, George D. 1802-1870. (Geroge Denison),, Prentiss, James H., 1809-1848., Price, Sterling, 1809-1867., Robidou, Antoine, 1794-1860., Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876., Shelby, James, 1784-1848., Shelby, Thomas Hart, 1789-1869., Stanley, John Mix, 1814-1872., Stockton, Robert Field, 1795-1866., Swords, Thomas, 1806-1886., Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850., Trias, Angel., Urrea, José, 1797-1849., Warner, William Horace., Washington, John Macrae, 1797-1853., Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869., Worth, William Jenkins, 1794-1849., Wright, George, 1803-1865., and Mexico. President (1846 : Paredes y Arrillaga)
Subject (Topic):: Indians of North America, Social life and customs, Apache Indians, Comanche Indians, Navajo Indians, History, Description and travel, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal, 1846-1847

23. To Taylor 5 pieces

Creator:: Marcy, William L. (William Learned), 1786-1857
Call Number:: WA MSS S-36
Collection Title:: Letters
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 1
Image Count:: 38
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Drafts and copies of letters from Secretary of War William L. Marcy to various commanders in the field, 1846-1847. 170 p.
Subject (Name):: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > To Taylor 5 pieces

24. The fall of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

Creator:: Matteson, Tompkins Harrison, 1813-1884, artist
Published / Created:: [1846]
Call Number:: WA Prints 330
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Against a battlefield background, Major Ringgold lies stricken beneath his fallen horse
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Columbian Magazine and W.L. Ormsby, printer
Subject (Geographic):: Texas
Subject (Name):: Ringgold, Samuel, 1796-1846
Subject (Topic):: Death and burial, Palo Alto, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The fall of Major Ringgold at the Battle of Palo Alto

25. The charge of Captain May at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma

Creator:: Morton, John Ludlow, 1792-1871, artist
Published / Created:: [1846?]
Call Number:: WA Prints 339
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: publisher not identified and W.L. Ormsby, printer
Subject (Geographic):: Texas
Subject (Name):: May, Charles Augustus, 1817-1864
Subject (Topic):: Resaca de la Palma, Battle of, Tex., 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The charge of Captain May at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma

26. Santa Anna's messengers requesting Genl. Taylor to surrender his forces at discretion, previous to the Battle of Buena Vista. : "General Taylor never surrenders" : [One line of quotation from Taylor]

Creator:: N. Currier (Firm), lithographer
Published / Created:: 1847]
Call Number:: WA Prints +187
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Subject: Image of General Zachary Taylor sitting on his horse, apporaching three Mexican soldiers standing at right. Taylor is surrounded by other American soldiers, and fighting can be seen in the distance
Alternative Title:: General Taylor never surrenders
Description:: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1847 by N. Currier, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."
Publisher:: N. Currier
Subject (Geographic):: Mexico
Subject (Name):: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, Soldiers, and Military campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Santa Anna's messengers requesting Genl. Taylor to surrender his forces at discretion, previous to the Battle of Buena Vista. : "General Taylor never surrenders" : [One line of quotation from Taylor]

27. Storming of the heights at Monterey : by the American Army Sept. 21st, 1846

Creator:: N. Currier (Firm), lithographer, publisher
Published / Created:: [1846]
Call Number:: WA Prints +175
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An officer pointing a sword in his right hand and carrying an American flag in his left leads an attack. He stands on a rocky slope near the muzzle of a cannon, as he exhorts his troops, two of whom have lost their shakos, to follow
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Lith. & pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau cor. Spruce St. N.Y.
Subject (Geographic):: Mexico
Subject (Topic):: Monterrey, Battle of, Monterrey, Mexico, 1846, Mexican War, 1846-1848, and Campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Storming of the heights at Monterey : by the American Army Sept. 21st, 1846

28. The First Division Volunteers encamped at Elencerro, Mexico, under Command of Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson

Creator:: Polhemus, J. D. L., artist
Published / Created:: [1847?]
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 847pp
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Print reproduces a drawing by Jason D.L. Polhemus of New York that depicts the United States Army First Division of Volunteers encamped in a plain below mountains; troops mustered by unit are marked with numerals 1-10 in image and named in list below ...
Description:: BEIN BrSides Zc50 847pp copy 2: Imperfect: Sheet split in two pieces between image and caption; each piece mounted on paper boards separately. Image mounted on board 45 x 78 cm; caption mounted on board 14 x 78 cm.
Publisher:: F. Kuhl's lith press
Subject (Name):: Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881
Subject (Topic):: Cerro Gordo, Battle of, Mexico, 1847 and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The First Division Volunteers encamped at Elencerro, Mexico, under Command of Maj. Gen. Robert Patterson

29. Hay's regiment, Texas mounted volunteers (Texas Rangers), 1847-1848 : Military uniforms in America, plate no. 167

Creator:: Steffen, Randy, 1917- artist
Published / Created:: [1959]
Call Number:: WA Prints +140
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Print shows Jack Hays in blue coat and red shirt at head of three other riders, each holds a Colt Walker revolver in his right hand
Alternative Title:: ©1959
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Presidio Press
Subject (Name):: Hays, John Coffee, 1817-1883 and Texas Rangers
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Colt revoler
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hay's regiment, Texas mounted volunteers (Texas Rangers), 1847-1848 : Military uniforms in America, plate no. 167

30. Letter : to Gen. John E. Wool / by Zachary Taylor

Creator:: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Published / Created:: 1847 Aug 19
Call Number:: WA MSS S-398 T219
Container / Volume:: Folder 1
Image Count:: 5
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Discusses the recent behavior of Mississippi and North Carolina troops, and other military matters.
Description:: Original (in folder 1) Restricted fragile material; preservation photocopy (in folder 2).
Subject (Name):: Wool, John Ellis, 1784-1869
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter : to Gen. John E. Wool / by Zachary Taylor

31. Letter to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion

Creator:: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Published / Created:: 1847 May 4
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1568 T219
Image Count:: 5
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Letter from Zachary Tayor as Aide to the Commander in Chief, to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion concerning a previous communication by a commission dealing with contributions for Nuevo Leon. Taylor expresses satisfaction with the impartialit...
Subject (Name):: United States--Army--History--Mexican War, 1846-1848
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848, Mexican War, 1846-1848--Campaigns, and Mexican War, 1846-1848--Occupied territories
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter to the Cuartel General Ejercito de Ocupacion

32. Letters, 1844-1848

Creator:: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Call Number:: WA MSS S-641
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 99
Abstract:: Zachary Taylor's letters concern his life as commander of the 1st Military Department, with headquarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1844-1845, and as commander of the army of occupation in Texas, 1845-1846. Taylor's correspondence records his role in t...
Description:: Typed transcript available.
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Name):: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. and United States. Army. Adjutant General's Office.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1844-1848

33. Letters, 1844-1848

Creator:: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Call Number:: WA MSS S-641
Container / Volume:: Box 2
Image Count:: 75
Abstract:: Zachary Taylor's letters concern his life as commander of the 1st Military Department, with headquarters at Fort Jesup, Louisiana, 1844-1845, and as commander of the army of occupation in Texas, 1845-1846. Taylor's correspondence records his role in t...
Description:: Typed transcript available.
Subject (Geographic):: United States
Subject (Name):: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850. and United States. Army. Adjutant General's Office.
Subject (Topic):: Politics and government and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters, 1844-1848

34. Zachary Taylor letters, 1811-1849

Creator:: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2955
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 33
Abstract:: Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jef...
Description:: Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):: United States. and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):: Butler, Thomas, active 1847., Dandridge, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 1824-1909., Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889., Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860., Jones, Roger, 1789-1852., Polk, James K. 1795-1849. (James Knox),, Ringgold, Thomas W., Taylor, Hancock, 1781-1841., and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Subject (Topic):: Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Politicians, Soldiers, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zachary Taylor letters, 1811-1849

35. Zachary Taylor letters, 1811-1849

Creator:: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Call Number:: WA MSS S-2955
Container / Volume:: Box 2
Image Count:: 350
Abstract:: Correspondence and papers created by Zachary Taylor relating to his military activities. The correspondence includes autograph letters, signed, and letters, signed, by Taylor to military and government correspondents, including Thomas W. Ringgold; Jef...
Description:: Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849-1850) and an American military leader with a four-decade career that ended with victories during the Mexican War.
Subject (Geographic):: United States. and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):: Butler, Thomas, active 1847., Dandridge, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 1824-1909., Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889., Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860., Jones, Roger, 1789-1852., Polk, James K. 1795-1849. (James Knox),, Ringgold, Thomas W., Taylor, Hancock, 1781-1841., and Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850.
Subject (Topic):: Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Mexican War, 1846-1848, Politicians, Soldiers, and Description and travel
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zachary Taylor letters, 1811-1849

36. The Battle of Vera Cruz : night scene

Creator:: Thompson, D. George, -approximately 1870, engraver
Published / Created:: [1847?]
Call Number:: BrSide4o Zc50 847th
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print shows the seige at Vera Cruz underway; in foreground, U.S. artillery group; U.S. flag; in background, right, ships, and left, town under fire
Description:: BEIN Broadsides4to Zc50 847th: On sheet 21.8 x 29.0 cm.
Publisher:: Published by S. Walker
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848 and Vera Cruz, Battle of, 1847
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Battle of Vera Cruz : night scene

37. Landing of the troops at Vera Cruz

Creator:: Wagner & M'Guigan, lithographer
Published / Created:: 1849]
Call Number:: WA Prints +174
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Subject: Scene depicting the American forces landing on the beach at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Soldiers are seen in rowboats heading to shore, and others are seen pitching tents and unloading cannons from boats. Smoke and fire is seen in the distance
Description:: Removed from Frost, J. Pictorial history of Mexico and the Mexican war, Philadelphia, 1849, BIB 43005.
Publisher:: Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co.
Subject (Geographic):: Mexico
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848, Campaigns, and Military campaigns
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Landing of the troops at Vera Cruz

38. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

39. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

40. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

41. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

42. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

43. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

44. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848waz 01
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

45. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

46. Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

Creator:: Walke, Henry, 1808-1896
Published / Created:: c1847-c1848.
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 848wa
Image Count:: 1
Description:: BEIN 2003 Folio 94: Autograph on nos. 1 and 3: Lt. L.L. Lee. From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:: Sarony & Major
Subject (Name):: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858. and United States. Navy
Subject (Topic):: History and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Naval portfolio naval scenes in the Mexican War / [graphic]

47. Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista

Creator:: Warren, Henry, 1794-1879, artist
Published / Created:: [1861?]
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 861wa
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description:: BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters.
Publisher:: George Virtue
Subject (Geographic):: Buena Vista, Mexico and Mexico.
Subject (Name):: Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic):: Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, Flags, and Arms and armament
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista

48. Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista

Creator:: Warren, Henry, 1794-1879, artist
Published / Created:: [1861?]
Call Number:: BrSide4o Zc50 861wa
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print shows close combat battle scene with Major Dix struggling to hold the American flag, in center foreground; with fallen men and horse; men fighting with long guns, lances, and sabers
Description:: BEIN BrSides Zc50 861wa copy 1: On sheet 20.4 x 29.0 cm. State without imprint letters.
Publisher:: George Virtue
Subject (Geographic):: Buena Vista, Mexico and Mexico.
Subject (Name):: Dix, John A. 1798-1879 (John Adams),
Subject (Topic):: Buena Vista, Battle of, Mexico, 1847, Campaigns and battles, Mexican War, 1846-1848, American, Soldiers, Flags, and Arms and armament
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Major Dix at the Battle of Buena Vista

49. Letter: to his wife

Creator:: Washington, John Macrae, 1797-1853
Published / Created:: 1848 Jun 5
Call Number:: WA MSS S-580 W2775
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: In a brief letter to his wife, John Washington tells of the ratification of the peace treaty between the United States and Mexico.
Subject (Name):: Mexico, Treaties, etc., United States, 1848 Feb 2, Washington, John Macrae, 1797-1853, and Washington, John Macrae, Mrs
Subject (Topic):: Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter: to his wife

50. Mexican news

Creator:: Woodville, Richard Caton, 1825-1855, artist
Published / Created:: [1853?]
Call Number:: BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 3
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Print shows a group of men gathered around a man reading a newspaper on the steps of the "American Hotel." An African American man and child also listen from the steps of the hotel. A woman is seen listening in through a window from inside the hotel. ...
Description:: BEIN BrSides Zc50 853woz 01 copy 1: On sheet 30.0 x 22.7 cm.
Publisher:: D. Appleton & Co.
Subject (Topic):: Men, African Americans, and Mexican War, 1846-1848
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mexican news

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