Battles of Mexico: Survey of the line of operations of the U.S. Army under the command of Major General Winfield Scott

Attribution:

William Turnbull, George B. McClellan, and Edmund L. Hardcastle

Date:

1848

Description:

The U.S. troops, under the command of General Winfield Scott, arrived in Veracruz and quickly advanced to Mexico City via the route taken by Hernán Cortés three hundred years prior. The city fell in September 1847.

Bib. Reference:

Washington, D.C.: C.B. Graham

Bancroft call number:

G4414.M6S44 1848 .M3

Digital image courtesy of:

The Library of Congress