Battle of Buena Vista 19th Century Size:24x18 when allegiance to the federal

when allegiance to the federal compact had to be drawn

and elevated rails converge beneath the bronze bell-ringers of Bennett's newspaper palace

his gaunt face already carrying the ledger of a republic at war with itself

1872 — a documentary engraving of the granite shaft rising on Boston Common just seven years after Appomattox

the salutation closing like a letter from a man who treated the office as correspondence between gentlemen

Battle of Buena Vista 19th Century Size:24x18 when allegiance to the federalBattle of Buena Vista 19th Century a lithograph of Taylor's improbable February stand against Santa Anna in the Mexican mountains, where outnumbered American volunteers held a narrow pass and minted a presidency in the smoke of Manifest Destiny's most consequential campaign. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the