Attack of the gun boats upon the city, & Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. Bombardment of Vera Cruz, March 1847 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Print shows the bombardment of Vera Cruz by American warships under the command of Josiah Tattnall Esq. U.S.N.; ships and their commanding officers are identified as "Falcon, Lt. Glasson, Reefen, Lt. Sterett, Vixen, Comd. Sands, Petrel, Lt, Shaw, Bonita, Lt. Benham, Spitfire, Comd. Tattnall, Tampico, Lt. Griffin".

160 U.S. Copyright Office.

Caption continues: Commanded by Josiah Tatnall [sic] Esq. U.S.N.

From a sketch taken on board the Steamer Spitfire, during the action, by J.M. Ladd U.S.N.

No. 467.

Inscribed in ink at bottom: 160. Deposited in the Clerk's Office for the So. Dist. of New York. June 7, 1847.

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.

Gale, 321

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