Bombardment of Vera Cruz. March 25th 1847 lith. & pub. by N. Currier

Print shows General Winfield Scott, on a white horse, giving orders to officers in an artillery battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz.

Caption continues: The bombardment commenced on the 22nd of March at 4 1/4 o'clock p.m. and was incessant day and night until the morning of the 26th at which time overtures were made by the enemy for a capitulation of the city and also of the castle of San Juan de Ulloa (The Gibraltar of America). On the 27th the garrisons of both city and castle surrendered as prisoners of war to the victorious arms of the United States.
American Army under Genl. Scott 12,100 - American loss 15 killed 50 wounded.
No. 458.
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 N.Y.
Gale, 672
Conningham, 601