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Memorial Church on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Pr More

Open prairie - National Parks Gallery

The openness of Palo Alto made it suitable for a traditional 19th century battle.

headquarters from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Matamoros from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Point Isabel from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Point Isabel Bay from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Matamoros from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Fort Brown from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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On to the charge! Inscribed to the memory of Major Ringgold . . .

An illustrated sheet music cover for a song memorializing one of the first heroes of the Mexican War, Maj. Samuel Ringgold. Zachary Taylor's innovative gunnery commander was fatally wounded in May 1846 during t More

Mexican-American War from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Battle of Palo Alto, 8th May 1846. - Public domain map

Relief shown by hachures. Shows military deployment of troops on May 8th and 9th, 1846 between the Americans under Gen. Taylor and the Mexicans under Gen. Arista. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Accompanied by type More

Mexican-American War from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Matamoros from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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U.S. Army from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Matamoros from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Mexican-American War from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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ranchero from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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Distinguished military operations with a hasty bowl of soup

The satire apparently perceives President Polk's reinstatement of Winfield Scott over Zachary Taylor as commander of U.S. forces in the Mexican War in November 1846 as an attempt to squelch the extreme personal More

General Zachariah Taylor, (Old Rough and Ready) - as he appeared at the battle of Palo Alto from a sketch by a lieutenant of artillery ; lith. & pub by T.W. Strong 98 Nassau St. N. York

Print shows General Zachary Taylor, full-length portrait, facing right, sitting on a horse, taking notes, and gesturing with his left hand. Printed in upper left corner: No. 15. Entered according to Act of Con More

Chapel de la Capilla from "Our Army on the Rio Grande: ... with descriptions of the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, the bombardment of Fort Brown, and the ceremonies of the surrender of Matamoros, etc"

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