General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 framed_fresno_art Charge of General Sheridan

Charge of General Sheridan

19th Century — a documentary engraving of the marbled ascent the public took to look down upon their legislators

When John Paul Jones Came Home 1918 — a press photograph of the Revolution's drowned admiral repatriated at last

William Cabell Rives

General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 framed_fresno_art Charge of General SheridanGeneral Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista 1847 renders Old Rough and Ready astride the Mexican highlands, where outnumbered American volunteers held Santa Anna's columns and turned a desperate February stand into the lithograph that would carry Zachary Taylor straight to the White House. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical