2-701-059 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Capture of Monterey, from The War Between the United States and Mexico, pub. 1851 (colour lithograph). US-Mexican War 1846 - 1848; 25th September 1846; Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850); Pedro Ampudia (1805 - 1868); US troops are seen here marching towards Monterey with the Sierra Madre in the background; the Mexicans were later defeated.