Death of Colonel Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, February 23rd 1847 Lumen_Field where tenement laundry sagged above

where tenement laundry sagged above pushcarts and a thousand accents jostled for daylight

The Celestial Mechanics of Light and Shadow — Part A — a Victorian astronomical plate where the eclipse becomes geometry and geometry becomes prayer

A documentary engraving of Scott's storming of the castle above Mexico City

A Little More Grape Capt Bragg: General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista

Death of Colonel Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, February 23rd 1847 Lumen_Field where tenement laundry sagged aboveDeath of Colonel Clay, Battle of Buena Vista, February 23rd 1847 a documentary lithograph rendering Henry Clay Jr.'s last moments in the Mexican chaparral, the son of the Great Compromiser felled in a war his father had warned against. Manifest Destiny's confidence here meets its private cost. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical