Title: Entrance of the Yankees into the City of Puebla Description: Entrance of the Yankees into the City of Puebla; 1848 lithograph depicting the entrance of U.S. troops into city of Puebla, Mexico, on May 12, 1847 during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); led by General Winfield Scott ( June 13, 1786-May 29, 1866), U.S. troops took the city that day and remained for two months while Scott prepared for an attack on Mexico City; the Mexican-American War was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Puebla, Mexico, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), Yankees, 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1415 (2.97 MPixels) (1.48) Print Size: 17.8 x 12.0 cm; 7.0 x 4.7 inches File Size: 8.53 MB (8,947,750 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038622 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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