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NH 2287 Capture of the Mexican steamers GENERAL MIRAMON and MARQUES DE LA HABANA, 6 March 1860.

Capture of the Mexican steamers GENERAL MIRAMON and MARQUES DE LA HABANA, 6 March 1860.
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Title: Capture of the Mexican steamers GENERAL MIRAMON and MARQUES DE LA HABANA, 6 March 1860.
Caption: Off Anton Lizardo (near Vera Cruz), Mexico, by USS SARATOGA and the chartered American steamers WAVE and INDIANAOLA. The captured ships belonged to one faction of the current Mexican Revolution. Lithograph drawn by Richard A. Thompson and published by J.H. Bufford, Boston, circa 1860. Additional details on this action are filed with the photograph.
Description: Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.
Catalog #: NH 2287
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Lithograph drawn by Richard A. Thompson.
Original Date: Tue, Mar 06, 1860
After this Year: 1860
Before this Year: 1869
Original Medium: BW Photo, Lithograph
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