James Buchanan 1849 Frame Style:Ebony Frame A documentary engraving of the

A documentary engraving of the August morning the admiral bound himself to the rigging of the Hartford and drove his squadron through the torpedoes of Mobile Bay — damnation spoken aloud

rendered in the hopeful gravity of an election the Union would not survive intact

A battle lithograph from Taylor's Mexican campaign

The scene reads like a quiet argument between sanctuary and capital

Attack on Chapultepec Sept 13th 1847 — Mexicans Routed With Great Loss

James Buchanan 1849 Frame Style:Ebony Frame A documentary engraving of theJames Buchanan 1849 a portrait of the Pennsylvania statesman in his Polk administration prime, rendered when he was Secretary of State and the country was busy swallowing the spoils of the Mexican War. The face here is not yet the one history would blame; it is the diplomat's, still confident in compromise. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional