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![]() | The Battle of Buena Vista Watercolor Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | ![]() Correctly fearing that Santa Anna might seize his supplies at Saltillo and Buena Vista, one the night of February 22 Taylor sent Archibald Yell's Arkansas Volunteers and 400 men of the Second Dragoons under Lt. Col. Charles May first to Hidiondo (Hedionda) and then to Saltillo, where they held off the Mexican flanking attack. Note flares fired by... | GA | Anonymous |
![]() | The Great Western as Landlady ca. 1846 Anonymous Collection (2) Unknown | ![]() Depiction of Sarah Borginnes, also known as "The Great Western" or the "Heroine of Fort Brown, as the landlady of one of several hotel/restaurants she operated in Northern Mexico during Zachary Talyor's campaign during the Mexican-American War. | GA | Anonymous |
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