DEATH OF MAJOR RINGGOLD AT PALO ALTO
Artist
unknown. Hand colored lithograph. Nathaniel Currier, NY. 1846.
Major
Samuel Ringgold spills from his saddle, fatally wounded in both thighs by
Mexican cannon fire. Ringgold, whose superbly drilled flying
artillery proved itself at Palo Alto, was one of the five Americans who
died in the engagement.
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