AND TAKING POSSESSION OF CALIFORNIA
July 6, 1846
Carruth and Carruth, Oakland, CA. 1902. Illustration by W. A. Coulter.
Depicted is the Old Custom House, left, with a Mexican redoubt on the point. Commodore Sloat's forces are seen arriving in small water craft. On the right is the U. S. Sloop-of-War Cyane, U. S. Frigate Savannah (Sloat's Flagship), and U. S. Sloop-of-War Levant.
