BATTLE OF SANTA CLARA


William H. Meyers. Watercolor. 1847.
Naval Sketches of the War in California. Limited Edition 1,000. Grabhorn Press. San Francisco. 1939.

Putting down the revolt in the North while Commodore Robert F. Stockton operates against Los Angeles. Capt. Charles F. Weber, California Battalion Mounted Rangers appears left, on bucking horse. Capt. Ward Marston, U. S. Marine Corps, can be seen left, on a black horse. Sailing master DeYoung, USN, commands the artillery, center. Lieutenant Robert Tansill, USMC, in the forefront, checks on a casualty. Capt. Smith, in command of the Mounted Rangers, right. Capitano Sanchez commanded the Californians. 2 January 1847.

From the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.