President ZACHARY TAYLOR Battle of Lake Okeechobee ~ 1875 Art Print Engraving

Description: ZACHARY TAYLOR Artist: unknown ____________ Engraver: unknown NOTE: THE RED LETTERING ON THE PRINT IS A WATERMARK I ADDED DIGITALLY AND IS NOT ON THE ACTUAL PRINT! PRINT DATE: This engraving was printed in 1875; it is not a modern reproduction in any way. PRINT SIZE: Overall print size is 7 1/2 x 10 inches, image size is 6 by 8 1/4 inches. PRINT CONDITION: Condition is excellent. Bright and clean. Blank on reverse. Heavy rag stock paper. SHIPPING: Buyer to pay shipping, domestic orders receive priority mail, international orders receive regular air mail unless otherwise asked for. We take a variety of payment options. Full payment details will be in our email after auction close. We pack properly to protect your item! PRINT DESCRIPTION : Zachary Taylor, the twelfth President of the United States, was born in Orange County, Virginia, September 24, 1784. Soon after Ills birth his parents removed to Kentucky, and settled within a few miles of the present city of Louisville. In that sparsely populated section educational advantages were few, and until he was twenty-four years of age he worked on his father's plantation. His father, Colonel Richard Taylor, served throughout the War of the Revolution, was distinguished in the Indian wars, and was one of the frainers of the Constitution of Kentucky. In 1808 Zachary Taylor was appointed a lieutenant in the United States Army, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of his brother, Hancock Taylor. He was made captain in November, 1810. Upon the declaration of war with England, in 1812, he engaged under General Harrison in the protection of the North-western territory. For his gallantry in repelling an Indian attack on Fort Harrison, a stockade on the Wabash River, September, 1812, he received the brevet rank of major,-the first instance in the service of this species of promotion. He took part in the successful expedition of General Hopkins against the Indians, and in 3814 commanded an expedition against the British and Indians on the Rock River. Upon the termination of the war he was retained in the army, and for several years was employed in the Indian service in various ways. In 1819 he was made lieutenant-colonel. he built Fort Jessup in 1822. In 1832 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and in the same year took part in the Black Hawk War. Up to this date, twenty-four years from the time of his entering the service, Colonel Taylor had been engaged in the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in employments so obscure, that his name was unknown beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. In 1836 he was sent to Florida to compel the Seminoles to vacate that region and to remove to lands west of the Mississippi, in accordance with, a treaty made by their chiefs. After several battles the Indians retreated to the everglades of southern Florida, with the hope of finding safety in its tangled swamps. Colonel Taylor pursued them into their hiding-places-though to do so it was necessary to wade knee deep through mud and water for three-quarters of a mile-and defeated them at Okechobee, December 25, 1837. For this affair he received the brevet rank of brigadier-general. In 1838 he was made comander-in-chief in Florida, and held the position until the arrival of General Macomb. In 1840 he was assigned to the command of the army in the South-west, with headquarters at Fort Jessup. He at tin's time purchased a plantation near Baton Rouge, to which he removed his family, he remained here for five years. On the annexation of Texas in 1845, General Taylor was ordered to the frontier to defend the new State against Mexican invasion. In August, 1845, he encamped at Corpus Christi, Texas, with one thousand and five hundred troops. In November his forces had increased to about four thousand men. In March of the following year he was ordered to advance to the Rio Grande. When the troops reached the banks of that river opposite Matamoras they erected Fort Brown. With two thousand and three hundred men he defeated six thousand .Mexicans under General Arista, at Palo Alto, May 8, 1846. The next day he gained the battle of Resaca de la Palina. He was thereupon appointed to the rank of Major-General. He captured Monterey, September 24, 1846, and in February, 1847, defeated the Mexicans under Santa Anna at Buena Vista. This decisive victory enhanced the already widespread reputation which his success in the three previous battles had won him. "Old Rough and Ready," as his soldiers admiringly called him, received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal for his services in Mexico. After the close of the war, having been offered the nomination for President of the United States, General Taylor published several letters defining his position as "a Whig, but not an Ultra-Whig." Many of the Whig leaders violently opposed his nomination. He had taken so little interest in politics that he had not voted in forty years, but his personal popularity was so great that he was nominated and elected by a large majority. His administration was short. He died at the Presidential mansion in Washington, July 9, 1850, after an illness of five days, and was succeeded by Millard Fillmore, the Vice-President. General Taylor was universally respected and beloved. Plainness and simplicity were the characteristics of his manners and appearance. A son, Richard Taylor, was a Confederate general. He died in New York City, April 12, 1879. A RARE 19th CENTURY VIVID AMERICAN HISTORY BATTLE SCENE! .

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