Mississippi Rifles at Buena Vista

Samuel Chamberlain

by Samuel Chamberlain
published on 05 January 2026

Mississippi Rifles at Buena Vista — The Mississippi Rifles, under Colonel Jefferson Davis, stop a Mexican charge at the Battle of Buena Vista, watercolor by Samuel Chamberlain as published in his *My Confession: The Recollections of a Rogue*, c. 1860.

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