RETREAT OF THE AMERICANS AT SAN PEDRO


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

After the failure of the first attempt to re-capture Los Angeles in an advance from San Pedro, the Americans, under command of Capt. William Mervine, USN retreated. 9 October 1846.

From the collection of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.