Benito Juarez, circa 1860
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Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 5, 2008.
Depicted content
- Mexican moderates revolt against the liberal government and jail Benito Juárez
- Mexican president Ignacio Comonfort resigns and flees Mexico City
- The governor of Guanajuato recognizes Benito Juárez as the legitimate constitutional president of Mexico
- Liberal leader Benito Juárez returns to Mexico from exile in the US and the Caribbean
- The United States recognizes the Liberal government of Benito Juarez in Mexico
- The Mexican city of Puebla surrenders to the French after a sixty-two day siege
- President Benito Juarez adjourns the Mexican Congress and abandons Mexico City to the French
- French troops enter the Mexican capital after an eighteen month campaign
Image type
engraving
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption
Jaurez, President of Mexico
Source citation:
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress 