Cornelius Johnson at the Battle of Chapultepec
In September of 1847 a war between the two largest armies in the Americas was drawing to its close. While the conflict between the Republic of Mexico and the United States of America was incredibly hard fought by both sides, the outcome of nearly every battle were equally as one sided. The unavoidable Mexican defeat was merely a long line in a series of humiliations of a people who had descended from the first conquerors of the New World.