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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
General Hickenlooper at the Battle of Shiloh
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of Union soldiers engaging in combat in a forest during the Battle of Shiloh (or Battle of Pittsburg Landing) fought April 6–7, 1862, during the American Civil War; a soldier holding a saber gestures for a messenger to hurry from the field at bottom center.
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Visual Materials
Image of armies engaged on battlefield at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (also called the Battle of Shiloh) in Tennessee during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate foot soldiers charge at each other with wounded and dead soldiers visible on the ground at center; cavalry on horseback charge at bottom right; caption describing battle in bottom margin.
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Visual Materials
Image of a topographical map of Shiloh, Tennessee, oriented with North to the right and Pittsburg Landing, Crumps Landing, and the Tennessee River in the lower part of the image; relief shown by hachure; shows some locations, waterways, structures, roads, and towns.
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Rare Books
A blueprint copy hand colored. "Positions on first day, April 6, 1862. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of War by the Shiloh National Military Park Commission. Surveyed and drawn by Atwell Thompson, B.E. Engineer in charge. 1900." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blueprint.
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Visual Materials
Image of a full-length portrait of United States General William Henry Harrison on horseback at the battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; several soldiers with upraised hands entreat Harrison to not advance, but the General appears calm and resolute with sword in hand; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay beneath the hooves of Harrison's horse.
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Visual Materials
Image of the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback, including General George B. McClellan and General Randolph B. Marcy, survey the battle from a hilltop; cannon and dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; army ranks marching in background.
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