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Full rank - Major Generals of the United States Army - Civil War 1861-65

Description: Image of a group portrait of 133 Union Major Generals on horses who served in the American Civil War; names of officers printed below portrait.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1887
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000736
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Officers of the United States Army and Navy prisoners of war. Libby Prison Richmond, Va

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Image of a register of United States Army and Navy prisoners of war listing the names of officers imprisoned by rank during the American Civil War; four captioned scenes from Confederate military prison Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia, in corners; bald eagle with American flag, shield, arrows and olive branch at top center; Union soldiers and sailors with swords, bayonets, and harpoons at left and right center.

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S. R. Curtis Major General U.S.A

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Major General Samuel Ryan Curtis seated on horseback in military uniform.

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Gettysburg July 2d 1863

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Image of Major General George Meade and other Union officers on horses at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War; wounded soldiers in foreground, tattered flags and smoke from fires rising in background; names of participants in bottom margin.

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Major General John W. Geary

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Major General John W. Geary on horseback in military uniform; charging soldiers mounted and on foot with American flag in background.

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All honor to the brave : United States Army diploma

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Image of a blank United States military certificate honoring volunteers who served in the American Civil War; space for text in center framed by a monument capped with a portrait of President George Washington, an American bald eagle, and American flags; Union soldiers depicted relaxing in military camp and manning a cannon in foreground; cavalry troops on horseback in ranks in open field in the distance.

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Zachary Taylor. Major General U.S. Army

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Image of a portrait of Major General Zachary Taylor in military uniform seated at a table inside a tent in a military camp writing out a dispatch with quill and ink; soldier on guard duty visible near rows of tents outside in background.

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Full rank - Major Generals of the United States Army - Civil War 1861-65

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