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Gettysburg battle-field

Description: Image of an aerial view in the style of a military topographical map of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863 during the American Civil War; officers’ signatures in bottom margin endorse accuracy of troop positions; keys to map in bottom margin.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1863
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000738
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.

The Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3d. 1863

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Image of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate armies engaged at close range surrounded by smoke from cannon fire; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; caption describing battle in bottom margin.

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Our generals in the field

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Image of a group portrait of 17 American Civil War Union generals on horseback in military uniform (sixteen identified in captions, bottom margin).

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Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, supported gratuitously by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pa

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Image of interior and exterior views of the Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; soldiers board a Philadelphia & Baltimore Railroad troop train as spectators cheer; interior views of washing department, dining saloon and cooking department; bald eagle with American flags and laurel wreath frame a portrait of General Winfield Scott at bottom center; facsimile signatures of committee members in bottom margin.

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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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Battles of the rebellion

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Image of nine vignettes portraying American Civil War battle scenes surrounding a moonlit evening scene of a man and woman embracing near two trees with a large snake on the ground nearby; goddess Columbia with American flag at top center; scene captions in bottom margin.

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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon of Philadelphia. Being the first institution of the kind in the United States. Organized, May 27th 1861

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Image of Union army marching in ranks past a crowd of civilians in front of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon as lines of soldiers file from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, docks towards the troop trains; American flag on pole at center; crowd includes a band and an African American man; names of committee members and volunteers in bottom margin.

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Gettysburg battle-field

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