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The last and only chance as cavalry!

Description: Image of Union and Confederate cavalry soldiers clashing on horseback with sword drawn on a recruiting poster for the Union cavalry during the American Civil War.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1861-1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000740
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.

General Stoneman’s great cavalry raid, May 1863

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Image of Union cavalry under the leadership of General George Stoneman charging on horseback past fallen and wounded Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.

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Jeff’s last skedaddle off to the last ditch

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Image of a political cartoon depicting a tearful Confederate President Jefferson Davis disguised in a dress and bonnet fleeing Union cavalry soldiers riding through a camp on horseback during the American Civil War; a woman (presumably his wife Varina Davis) wears hoop skirts, petticoat, and a corset without a dress as she tries to dissuade the soldiers riding into camp.

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Minor Millikin. Col. First Ohio Volunteers

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Colonel Minor Millikin, commander in the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, on horseback in full military uniform with sword in outstretched hand and reins in the other; cavalry soldiers advancing forward as a trumpet sounds visible in background.

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General Philip H. Sheridan

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union General Philip Sheridan on horseback in military uniform with sword in hand leading cavalry.

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The Battle of Pittsburg, Tenn. April 7th 1862

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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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General John Morgan

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Confederate General John Hunt Morgan on horseback in military uniform with sword in hand; cavalry in background riding through mountain forest area.

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The last and only chance as cavalry!

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