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Assault on Fort Sanders

Description: Image of Confederate soldiers charging up a hill attacking a Union fort at the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the American Civil War; dead and wounded men visible on the ground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1891
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000749
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.

Battle of Newbern

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Image of a scene from the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina, in 1862 during the American Civil War; Union soldiers on foot and horseback attacking with rifles or swords advance on Confederate cannons; dead and wounded men visible on the ground; explosions visible in the air.

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The storming of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feby. 15th 1862

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Image of Confederate soldiers defending with rifles, bayonets, and cannons as Union troops storm Fort Donelson, Tennessee, during the American Civil War; soldiers carrying American flags prominent in the charge; Union General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback directing the charge at left; dead and wounded soldiers visible; Confederate fort and river scene with steamboats in background.

priJLC_MIL_000947

Siege of Vicksburg, the assault on Fort Hill

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Image of Union soldiers surging up an incline on an assault of Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg from May through July, 1863, during the American Civil War; dead and wounded soldiers at left.

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Battle of Chattanooga

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaging in hills and across a river at the Battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in November of 1863 during the American Civil War; dead and wounded soldiers visible on ground.

priJLC_MIL_000757

Battle of Williamsburg

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Image of Union and Confederate forces engaged in the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1862 during the American Civil War; American flag and 5th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry flag at center; officers on horseback at left; wounded and dead soldiers visible on ground; fort in background.

priJLC_MIL_000766

Battle of Fort Donelson

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Image of the capture of Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner and his army at the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee in 1862 during the American Civil War; Union troops engage on the battlefield with soldier carrying an American flag at center; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground.

priJLC_MIL_000760

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