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Battle of Atlanta

Description: Image of the Battle of Atlanta during the American Civil War depicting General James B. McPherson's death; Union officers on horseback lead soldiers into attack against Confederate forces.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1888
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000753
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 Champion-Hills

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Image of Union General John A. Logan's rear attack on the Confederate army in a wooded area as part of the Battle of Champion Hill east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, during the American Civil War; soldiers on horseback with American flags lead the battle; Confederate cannons on hill attack Union lines.

priJLC_MIL_000756

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 at Carnifax Ferry

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Image of Union and Confederate forces clashing at the Battle of Carnifax (or Carnifex) Ferry in Nicholas County, West(ern) Virginia, during the American Civil War; an explosion fells soldiers at center while ranks of men charge forward at left and right; wounded soldiers visible on ground; officers on horseback near a cannon at bottom right.

priJLC_MIL_002400

Battle of Olustee, Fla

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Image of the American Civil War Battle of Olustee in Florida under Union Brigadier General Truman Seymour and Confederate Brigadier General Joseph Finnegan; Union soldiers in formation attack Confederate troops in the distance; men also visible manning artillery or riding on horseback; wounded and dead soldiers litter the ground.

priJLC_MIL_002375

Battle of Antietam

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Image of Union General George B. McClellan at the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate soldiers battle along the edge of a river as Union army forces overrun a bridge; cannons fire into the lines.

priJLC_MIL_000752

Battle of Wilson’s Creek

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in a clearing near a wooded area at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, in 1861 during the American Civil War; officers on horseback, American flag and First Iowa Infantry flag at left; dead and wounded soldiers on battlefield, lines attacking with cannon fire in background.

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