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Battle of Wilson’s Creek

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1893
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000767
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 Williamsburg, Va. May 5th 1862

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Image of armies engaged on the battlefield at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General George B. McClellan rides on horseback at center leading Union soldiers on foot in a charge against Confederate troops; wounded or dead soldier and horse next to a cannon at right.

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Glorious charge of Hancock’s division (2nd) of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle near Spottsylvania [sic] Court House Va. May 12th, 1864

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Image of Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia, during the American Civil War in a wooded area; soldiers under General Winfield Scott Hancock (on horseback at left) charge Confederate cannon lines; wounded and dead soldiers in foreground.

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Battle of Tippecanoe

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Image of a scene depicting the Battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; General William Henry Harrison on horseback with sword in hand at left commands American soldiers shooting rifles through trees as they try to repel an attack by spear, tomahawk, and gun-wielding Native American Indians in a wooded forest area; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay in the clearing at center, wounded soldiers from both sides also pictured.

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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.

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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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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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