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Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo. 10th & 11th of April 1862

Description: Image of Confederate Fort Pulaski on Cockspur Island in Georgia being bombarded by Union forces during the American Civil War; fort on fire spewing flames and smoke into the sky; flag falling from broken flag pole at center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1862
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000916
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.

Brilliant Naval Victory on the Mississippi River, Near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862

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Image of Union and Confederate naval gunboats engaged on Mississippi River near Fort Wright, Tennessee, during the American Civil War; ships fire on each other on the river with explosions and billowing smoke rising into the sky.

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Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. Nov. 7th 1861

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Image of Union ships exchanging fire with Confederate forces during the bombardment of Port Royal, South Carolina, during the American Civil War; clouds of red and gray smoke rise over the scene.

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Capture of Fort Fisher, charge of marines on the traverse

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Image of soldiers firing on Union forces as they attempt to take over the Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher; Confederate troops fire a large cannon as Union soldiers break through a barricade; ships along the coast visible in background.

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Columbia Fire Insurance Co

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Image of Columbia with a large American flag at the center of an advertisement for Columbia Fire Insurance Co. of New York City; images of storefronts on a commercial street on a normal day at left and with a fire engine and firefighters fighting flames at right.

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Battle of Savannah - Oct. 9th 1779. (Charge and daeth [sic] of Pulaski.)

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Image of the Battle of Savannah, Georgia, in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War; United States Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski is shot and killed as he charges forward at the head of a group of French and American cavalry; British soldiers shoot at the advancing cavalry soldiers from behind a barricade; dead and wounded men visible on the ground.

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Bombardment and Capture of Fort Henry, Tenn

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Image of Union gunboats firing on Confederate-held Fort Henry along the bank of the Tennessee River during the American Civil War; bombs burst in the air.

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Bombardment of Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Geo. 10th & 11th of April 1862

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