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The Union defenders certificate, in support & defence of the government, the Union and the Constitution of the United States, against the great rebellion
Image of a blank military certificate with three vignettes of American Civil War military scenes: Union soldiers marching with fife, drum, and American flag, soldiers manning a cannon, and troops on foot and on horseback march down a road past a grave marked "Grave of the Brave" as an African-American woman, man and boy with dog look on.
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.
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Image of a blank United States military certificate honoring volunteers who served in the American Civil War; space for text in center framed by a monument capped with a portrait of President George Washington, an American bald eagle, and American flags; Union soldiers depicted relaxing in military camp and manning a cannon in foreground; cavalry troops on horseback in ranks in open field in the distance.
Image of an eye-level close-up view of three Union soldiers gesturing towards an American flag, with a wagon and soldiers on horseback in the background.
Image of a memorial military register certificate with list of soldiers' names framed by a bald eagle with Union shield, American flags, allegorical figures of women symbolizing Liberty and Justice, soldiers in a military camp during the American Civil War, sailor manning a cannon, and soldier leaving for war and then being reunited with his family.
Image of three soldiers of the American Revolutionary War marching and playing drums and fife; soldiers with rifles, bayonets, and an American flag march with spirit behind the three musicians; wounded soldier on the ground next to a cannon raises his cap to the passing soldiers at bottom right.
Image of a number of portraits of Union generals and admirals from the American Civil War, including William Tecumseh Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, and George G. Meade; Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson pictured at top flanking an image of soldiers standing with a large American flag and artillery; captioned images of military insignia, weapons, and various positions of war form a border.
Image of an American bald eagle on a Union shield with American flag in its beak; military items including a rifle, sword, anchor, and cannon ball are interspersed with other symbolic items from the American Civil War, including an olive branch, broken chains and shackle, and the Constitution below.
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