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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 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 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 Union army marching in ranks past a crowd of civilians in front of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon as lines of soldiers file from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, docks towards the troop trains; American flag on pole at center; crowd includes a band and an African American man; names of committee members and volunteers in bottom margin.
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 a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Major General Lovell Rousseau seated on horseback in military uniform with cap in hand and arm outstretched; soldiers marching through the countryside visible in background.
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