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Encampment of U. St. troops at Newport News, Va. 1861 & 1862

Description: Image of an aerial view of a military camp along the shore in Newport News, Virginia; rows of buildings with several American flags flying on flagpoles spread out over the shore; ships and rowboats sail to and from docks offshore, including a steamship lettered "Express" at pier at right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1862
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000929
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.

The sinking of the "Cumberland by the iron clad "Merrimac", off Newport News Va. March 8th 1862

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Image of a Union ship being sunk by a Confederate gunboat as soldiers dive into the sea and swim to rowboats.

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Camp Oliver 25th Mass. V. Infantry, New Berne, N.C. 1862-3

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Image of Camp Oliver in New Berne, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; large military camp with rows of tents and American flags; soldiers in field in foreground; river in background.

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Capture of Roanoke Island, Feby. 8th 1862

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Image of Union army soldiers advancing against Confederate cannons from the shore with American flags held high during the capture of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; fallen soldiers in foreground; multitude of ships visible in background.

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R. Cornell White's new palatial excursion steamer Grand Republic

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Image of the steamboat Grand Republic sailing with all three decks full of passengers; many pennants and flags visible on rigging, some lettered "Grand Republic" and "For Rockaway Beach."

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Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, the first opened for Union volunteers in the United States. 1009 Otsego St. Philadelphia

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Image of interior and exterior views of Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, near the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad station during the American Civil War; exterior view includes rows of soldiers at attention, civilians, and signs and flags for the saloon, with a goddess Columbia figure holding an American flag riding a bald eagle in clouds; interior view includes soldiers at tables of food in dining hall, men of the Committee in suits in foreground, and American flag draperies along wall and ceiling.

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Camp Belger, Baltimore, Md

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Image of an aerial view of Camp Belger military camp in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; soldiers from the 114th Regiment of New York Volunteer Infantry drilling in long ranks in yard with rows of military camp tents spread out behind in a tree-lined area; American flag on flag pole at center.

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Encampment of U. St. troops at Newport News, Va. 1861 & 1862

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