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Genl. Shields at the Battle of Winchester, Va.1862

Description: Image of American Civil War Union General James Shields on horseback flanked by Confederate soldiers during the skirmish at the beginning of the first Battle of Kernstown in Winchester, Virginia; dead soldiers and explosion in foreground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1862
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000934
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 Battle of Newbern, N.C. March 14th 1862

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Image of General Ambrose Burnside advancing with troops at the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers on foot and on horseback advance; an explosion with wounded and dead Confederate soldiers in foreground.

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Battle of Opequan or Winchester, Va

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in the Battle of Opequan (Battle of Winchester) in Virginia in 1864 during the American Civil War; troops clash in a field surrounded by forests; charging cavalry in foreground; firing lines with cannons in background; dead and wounded men and horses on ground.

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Genl. Meagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. June 1st 1862

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General Thomas Francis Meagher on horseback directs the charge as soldiers on foot surge forward leaving dead and wounded soldiers in their wake; cannons and fighting troops in background at right.

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Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. May 3rd 1863

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Image of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, during the American Civil War with Union and Confederate soldiers on foot engaged on the battlefield; explosion and wounded soldier in foreground near mounted officer on horseback.

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Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13th 1862

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Image of the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate army lines engaged with wounded and dead soldiers in foreground; smoke rising from the battle along hill in background; caption describing battle in bottom margin.

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The Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. May 31st 1862

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Image of the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, during the American Civil War with Union and Confederate soldiers on foot engaged in a forest clearing surrounded by trees; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; hot air balloon rising in distance; caption describing the battle in bottom margin.

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Genl. Shields at the Battle of Winchester, Va.1862

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