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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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Image of Union and Confederate ironclad ships the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack), steamships & sailing ships engaged in battle at sea during the American Civil War.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Image of armies engaged on the battlefield at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General George B. McClellan rides on horseback at center leading Union soldiers on foot in a charge against Confederate troops; wounded or dead soldier and horse next to a cannon at right.
