Image of a topographical map of Shiloh, Tennessee, oriented with North to the right and Pittsburg Landing, Crumps Landing, and the Tennessee River in the lower part of the image; relief shown by hachure; shows some locations, waterways, structures, roads, and towns.
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 Union soldiers engaging in combat in a forest during the Battle of Shiloh (or Battle of Pittsburg Landing) fought April 6–7, 1862, during the American Civil War; a soldier holding a saber gestures for a messenger to hurry from the field at bottom center.
Image of armies engaged on battlefield at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing (also called the Battle of Shiloh) in Tennessee during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate foot soldiers charge at each other with wounded and dead soldiers visible on the ground at center; cavalry on horseback charge at bottom right; caption describing battle in bottom margin.
Image of paddle steamboats at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River in Hardin County, Tennessee, including steamboats "Cincinnati & Memphis Packet Silver Moon" and "Cincinnati & Memphis Packet Glendale" along bank during the American Civil War; military camp tents visible among trees in background.
Image of an elevated view of the International Naval Review held in New York Harbor in 1893 as part of the celebrations commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus's landing in America; dozens of ships sailing in the harbor visible with national flags and pennants flying; coastline visible in background.
Image of American soldiers landing on the shores of Veracruz, Mexico, during the Mexican-American War; troops gather on the shore with cannons near a large American flag on a flagpole as more men disembark from ships and are ferried to shore in row boats; city of Veracruz visible in the distance.
Image of American actor and comedian John Sheridan dressed as the female character Mrs. O’Brien, an old woman in a feathered hat, entering through a door carrying hat boxes and an umbrella, with a painted screen with an image of a heron landing on a pond in the background; the poster advertises the farce comedy "Mrs. Bridget O'Brien, Esq." that was based on a character by that name in the 1880s comedy "Fun on the Bristol."
