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Storming Stony Point - July 16th 1779

Description: Image of soldiers armed with rifles and bayonets and bearing an American flag storming up a hill in Stony Point, New York, in the Battle of Stony Point in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War; British soldiers visible at the peak responding to the Americans' advance.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885-1896
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001250
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 storming of Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feby. 15th 1862

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Image of Confederate soldiers defending with rifles, bayonets, and cannons as Union troops storm Fort Donelson, Tennessee, during the American Civil War; soldiers carrying American flags prominent in the charge; Union General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback directing the charge at left; dead and wounded soldiers visible; Confederate fort and river scene with steamboats in background.

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The Chicago Zouaves executing their drill in New York, July, 1860

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Image of a Harper's Weekly illustration of the soldiers of the Chicago Zouaves under the command of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth drilling in military uniform with rifles and bayonets during their tour of the eastern United States in 1860.

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Spirit of '76

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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.

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Camp Washington, near Centennial Grounds, July, 1876. 7th Regiment N.G., S.N.Y

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Image of Camp Washington located near the grounds for the United States Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; soldiers of the 7th Regiment of the National Guard of the State of New York armed with rifles and bayonets shown assembled in the center of camp; large American flag flying on flag pole at center; tents and cannons surround the camp perimeter with wooded area in the background.

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Battle of Kenesaw Mountain

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaging at the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, in 1864 during the American Civil War; Confederate soldiers fire rifles and cannons from trenches at the advancing Union troops; wounded and dead soldiers in foreground; mountain peak in background.

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Storming Stony Point - July 16th 1779

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