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Sargt Jasper recovers the flag at Charleston - June 28th 1776

Description: Image of Sergeant William Jasper replacing the recovered flag shot down by the British at the Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, during the American Revolutionary War; soldiers are pictured loading and firing cannons at British ships advancing through Charles Towne Harbor in an attempt to capture Charleston, South Carolina.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885-1896
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001251
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 great fight at Charleston S.C. April 7th 1863

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Image of Union ships firing on Confederate forts near Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Civil War; plumes of smoke rise above explosions as ships are hit in the crossfire.

priJLC_MIL_000936

Part of Charleston Harbor embracing forts Moultrie, Sumter, Johnson, and Castle Pinckney

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Image of a map of Charleston Harbor and the surrounding forts, including Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Fort Johnson, and Castle Pinckney with the location of Union merchant ship Star of the West when it was fired upon from Morris Island during the American Civil War; bust-length portrait of Union Major Robert Anderson in military uniform; small image of a view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, off the North Channel in bottom margin.

priJLC_MIL_001508

South Carolina : city of Charleston

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Image of an elevated cityscape view of Charleston, South Carolina, showing boats in the harbor, in a shield motif; vignettes of the seal of South Carolina, and workers, including African Americans, moving cargo from a ship and farming.

priJLC_VIEW_000571

Unitarian Church, : Archdale Street Charleston S.C

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Image of an eye-level street view of the Unitarian Church on Archdale Street in Charleston, South Carolina, behind a gate and trees, with a busy street scene with pedestrians, a carriage, and a man on horseback in the foreground.

priJLC_REL_000693

Ruins of St. Johns & St. Finbars Cathedral, Charleston, S.C

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Image of an eye-level street view of the gated ruins of the Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar in Charleston, South Carolina, showing pedestrians and carriages passing on the street.

priJLC_REL_000643

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.

priJLC_MIL_000911

Sargt Jasper recovers the flag at Charleston - June 28th 1776

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