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Battle of Monmouth - June 28th 1778

Description: Image of soldiers fighting British troops in the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey in 1778 during the American Revolutionary War; men shoot from cover at British troops in the distance at left; a woman loads a cannon, with a child ready to ignite it, near wounded and dead men; officers on horseback direct a rank of riflemen at right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1885-1896
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001253
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.

Battle of Lexington - April 19th 1775

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Image of the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1775 at the start of the American Revolutionary War; American militia shoot from cover in a wooded area at advancing British soldiers; wounded and dean men visible on battlefield; church building visible on a hill in background.

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Battle of Savannah - Oct. 9th 1779. (Charge and daeth [sic] of Pulaski.)

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Image of the Battle of Savannah, Georgia, in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War; United States Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski is shot and killed as he charges forward at the head of a group of French and American cavalry; British soldiers shoot at the advancing cavalry soldiers from behind a barricade; dead and wounded men visible on the ground.

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Battle of Princeton

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Image of General George Washington on horseback leading a charge during the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War in 1777; American troops advance, firing on the British at left; dead and wounded men litter the snowy ground; cannons fire and explosions are visible along the skyline.

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Battle of New Orleans

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Image of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 during the War of 1812; General Andrew Jackson on horseback in military uniform with arm outstretched directs soldiers firing guns and cannons at British troops; American and British ships fire on each other off the coast in the background; wounded and dead men visible in foreground.

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Battle of Chickamauga

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Image of an eye-level view of the American Civil War battle of Chickamauga fought in Catoosa County and Walker County, Georgia, in September 1863 under Union Major General William Rosecrans and Confederate General Braxton Bragg; soldiers on the front lines shoot at each other, men also visible manning artillery or riding on horseback; wounded and dead soldiers litter the ground.

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Battle of Stone River near Murfreesborough, Tenn

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee, in December/January of 1862-1863 during the American Civil War; soldiers shoot cannons in open field along a river and railroad tracks with forests in the background, soldiers on horseback at left; wounded and dead men and horses visible on ground.

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Battle of Monmouth - June 28th 1778

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