Image of a full-length portrait of United States General William Henry Harrison on horseback at the battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; several soldiers with upraised hands entreat Harrison to not advance, but the General appears calm and resolute with sword in hand; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay beneath the hooves of Harrison's horse.
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 a scene depicting the Battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; General William Henry Harrison on horseback with sword in hand at left commands American soldiers shooting rifles through trees as they try to repel an attack by spear, tomahawk, and gun-wielding Native American Indians in a wooded forest area; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay in the clearing at center, wounded soldiers from both sides also pictured.
Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union General Benjamin Harrison on horseback with a sword raised in one hand; soldiers march in ranks behind him with a tattered American flag at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia, in 1864.
Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War General John A. Logan riding a horse holding his hat in an upraised hand; ranks of soldiers marching and another officer on horseback in background.
Image of the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback, including General George B. McClellan and General Randolph B. Marcy, survey the battle from a hilltop; cannon and dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; army ranks marching in background.
Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on horseback with sword in an upraised hand riding across a battlefield leading soldiers on foot and on horses in a charge; dead and wounded soldiers on the ground amidst cannon shot.
Image of a log cabin with a large American flag waving on a flag pole above, both printed with music for General Harrison's Log Cabin March & Quick Step; a man in trousers and a tailcoat greets a soldier in a military jacket with a peg leg outside the cabin.
