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Battle at Carnifax Ferry

Description: Image of Union and Confederate forces clashing at the Battle of Carnifax (or Carnifex) Ferry in Nicholas County, West(ern) Virginia, during the American Civil War; an explosion fells soldiers at center while ranks of men charge forward at left and right; wounded soldiers visible on ground; officers on horseback near a cannon at bottom right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1862
Call number: priJLC_MIL_002400
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 Williamsburg, Va. May 5th 1862

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Image of armies engaged on the battlefield at the Battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General George B. McClellan rides on horseback at center leading Union soldiers on foot in a charge against Confederate troops; wounded or dead soldier and horse next to a cannon at right.

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Glorious charge of Hancock’s division (2nd) of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle near Spottsylvania [sic] Court House Va. May 12th, 1864

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Image of Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia, during the American Civil War in a wooded area; soldiers under General Winfield Scott Hancock (on horseback at left) charge Confederate cannon lines; wounded and dead soldiers in foreground.

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The Battle of Pittsburg, Tenn. April 7th 1862

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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.

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Battle of Antietam

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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.

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Genl. Meagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. June 1st 1862

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General Thomas Francis Meagher on horseback directs the charge as soldiers on foot surge forward leaving dead and wounded soldiers in their wake; cannons and fighting troops in background at right.

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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.

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Battle at Carnifax Ferry

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