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Thunder-storm. (Big Sewell Mountain.) (Reconnoissance.)

Description: Image of Union soldiers on horseback at the top of a rocky outcropping on Big Sewell Mountain in West Virginia during the American Civil War.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1862
Call number: priJLC_MIL_002402
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 Lookout Mountain

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in foothills at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1863 during the American Civil War; Confederate soldiers in trenches at left fire on Union troops scaling the rocky terrain; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground.

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View From Hawk's Nest towards the east

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Image of a group of soldiers manning a cannon on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; a log cabin in a wooded forest area next to the river bank visible in background below.

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View From Hawk's Nest towards the west

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Image of a group of soldiers lounging near a fire and in various states of repose on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; rifles with bayonets stacked against each other upright near seated men; river flowing through a forest landscape visible in background below.

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In commemoration of the glorious victories of the 3rd and 9th of April 1865 : Richmond, Va

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Image of Union soldiers marching with cannons and on horseback across the river from Richmond, Virginia, at the close of the American Civil War; portraits of Union generals, including William Tecumseh Sherman, George Henry Thomas, Philip Sheridan, Ulysses Simpson Grant, and Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, and circle-shaped maps of Civil War battles captioned with battle names and dates frame the central image; American flags and Union shield at top center.

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In commemoration of the glorious victories of the 3rd and 9th of April 1865 : Richmond, Va

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Image of Union soldiers marching with cannons and on horseback across the river from Richmond, Virginia, at the close of the American Civil War; portraits of Union generals, including William Tecumseh Sherman, George Henry Thomas, Philip Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, and Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, and circle-shaped maps of Civil War battles captioned with battle names and dates frame the central image; American flags and Union shield at top center.

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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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Thunder-storm. (Big Sewell Mountain.) (Reconnoissance.)

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