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Battle of Gettysburg, repulse of Pickett's charge

Description: Image of intense fighting during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 1–3, 1863, during the American Civil War; 12,500 Confederate soldier mount an infantry assault against the center of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge, known as Pickett's Charge, only to be repulsed by Union rifle and artillery fire.
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Date: ©1887
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002008
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 Louis Prang archive was 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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The 109th New York State vols. planting their colors on the rebel works in front of Petersburg, VA. April 2nd 1865

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Image of the Union soldiers of the 109th New York Infantry Regiment storming a hill in siege of Confederate troops at Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War; men shoot from behind barricades, charge forward with swords raised, or help carry and tend to the wounded and the dead; smoke and explosions from artillery in the air.

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Gettysburg July 2d 1863

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Image of Major General George Meade and other Union officers on horses at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill during the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War; wounded soldiers in foreground, tattered flags and smoke from fires rising in background; names of participants in bottom margin.

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Battle of Shiloh, "the hornet's nest."

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Image of Union soldiers engaging in combat in a forest during the Battle of Shiloh (or Battle of Pittsburg Landing) fought April 6–7, 1862, during the American Civil War; a soldier holding a saber gestures for a messenger to hurry from the field at bottom center.

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Battle of Gettysburg, repulse of Pickett's charge

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