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Camp 5th New York heavy artillery Camp Hill, Harper's Ferry, VA

Description: Image of the military camp of the 5th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in Harpers Ferry, (now) West Virginia; rows of buildings and groups of soldiers at center; camp activity, artillery, horse-drawn wagons and women hanging laundry on a line at the edges of camp; American bald eagle at top center with banner and Union shield.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001244
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.

First division New York State artillery

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Image of the 1st Division New York State Artillery Regiment assembled on horseback near the harbor in New York City; ships visible past buildings in background; American bald eagle with Union shield, olive branch, and bunch of arrows over a cluster of flags, sword, and bugle at bottom center.

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United States military record : Co. B, 6th Bat. New York State Vol. Light Art

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Image of a military register listing the officers and privates of Company B of the 6th Battery of the New York State Volunteer Light Artillery unit during the American Civil War in panels framed by portraits of United States presidents, including George Washington, Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln; American bald eagle at center with American flags, serpents, columns and cornucopias in border; military camp and city in background; three carte-de-visite photo portraits of children glued in oval frames at center.

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Harper's Ferry, W. Va

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Image of an elevated landscape view of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, looking eastward down towards the Potomac River with a suspension bridge, houses on the hillside, rocky mountains, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal with a boat in it, and a railroad train coming around the mountainside below Maryland Heights.

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Camp Putnam. The encampment of the National Guard of New York, at New-Haven Conn. June 1832

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Image of Camp Putnam encampment for the New York State National Guard 27th Artillery Regiment in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1832; the regiment stands at attention in front of civilian onlookers; horse-drawn vehicles containing spectators on a dirt road in foreground; tents and a large American flag in the encampment; hilly landscape in background; eagle-topped crest with "NG" at center and motto "Pro Patria Et Gloria" below in bottom center margin.

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Parole Camp Annapolis, MD

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Image of an elevated view of Parole Camp in Annapolis, Maryland, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers at various duties outside rows of buildings and military tents; a large flag flies on a flagpole at center; train passing the camp at bottom right; nine buildings numbered with key printed in bottom margin.

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National Guard 7th Reg. N.Y.S.M

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Image of the 7th Regiment of New York National Guard preparing for review and inspection in 1855 at Camp Worth in Kingston, New York; ranks of soldiers assembled in front of a military camp full of tents with soldiers mounted on horseback passing by; cannons at left; group of civilian onlookers in foreground; American bald eagle with Union shields, military flags, and a banner that reads," Pro Patria et Gloria" in bottom center margin.

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Camp 5th New York heavy artillery Camp Hill, Harper's Ferry, VA

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