Image of five vignettes depicting a progression of battlefield scenes between the Union 9th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery and Confederate soldiers in the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War; men on foot and mounted on horses are shown attacking, carrying wounded, around a cook fire, and leaving the battlefield; scenes are captioned, "Opening engagement," Retiring with prolonge," "Shelled out," "Position on the 3rd and 4th July," and "Leaving the field, July 5th."
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 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.
Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in a clearing near a wooded area at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, in 1861 during the American Civil War; officers on horseback, American flag and First Iowa Infantry flag at left; dead and wounded soldiers on battlefield, lines attacking with cannon fire in background.
Image of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, during the American Civil War; Union and Confederate armies engaged at close range surrounded by smoke from cannon fire; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; caption describing battle in bottom margin.
Image of an attacking tiger and attacking lion, each with teeth and claws bared, separated by the printed title; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower left.
Image of the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, during the American Civil War with Union and Confederate soldiers on foot engaged on the battlefield; explosion and wounded soldier in foreground near mounted officer on horseback.
Image of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1863 during the American Civil War as viewed from behind Union lines; cannons, explosions, cavalry and lines of soldiers fighting in distance.
