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[Union soldiers on bank, coats and hats hanging below]

Description: Image of several Union soldiers crawling up an embankment with rifles and bayonets in hand to find Confederate soldier's uniforms and clothing propped up on poles as decoys below during the American Civil War; discarded playing cards and canteens visible on ground; logs attached to wheels to look like cannons at left and in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1872
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002046
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.

State of California

Visual Materials

Image of an American flag, cannons and ammunition, bugle, drum, rifles with bayonets, a sword, a soldier's pack with bedroll, and a banner with "NG" for the National Guard creating a border with oak branches and acorns for a National Guard of California-issued certificate; California seal with Minerva (Athena) and the California grizzly bear at bottom center.

priJLC_MIL_001275

Fort Sumter I. & A.N. Stauffer respectfully announce that they have just received from Philadelphia, their new spring & summer goods

Visual Materials

Image of several soldiers in military uniforms standing at attention in ranks carrying packs and rifles with bayonets; one soldier holding a spyglass stands facing the group and points, directing the troops in front of him.

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I.W. Baird’s famous minstrels : streets blockaded to see the matchless musical & military parade free to all

Visual Materials

Image of a street parade led by a band leader and a row of boys in red Zouave military uniforms holding rifles with bayonets and followed by band members in long formal coats and top hats playing musical instruments and carrying a central banner containing a portrait of minstrel show proprietor I. W. Baird with his signature at lower right of banner.

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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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Washington Artillery, Boston, Jan. 1853

Visual Materials

Image of the Washington Artillery Regiment outside Boston, Massachusetts, in 1853; ranks of soldiers at attention in military uniform with swords or rifles with bayonets at their sides stand in a field; civilian men, women, and children under a large tree, military camp tents, and a pair of cannons near a flag pole visible in background.

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Battle near Orleans

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Image of the Battle of Orleans, France, in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War; hundreds of German and Bavarian-French soldiers clash on the battlefield under Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia (at left) and General Charles-Denis Bourbaki of France (center); artillery and cannons, mounted soldiers, and men with rifles and bayonets attack; dead, wounded, smoke and explosions visible throughout scene.

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[Union soldiers on bank, coats and hats hanging below]

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