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Battle of Princeton

Description: Image of General George Washington on horseback leading a charge during the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War in 1777; American troops advance, firing on the British at left; dead and wounded men litter the snowy ground; cannons fire and explosions are visible along the skyline.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1911
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001279
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 Newbern

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Image of a scene from the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina, in 1862 during the American Civil War; Union soldiers on foot and horseback attacking with rifles or swords advance on Confederate cannons; dead and wounded men visible on the ground; explosions visible in the air.

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The battle of Bunker's Hill

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Image of the Battle of Bunker Hill during the siege of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1775 at the start of the American Revolutionary War; British and American soldiers clash in a battle scene with flags raised and men fighting with swords and rifles; dead and wounded men litter the ground; ships firing in Boston Harbor visible in background at right.

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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The night after the battle

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Image of a woman in a hooded cape with a scarf covering her hair attending to wounded soldiers on a battlefield at night under a crescent moonlit sky during the American Civil War; one soldier holds a wounded man for the woman's examination as another holds a torch aloft for illumination; wounded and dead men and horses litter the field.

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Sheridan's final charge of Winchester, September 19th 1864

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Image of Union General Philip H. Sheridan leading a cavalry charge at the Third Battle of Winchester (or Battle of Opequon) on September 19, 1864, during the American Civil War; Confederate troops shooting and firing a cannon near wounded soldiers in foreground.

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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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