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Battle of Tippecanoe

Description: Image of a scene depicting the Battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; General William Henry Harrison on horseback with sword in hand at left commands American soldiers shooting rifles through trees as they try to repel an attack by spear, tomahawk, and gun-wielding Native American Indians in a wooded forest area; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay in the clearing at center, wounded soldiers from both sides also pictured.
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Date: ©1889
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001280
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

General William H. Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe

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Image of a full-length portrait of United States General William Henry Harrison on horseback at the battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; several soldiers with upraised hands entreat Harrison to not advance, but the General appears calm and resolute with sword in hand; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay beneath the hooves of Harrison's horse.

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Battle at Carnifax Ferry

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Image of Union and Confederate forces clashing at the Battle of Carnifax (or Carnifex) Ferry in Nicholas County, West(ern) Virginia, during the American Civil War; an explosion fells soldiers at center while ranks of men charge forward at left and right; wounded soldiers visible on ground; officers on horseback near a cannon at bottom right.

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General Benjamin Harrison

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union General Benjamin Harrison on horseback with a sword raised in one hand; soldiers march in ranks behind him with a tattered American flag at the Battle of Resaca, Georgia, in 1864.

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Encampments of the Forty Third, Forty Fifth, Seventeenth & Fifty First Regiments Massachusetts Volunteers

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Image of a Union military camp on the Trent River near New Bern, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; soldiers drilling in ranks in a field with rows of buildings and tipis and an American flag on flag pole beyond; soldiers, horses, and horse-drawn wagons visible around camp; African American women and child look on at left in foreground.

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Execution of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota December 26, 1862

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Image of the execution of 38 Sioux Native American Indians as part of the Dakota War of 1862 (also known as the Sioux Uprising); ranks of United States soldiers on foot and on horseback surround a large square gallows platform with the Sioux to be executed standing with nooses around their necks and their arms bound; empty horse-drawn wagons labeled "U.S." stand at the ready at left; civilian onlookers crowd behind the soldiers' ranks to watch the hanging; town buildings of Mankato, Minnesota, visible in background.

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Battle of Lookout Mountain

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in foothills at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, in 1863 during the American Civil War; Confederate soldiers in trenches at left fire on Union troops scaling the rocky terrain; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground.

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