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Battle of New Orleans

Description: Image of the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 during the War of 1812; General Andrew Jackson on horseback in military uniform with arm outstretched directs soldiers firing guns and cannons at British troops; American and British ships fire on each other off the coast in the background; wounded and dead men visible in foreground.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1890
Call number: priJLC_MIL_001282
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 Princeton

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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.

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2nd Battle of Bull Run Va. August 30th 1862

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Image of Confederate and Union armies engaging on the battlefield at the second Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War in 1862; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; cannons firing in background.

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Battle of Opequan or Winchester, Va

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged in the Battle of Opequan (Battle of Winchester) in Virginia in 1864 during the American Civil War; troops clash in a field surrounded by forests; charging cavalry in foreground; firing lines with cannons in background; dead and wounded men and horses on ground.

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Genl. Meagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. June 1st 1862

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Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged during the Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, during the American Civil War; General Thomas Francis Meagher on horseback directs the charge as soldiers on foot surge forward leaving dead and wounded soldiers in their wake; cannons and fighting troops in background at right.

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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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Perry's victory on Lake Erie

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Image of the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812; American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry stands with sword in hand and arm outstretched in a rowboat directing eight men, including one African-American man rowing; American and British war ships fire on each other in the background; dead and wounded men visible in the water in the foreground.

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