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Montana Custer Battlefield

Description: Image of a topographic map of Montana with portion enlarged in a second map below to show details of the battlefield site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876 between Plains Indian tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army; notes, names of various commanders, and a scale for each of the two maps included.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1966
Call number: priJLC_MIL_003327
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.

Custer's last fight

Visual Materials

Image of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana during the Great Sioux War of 1876 between Plains Indian tribes and the United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment under General George Custer; bodies of dead and wounded litter the ground while intense fighting continues with swords, guns, spear, and other weapons; Indians are pictured killing wounded soldiers or scalping bodies; more Indians on horseback race across the plains to join the battle in the background; military medal, bugle, sabers, and flags grouped in lower left margin; man on horseback near a monument in lower right margin; text key in bottom margin indicates figures such as "half breed" and "Cheyenne warrior" as well as specific U.S. soldiers, including General Custer.

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Quality Amusement Corp. presents "Custer's last fight" the greatest wild west feature ever filmed

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Image of an outdoor scene showing Native American Indians on horseback shooting rifles in a battle, with a military fort that is on fire and the United States Cavalry charging down a mountains in the background; with a top left vignette of a half-length portrait of United States Army officer and cavalry commander George Custer (captioned "Gen. George A. Custer") in a military uniform with gloves and hat, and a top-right head-and-shoulders portrait of Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull (captioned "Sitting Bull") wearing a headdress; the scene depicts the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn between Plains Indian tribes and the United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Black Hills of Montana; the poster advertises the film "Custer's Last Fight" released by the Quality Amusement Corporation and based on footage from a 1912 movie produced by Thomas Ince.

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Minor Millikin. Col. First Ohio Volunteers

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Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Colonel Minor Millikin, commander in the 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, on horseback in full military uniform with sword in outstretched hand and reins in the other; cavalry soldiers advancing forward as a trumpet sounds visible in background.

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The Battle of Antietam, Md. Sept. 17th 1862

Visual Materials

Image of the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, during the American Civil War; Union cavalry clashed with Confederate soldiers on the battlefield under a plume of smoke; flags for each army visible.

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Camp Carroll, Baltimore, MD. 13th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania Vols

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Image of Camp Carroll in Baltimore, Maryland, during the American Civil War; military tents and buildings, artillery, and a group of soldiers on horseback in foreground with the 13th Cavalry Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers assembled beyond; the city of Baltimore is visible in the background; text listing over 40 names of the "field and staff" of the regiment in bottom margin.

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Col. Theodore Roosevelt U.S.V

Visual Materials

Image of a full-length portrait of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on horseback in military uniform with sword in upraised hand during the Spanish-American War; other soldiers from the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ("Rough Riders") visible in background.

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