Sheridan's cavalry at the Battle of Fisher's Hill. (Shenandoah Valley.) [graphic].
Title
Sheridan's cavalry at the Battle of Fisher's Hill. (Shenandoah Valley.)
Description
Shows Colonel Philip Henry Sheridan on horse-back pointing a gun at one of a small number of Confederate soldiers confronting him and his troops on a hill pass. Includes an officer of Sheridan firing upon a Confederate soldier threatening to shoot the colonel. Sheridan's decisive victory at Fisher's Hill lead to Union control of the Shenandoah Valley., Originally part of a Civil War scrapbook of Civil War views, places, and events., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1864]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Fisher's Hill [5779.F.37]
General Stoneman's great cavalry raid, May 1863. [graphic] : Through the heart of Virginia, spending ten days in the rebel territory; _ Crossing the Rappahannock on the 28th of April and returning to head-quarters May 8th after throughly [sic] destroying
Title
General Stoneman's great cavalry raid, May 1863 Through the heart of Virginia, spending ten days in the rebel territory; _ Crossing the Rappahannock on the 28th of April and returning to head-quarters May 8th after throughly [sic] destroying all the bridges of importance, tearing up miles of railroad track, breaking their canals, destroying millions of dollars worth of stores, capturing prisoners at the very gates of Richmond and returning with the loss of only one man killed, one wounded, and fifty or sixty taken prisoners
Description
View showing flanks of General George Stoneman's troops leveling a band of Confederate soldiers in the foregroun2d. The Confederates retreat, are struck down, and lay bloodied. Many of the Union troops charge with their swords raised., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Currier & Ives
Date
[1863]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Stoneman's Raid [5779.F.55]
Gallant charge of United States Cavalry. Gallant charge of Lieutenant Tompkins of the Second Cavalry, at Fairfax Court House, Va., on the morning of June 1, 1861. [graphic].
Title
Gallant charge of United States Cavalry. Gallant charge of Lieutenant Tompkins of the Second Cavalry, at Fairfax Court House, Va., on the morning of June 1, 1861
Description
View of one of the first cavalry campaigns of the war showing the troop, swords raised, charging past a Confederate under the aim of two Union soldiers in front of his confiscated cannon. Also includes fallen Confederate soldiers, including one being trampled, laying in the foreground., Retrospective conversion record: original entry, edited., Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook of Civil War views, places & events.
Creator
Magee, John L.
Date
c1861
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *GC - Civil War - Campaigns & battles - Tompkins Charge [5779.F.46]