Images Dated 3rd May 2006

Samuel Francis du Pont, American naval officer, (1872).Artist: John A O'Neill

Samuel Francis du Pont, American naval officer, (1872). Du Pont (1803-1865) was a naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family. He served prominently during the Mexican-American War and the Civil War, was superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, and made significant contributions to the modernization of the US Navy. Engraving from A Child's History of the United States by John Gilmary Shea, published by Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

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The Battle of Gettysburg, American Civil War, 1-3 July 1863, (1872)

The Battle of Gettysburg, American Civil War, 1-3 July 1863, (1872). The battle, the largest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign. The bloodiest battle of the American Civil War, it is frequently cited as the war's turning point. Union Major General George G Meade's Army of the Potomac decisively defeated attacks by Confederate General Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's second and final invasion of the North. Casualties on both sides were extremely heavy, amounting to some 51, 000 in all. Engraving from A Child's History of the United States by John Gilmary Shea, published by Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

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Mrs Steele and General Green, c1770s, (1872).Artist: C Burt

Mrs Steele and General Green, c1770s, (1872). Scene from the American Revolutionary War in which American General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), arriving at Mrs Steele's tavern after midnight, wet to the skin, tired and hungry from fighting the British, recieves a warm welcome, food, and money for the cause. Engraving from John Gilmary Shea's A Child's History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

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