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). Artist: Unknown

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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Captain Jack, chief of the Native American Modoc tribe, 1872. Artist: Unknown

Captain Jack, chief of the Native American Modoc tribe, 1872. Captain Jack (c1840-1873), whose Native American name was Kintpuash, was the leader of the Modoc tribe. The US Army tried to force the Modoc back to a reservation in Oregon. Their resistance led to the Modoc War of 1872-1873. Captain Jack surrendered on 1 June 1873, was tried for murder and hanged. Engraving from John Gilmary Shea's A Child's History of the United States, Hess and McDavitt, (New York, 1872)

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