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Battle of Savannah - Oct. 9th 1779. (Charge and daeth [sic] of Pulaski.)

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Title: Battle of Savannah - Oct. 9th 1779. (Charge and daeth [sic] of Pulaski.)
Creator: Kurz & Allison, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1885
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the Battle of Savannah, Georgia, in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War; United States Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski is shot and killed as he charges forward at the head of a group of French and American cavalry; British soldiers shoot at the advancing cavalry soldiers from behind a barricade; dead and wounded men visible on the ground.
Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Kurz & Allison were located on Wabash from 1885-1896. "Kurz & Allison, 76 & 78 Wabash Ave., Chicago."--text, bottom left margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 31.43 x 45.72 cm (12 3/8 x 18 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_001255
400976
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2240
Language: English
Subject: Battles--Pictorial works
Cavalry--Pictorial works
Pulaski, Casimir, 1747-1779--Pictorial works
Soldiers--Pictorial works
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
Other Military
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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