Civil Collection (#78)

Confederate Forces
After Gettysburg, the Confederate forces are increasingly hard-pressed by the Union; this corps is forced to march at night through burning woods

SHERIDANs RIDE - 2
Realising that his men are retreating after a surprise defeat at Cedar Creek, Union general Sheridan rides from Winchester to rally them to renew the fight

Shermans March
An episode during Shermans march through Georgia - saving the Union colours

Richmond Burns
Though a primary target for the Union, the Confederate capital was not taken until 1865 : fires were started not by the incoming Federals but the departing Confederates

Sherman at Savannah
Shermans ruthless march through Georgia culminates in the occupation of Savannah. Though justifiable from a military point of view, it earnt him undying hatred

Confederates Fight On
Outnumbered and out- generalled, short of supplies and ammunition, Confederate soldiers fight on as best they can

Richmond Captured
The Union army enters Richmond, which has been the Confederate capital : there is wholesale destruction, caused by the retreating southerners, not by the northerners

Confederates Flight
Confederate forces in hurried retreat as the war draws to a bitter close. Date: 1865

Jefferson Davis Inflight
Jefferson Davis and his staff are ferried across the Pe-Dee river, North Carolina, after the fall of the Southern Confederacy. Others have to swim their horses across

Confederate Prisoners
The Union flag flies over a camp of confederate prisoners at Elmira, New York

Federals Disband
The disbanding parade of the Union Army - they march in triumph down Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC

Native Americans in War
I dare say most native Americans hoped the North and South will exterminate each other, but some take sides - these Delaware warriors have enlisted in the Federal army

Recruiting for North
Recruiting for the Union from a horse-bus in the streets of Philadelphia, city of brotherly love, with trumpets a-blaring and flags a-waving

Conscription New York
Desperate for men, the Federal government introduces conscription : in New York this is effected by ballot. It is less than popular

Dancing on US Flag
Southerners dance on the Union flag at a wedding where Bishop Polk officiated

Japanese Types
Officer of the Taikoon in civil costume - mendicant bonze - superior bonze - military - women - soldier - man of the lower classes - fish market coolie - pilgrim

Tsar Promises Reform
In his October Manifesto Tsar Nicholas promises wider powers for the Duma, broader franchise, civil liberties - in the streets of Saint Petersburg, crowds discuss

Legion D honneur Offices
The offices of the Legion d Honneur (Legion of Honour), the highest order of merit by the French government for outstanding achievements in civil of military life

Uk / Civil War / Standard
RAISING THE ROYAL STANDARD - Charles I raises the standard at Nottingham

CRUEL CAVALIER VAUL
Popular print of Cruel Cavalier Captain Vaul

America / Civil War
US Civil War Sharpshooter

Puritans / Uk Civil War
Puritan soldiers in camp during the English Civil War

Satire on the Bishops
A satirical view of the protestant bishops. Of God, Of Man, Of the Devell

Cromwell Piping Fairfax
A satirical view of a Puritan (Cromwell piping in Lord Fairfax)

Satire on Puritan
A satire on Alderman Abel, Monopolist of wines, and his wife

Puritan Satire / 1642
A satire on a Puritan weaver Worsley an Inckle Weaver a man of personal Valor (sic)

Charles I / Five Members
Charles I attempts to seize the Five Members whom he had accused of treason

Sulla Wages Civil War
Sulla wages civil war against Marius, captures Rome and threatens to destroy it

Puritan Soldier Preaches
PURITANS - Puritan soldier preaching to fellow soldiers in church

Puritans in Monastery
PURITANS - Puritan soldiers plunder a monastery during the English Civil War

Ulyssess Grant / Vanity F
ULYSSESs GRANT American Civil War General, and later President, relaxing with a cigar

Sir Benjamin Baker
SIR BENJAMIN BAKER English civil engineer Planned London underground railways, designed Forth Bridge, consulted Aswan Dam

Mahatma Gandhi arrested for civil disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi, Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, is arrested by the Indian government for his civil disobedience tactics

Sir Henry Cole, English civil servant and administrator
Sir Henry Cole, English civil servant and inventor. He used a pseudonym, Felix Summerly, for design work and childrens books

Scene from Shakespeares play, Henry VI Part III
Scene from Shakespeares history play, Henry VI Part III, in which the king laments the senselessness of the Wars of the Roses

Trial of King Charles I
The trial of King Charles I

Charles I journeys to Scotland to join his supporters there

Montrose retreats 1645
James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose retreats to the Highlands during the civil war

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