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Bunker Hill  

The Rochambeau Map Collection: Revolutionary War Maps of comte de Rochambeau

Battle of Lexington.

Abigail S. Stafford, Wednesday, February 20, 1861 (Deposition on Battle of Lexington)

April 19th 1775 [Pictorial envelope]

Centennial Celebration of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1875. [New Englander and Yale review. / Volume 35, Issue 134, January 1876]

Line of the Minutemen, Lexington.

Letter, Benedict Arnold to George Washington pleading for mercy for his wife, 25 September 1780.

[Bridge to Revolutionary War monument, Concord, Mass.].

Matthew McConnell to James Madison, September 26, 1816. Committee of Revolutionary War Officers.

Gravestone of first man killed in Revolutionary War, Westminster, Vt..

One of two Revolutionary War flags in existence. This one was carried at the Battle of Stoney Point, General Posey commanding.

Battle of Bunker's [sic] Hill.

Rough draft of Charlestown, in water colour.

Battle of Bunker Hill.

The battle of Bunker's [sic] Hill.

Interior of the old Jersey prison ship, in the Revolutionary War

Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A monument erected to commemorate the battle of Point Pleasant, one of the first battles of the Revolutionary War on October 7, 1774. It is erected at a park overlooking the Kanawha and the Ohio Rivers

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: Tea Destroyed by Indians

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: A Dose for the Tories

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: [Enlistment authoriz. Watertown, Mass.

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: [Congressional Resolve, Jan. 30, 1776, to assist New England in procuring arms]

Broadside of Revolutionary War period: [Proclamation by Gen. Howe against assisting Rebels. Boston, Mar 10, 1776]

[Revolutionary war broadside: The Boston committee of Correspondence responds to the Boston Port Bill. May 12, 1774]

[Revolutionary War battle between civilians and British soldiers]

[Revolutionary War battle scene]

Battle of Bunker Hill / E. Percy Moran.

Battle of Bunker's Hill

The Battle at Bunker's Hill / drawn by Henry A. Thomas.

General Wolfe killed at the siege of Quebec, September 14,1759

James Wolfe, 1727-1759 - being carried from battlefield

A View of the taking of Quebeck by the English forces commanded by Gen. Wolfe, Sep: 13th, 1759

Death of General Montgomery at Quebec

Washington at the Battle of Trenton / Engraved by Illman Brothers from the original in the possession of Charles J. Peterson.

Washington crossing the Delaware: on the evening of Dec 25th. 1776, previous to the battle of Trenton

[Surrender of Col. Johann Rall (Battle of Trenton)]

Surrender of Col. Rall at the Battle of Trenton [Dec. 1776]

Capture of the Hessians at Trenton

Gen. Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. Warner from the original picture by Col. John Trumbull in possession of Yale College N. Haven.

[George Washington crossing the Delaware River]

Washington crossing the Delaware / Painted by T. Sully; Engraved by J.N. Gimbrede.

Washington crossing the Delaware. Christmas ... 1776 / after the painting by Emanuel Leutze.

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777

Old English gun, Saratoga Battle Monument, Schuylerville, N.Y.

Saratoga Battle Monument, Schuylerville, N.Y.

The surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown A.D. 1781

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Va. Oct. 19th. 1781

Surrender of Cornwallis: at York-Town Va. Oct. 1781

Conclusion de la campagne de 1781 en Virginie. To his excellency General Washington ... / peint par L. le Paon peintre de Bataille de S.A.S. Mgr. le Prince de Condé ; gravé par N. le Mire des Academies Imperiales et Royales et de celle des Siences [sic] et Arts de Rouen et de Lille.

Battle of the Brandywine / F.C. Yohn ; drawn by F.C. Yohn

Washingtons Head Quarters - Brandywine / / Fr'ric Stevenson '56

Battle of Lexington / E. Tisdale delt. ; C. Tiebout sculpt

The fight at Lexington, April 19, 1775, from a print of the time

[Molly Pitcher firing cannon at Battle of Monmouth] / E. Percy Moran.

Molly Pitcher [i.e. Molly McCauley loading cannon at Battle of Monmouth, 1778]

Washington at Monmouth / Darley ; G. R. Hall.

The Heroine on Monmouth. Molly Pitcher ... June 28, 1778

The combat between Colonels [William] Washington and Tarleton at the Battle of Cowpens

Col. [William] Washington at the Battle of Cowpens

The bayonet charge by the Second Maryland Brigade at the Battle of Camden

 
 
 
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