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Yankee Collection (#6)

"Yankee: A Legacy of Triumph and Unity" The New Yankee Stadium, located in the Bronx, New York, stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of American baseball

Background imageYankee Collection: Philip H. Sheridan 1831 to 1888. Union general during American Civil War

Philip H. Sheridan 1831 to 1888. Union general during American Civil War
KW254698 Portrait of Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-88) (litho) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: U.S)

Background imageYankee Collection: Portrait of George Stoneman (1822-94) (litho)

Portrait of George Stoneman (1822-94) (litho)
KW254697 Portrait of George Stoneman (1822-94) (litho) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYankee Collection: Portrait of Judson Kilpatrick (1836-81) (litho)

Portrait of Judson Kilpatrick (1836-81) (litho)
KW254696 Portrait of Judson Kilpatrick (1836-81) (litho) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Union officer during the American Civil War; ); Ken Welsh; American

Background imageYankee Collection: Portrait of General Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863) (litho)

Portrait of General Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863) (litho)
KW254661 Portrait of General Edwin Vose Sumner (1797-1863) (litho) by Chappel, Alonzo (1828-87) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYankee Collection: General Sickles Division covering the retreat at the Battle of Chancellorsville

General Sickles Division covering the retreat at the Battle of Chancellorsville
KW254693 General Sickles Division covering the retreat at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia 1863 (litho) by American School

Background imageYankee Collection: Portrait of General Quincy Adams Gillmore (1825-88) (litho)

Portrait of General Quincy Adams Gillmore (1825-88) (litho)
KW254692 Portrait of General Quincy Adams Gillmore (1825-88) (litho) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYankee Collection: Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) (litho)

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) (litho)
KW254691 Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) (litho) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: 18th President of the United States; ); Ken Welsh; American

Background imageYankee Collection: Death of General Isaac Stevens (1818-62) during the attack on Chantilly, Viriginia 1862

Death of General Isaac Stevens (1818-62) during the attack on Chantilly, Viriginia 1862
KW254688 Death of General Isaac Stevens (1818-62) during the attack on Chantilly, Viriginia 1862 (litho) by Chappel, Alonzo (1828-87) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYankee Collection: Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) (litho)

Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) (litho)
KW254524 Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85) (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765490; out of copyright

1765490; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765481; out of copyright

1765481; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765478; out of copyright

1765478; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765472; out of copyright

1765472; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765470; out of copyright

1765470; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765468; out of copyright

1765468; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765467; out of copyright

1765467; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765466; out of copyright

1765466; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765465; out of copyright

1765465; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: 1765457; out of copyright

1765457; out of copyright

Background imageYankee Collection: Sheridans Ride, 1871 (oil on canvas)

Sheridans Ride, 1871 (oil on canvas)
XZL151146 Sheridans Ride, 1871 (oil on canvas) by Read, Thomas Buchanan (1822-72); Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA; (add.info.: General Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-88); ); American

Background imageYankee Collection: SAN FRANCISCO: GRAND ARMY. Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO: GRAND ARMY. Parade of the Grand Army of the Republic in San Francisco, California, August 3, 1886. Contemporary American engraving

Background imageYankee Collection: BOSTON: SHAW MEMORIAL. The memorial to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts

BOSTON: SHAW MEMORIAL. The memorial to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph, c1910

Background imageYankee Collection: ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885). 18th President of the United States. Steel engraving

ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822-1885). 18th President of the United States. Steel engraving, American, c1865, with autograph signature identifying himself as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army

Background imageYankee Collection: JOHN FULTON REYNOLDS (1820-1863). U. S. Army officer and Union Army General during

JOHN FULTON REYNOLDS (1820-1863). U. S. Army officer and Union Army General during
JOHN FULTON REYNOLDS (1820-1863). U.S. Army officer and Union Army General during the American Civil War. Engraving, mid or late 19th century

Background imageYankee Collection: PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN (1831-1888). American army commander

PHILIP HENRY SHERIDAN (1831-1888). American army commander

Background imageYankee Collection: GEORGE W. WHITMAN (1829-1901). George Washington Whitman

GEORGE W. WHITMAN (1829-1901). George Washington Whitman. American soldier and brother of poet Walt Whitman

Background imageYankee Collection: GEORGE GORDON MEADE (1815-1872). American army commander. Oil on canvas

GEORGE GORDON MEADE (1815-1872). American army commander. Oil on canvas

Background imageYankee Collection: JOHN W. LOWE (1809-1861). Union Army Colonel during the American Civil War, killed

JOHN W. LOWE (1809-1861). Union Army Colonel during the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Carnifax Ferry, West Virginia, 10 September 1861. Engraving, American, c1872

Background imageYankee Collection: WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK (1824-1886). American army officer and political leader

WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK (1824-1886). American army officer and political leader. Hancock (right) with his staff: General Henry Bingham; Major Mitchell; Colonel W.P

Background imageYankee Collection: DAVID G. FARRAGUT (1801-1870). American naval officer. Engraving, 1862

DAVID G. FARRAGUT (1801-1870). American naval officer. Engraving, 1862

Background imageYankee Collection: FRANCIS JAY HERRON (1837-1902). Union army general. Wood engraving, American, 1866

FRANCIS JAY HERRON (1837-1902). Union army general. Wood engraving, American, 1866

Background imageYankee Collection: JAMES GILLPATRICK BLUNT (1826-1881). Union army officer, physician, and politician

JAMES GILLPATRICK BLUNT (1826-1881). Union army officer, physician, and politician. Wood engraving, American, 1866

Background imageYankee Collection: AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE (1824-1881). American army commander. Photograph, c1860

AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE (1824-1881). American army commander. Photograph, c1860

Background imageYankee Collection: THOMAS CUSTER (1845-1876). American army officer and brother of George Armstrong Custer

THOMAS CUSTER (1845-1876). American army officer and brother of George Armstrong Custer. Photographed c1872

Background imageYankee Collection: WILLIAM WORTH BELKNAP (1829-1890). American army officer and politician

WILLIAM WORTH BELKNAP (1829-1890). American army officer and politician. Photographed by Mathew Brady

Background imageYankee Collection: HOMER: HOME, SWEET HOME. Oil on canvas, Winslow Homer, 1863

HOMER: HOME, SWEET HOME. Oil on canvas, Winslow Homer, 1863

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: WOUNDED, 1864. Wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Wilderness

CIVIL WAR: WOUNDED, 1864. Wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Wilderness. Photographed at a hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War, May 1864

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: UNION SOLDIER. A Union soldier boy on duty

CIVIL WAR: UNION SOLDIER. A Union soldier boy on duty. Lithograph, 1864, by Currier & Ives

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: UNION OFFICER. Union officer, possibly Major William Cutting, photographed

CIVIL WAR: UNION OFFICER. Union officer, possibly Major William Cutting, photographed by the studio of Mathew Brady, c1865

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: VICKSBURG, 1863. Confederate troops attack a Union Army steamboat exploring

CIVIL WAR: VICKSBURG, 1863. Confederate troops attack a Union Army steamboat exploring a swamp near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wood engraving, American, 1865

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: SWAMP, 1863. Union Army troops exploring a swamp near Vicksburg, Mississippi

CIVIL WAR: SWAMP, 1863. Union Army troops exploring a swamp near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wood engraving, American, 1865

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: BAYOU, 1863. Union Army troops exploring a bayou near Vicksburg, Mississippi

CIVIL WAR: BAYOU, 1863. Union Army troops exploring a bayou near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wood engraving, American, 1865

Background imageYankee Collection: SIEGE OF VICKSBURG, 1863. Union Army troops under Ulysses S

SIEGE OF VICKSBURG, 1863. Union Army troops under Ulysses S. Grant, paddling along the bayou during the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wood engraving, American, 1865

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: WINTER QUARTERS. Interior of a winter hut at a Union Army camp. Wood engraving

CIVIL WAR: WINTER QUARTERS. Interior of a winter hut at a Union Army camp. Wood engraving, American, 1863

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: WOMEN, 1862. Our Women and the War

CIVIL WAR: WOMEN, 1862. Our Women and the War. Scenes of women helping the Union Army during the American Civil War. Wood engraving, American, 1862

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: SURGEON, 1862. A Union Army surgeon at work during the American Civil War

CIVIL WAR: SURGEON, 1862. A Union Army surgeon at work during the American Civil War. Wood engraving, 1862, after Winslow Homer

Background imageYankee Collection: BURNSIDE & BRADY, c1862. General Ambrose Burnside of the Union Army (reading newspaper)

BURNSIDE & BRADY, c1862. General Ambrose Burnside of the Union Army (reading newspaper) with photographer Mathew Brady (second from right) at Army of the Potomac headquarters, late 1862-early 1863

Background imageYankee Collection: CIVIL WAR: BLACK TROOPS. Black soldiers of the Union Army convalescing at Aikens Landing

CIVIL WAR: BLACK TROOPS. Black soldiers of the Union Army convalescing at Aikens Landing, Virginia, c1864-65




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"Yankee: A Legacy of Triumph and Unity" The New Yankee Stadium, located in the Bronx, New York, stands as a testament to the enduring spirit of American baseball, and is here that fans gather to witness the magic unfold on the diamond, where legends are born and dreams come true. One such legend was Satchel Paige, an extraordinary American baseball player whose talent knew no bounds. His remarkable skills captivated audiences and left them in awe of his prowess on the mound. But beyond the realm of sports, Yankees have played pivotal roles in shaping history. The surrender of General Lee to General Grant at Appomattox Court House marked a turning point in our nation's story - a moment when peace was restored within our Union. In 1933, Babe Ruth graced an iconic chewing gum card that immortalized him as one of America's greatest athletes. His legacy lives on not only through his achievements but also through his impact on popular culture. Yankee Stadium itself has witnessed countless historic moments throughout its existence. From George H. Ruth's electrifying performances in the 1920s to Mickey Mantle's unforgettable plays in 1966, this hallowed ground has been witness to greatness time and time again. Yet amidst triumphs and victories lies a reminder of sacrifice and struggle. The Battle of Franklin during the Civil War serves as a somber chapter etched into our collective memory - reminding us that even amidst darkness, hope can emerge from despair. Abraham Lincoln stood alongside General George B. McClellan during another crucial moment in history - their presence captured by Alexander Gardner's lens at Antietam battlefield. Their unity symbolizes resilience against adversity and unwavering commitment towards preserving our nation's values. Even within war-torn times like these, faith remained unyielding for soldiers like Father William Corby who provided spiritual solace to Irish Brigade members during the Civil War.