Lieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd himself as one of the most gallant partizans in the British service, & ... made himself the terror of the rebels / drawn & engraved by Robt. Pollard ; aquatinta by F. Jukes.

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The gallant charge of the fifty fourth Massachusetts (colored) regiment: on the rebel works at Fort Wagner, Morris Island, near Charleston, July 18th 1863, and death of Colonel Robt. G. Shaw

[Unidentified soldier in Union sergeant's uniform and forage cap in front of painted backdrop showing American flag]

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform and forage cap with bayoneted musket in front of painted backdrop showing military camp and American flag]

Lieutenant Moody - this officer during the American war distinguish'd himself as one of the most gallant partizans in the British service, & ... made himself the terror of the rebels / drawn & engraved by Robt. Pollard ; aquatinta by F. Jukes.

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Print shows Lt. James Moody freeing a British soldier held prisoner by the Americans.

Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 314.

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01/01/1785

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Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838, artist

Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812, artist

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Library of Congress

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