281 Artillery gun, History Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

281 media by topic ∙ page 1 of 3

[Rear view of a cannon with a soldier sitting adjacent to it facing fo...

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More

Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas

Photograph shows sailors posed on the ship near the pivot gun. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.269).

Interior view of Castle Pinckney, Charleston Harbor, S.C. City in the ...

Stereograph showing a mounted cannon and ammunition inside the fort. No. 3121. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Ph... More

Fort C.F. Smith, Co. L, 2d New York Artillery

Group of soldiers with cannon and caisson. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 675. Original neg. number: LC-B817-7675.

The Mexican artillery goes into action at the annual Battle of San Jac...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antoni... More

View from Confederate fort, east of Peachtree street, looking east, At...

No. B624. Hand written on back of mount: Rebel works in front of Atlanta, no. 4. Hand written on back of mount: Miller vol. 3, page 137. Attributed to George N. Barnard, based on record for LC-USZC6-43 and LC-... More

[District of Columbia. Officers of Companies A and B, 3d Massachusetts...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Ten Inch Columbiad, and Magazine Entrance, Sand Bag Revertment (i.e. r...

Stereograph showing a soldier standing next to a cannon, and the fortified entrance to the magazine. No. 1001. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Forms part of: Civil War Photo... More

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i.e. Sulliv...

Stereograph showing a cannon inside the battery of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina.

[Fort Monroe, Virginia The "Lincoln Gun," a 15-inch Rodman Columbiad]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Monroe, Va.

[Unknown location. Parrott gun] - stereocsopic card

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

[Morris Island, S.C. Two 100-pdr. Parrott guns and stacks of shells in...

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Unknown location. 12-pdr. Napoleon (model 1857?)]

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the east face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor...

Stereograph showing a damaged cannon among the rocks, cannon shells, and debris of the exterior of Fort Sumter. No. 3125, from series: War Views. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Han... More

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Capt. Rufus D. Pettit's Battery B, 1st...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Big gun on Morris Island, South Carolina

Photograph shows a group of soldiers with a 300 pound Parrott gun named "Col. Brayton" in battery Gregg on Morris Island, South Carolina. The cannon is aimed at Fort Sumter.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Charleston, S.C. Blakely guns and ammunition in the Arsenal yard]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

[Arlington, Virginia Guns and gun-crews of Fort Richardson]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Photograph of 1st Connecticut Artillery drilling at Fort Richardson.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; another view. H....

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of military forces, army, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dark artillery, or, How to make the contrabands useful

Cartoon showing Afro-American men with cannons on their backs at Civil War battle scene. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Oct. 26, p. 368, top.

Battery B, 2d U.S. Artillery near Fair Oaks, Virginia, June, 1862

No. 439. Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c... More

Captured siege guns, at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing Confederate mounted cannons at Rocketts Landing in Richmond. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright in 1865 by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil ... More

Residence of Jefferson Davis (1201 East Clay Street), Richmond, Virgin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor - stereocsopic card

Photograph shows a line of cannons at Fort Johnson, facing Charlston harbor, on James Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). From series: "War Views, no. 201." Forms part of... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Photographs, 1885, undated; Folder 1 o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Intérieur de la batterie du Merrimac, pendant le combat avec le Monito...

Interior of the Merrimac showing Confederate sailors loading cannon, during combat with the Monitor. Illus. from: Le Monde Illustré. Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Swamp Angel Battery near Charleston, S.C.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing around the cannon in a fortified battery. Date from record for LC-B811-3516. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative ... More

New rifled cannon at Washington Navy Yard

Sailor standing behind cannon. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: These guns are cast without runners. They are afterwards fitted to the piece and fastened by the bands that run from breech to the... More

One of the guns that had to be dug out, Fort McAllister

Photograph shows one of the Confederate guns at Fort McAllister, near Savannah, that was dismantled by Sherman's army as the Union army moved northward. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). See a... More

[District of Columbia. Sergeants of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Negroes mounting Cannon in the works for the attack on Ft. Sumter 1861...

Signed upper left: W. Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Conn. & Massachusetts. volunteers in sand bag battery

Photograph shows a group of Connecticut and Massachusetts Volunteers alongside a cannon in the sandbag battery, possibly at Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-... More

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot; another vie...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

The Sally-port and draw-bridge - A black and white photo of a group of...

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on the drawbridge at the gate of Fort Slemmer in Washington, D.C. A mounted cannon is in the background. No. 2318. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographi... More

Completely silenced! Dead Confederate artillery men, as they lay aroun...

Photograph shows the bodies of dead Confederate soldiers, a dead horse with wagon, and the Dunker Church in the background after the Battle of Antietam. Brady's Album Gallery. No. 552. Entered according to Act ... More

[The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfiel...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Photograph of a gun captured by 12th Maine and 17th New York Infantry.

Confederate Artillery captured at Missouri (i.e. Missionary) Ridge hea...

No. 8123. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, p. 69". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 1st New York Pettit's Battery, Artiller...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Dismantling of the rebel forts after the storming of Petersburgh (i.e....

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing and sitting on a rifled cannon and other artillery in the interior of a Confederate fort. No. 3205. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Date... More

[Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 20-pdr. v Parrott rifled guns of the 1s...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

[Unknown location. 6-pdr. field gun, model 1841]

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Yorktown, Virginia, vicinity. 13-in. seacoast mortars of Federal Batt...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Washington, District of Columbia. Artilleryillery group 3d Regiment Ma...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Washington, District of Columbia. Officers of 3d Regiment Massachusett...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

View from the parapet of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor (i.e. Sulliv...

Stereograph showing a cannon inside the battery of Fort Moultrie on Sullivan's Island near Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3123, part of series: War Views. Printed on card: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., 591 (i.e. 5... More

[The Peninsula, Virginia A 12-pdr. howitzer gun captured by Butterfiel...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Photograph of a gun captured by 12th Maine and 17th New York Infantry.

Interior view of Fort Brady, James River, Virginia, near Dutch Gap Can...

Union soldiers by two large cannons positioned behind fortifications. Civil War Photograph Collection. No. B689.

Battery - 1st N.Y. Artillery Battalion near Fair Oaks, June 1862

Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Battery D, 2d (i.e. 5th?) U.S. Artillery, going into action on south s...

No. 4212. Caption on verso from Gardner's photographic sketchbook of the war: "Battery D, Second United States Artillery". Illus. in: E468.7 .G2, Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gard... More

[John B. Gallie gun, Fort McAllister, Georgia]

Title devised by Library staff based on identification by David Richardson, Jack Melton, and Talley Kirkland, September 2015. Photo formerly misidentified as Swamp Angel gun, Morris Island, South Carolina. Date... More

[Battery No. 4 near Yorktown mounting ten 13 inch mortars each weighin...

Photograph shows soldiers standing at cannons. Title and date from catalog record for associated negative: LC-B811-375.

Maj. General Sherman and staff This view was taken in the trenches bef...

Stereograph shows Sherman standing with officers next to cannon before siege of Atlanta in 1864. From the studio of Mathew Brady. E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. acquired the negatives in exchange for photographic sup... More

[Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia Confederate brass mountain howitzers]

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photogra... More

[Petersburg, Virginia The "Dictator," a closer view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Photographs, 1885, undated; Folder 1 o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, cannon, weapon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Richmond, Virginia, vicinity. 20-pdr guns of the 1st New York Battery...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

Same gun, as shown in no. 1020, with magazine traverse

No. 1021. Part of series: View of Confederate Water Batteries on James River. Alternate title devised by Library staff from information on negative sleeve. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Libra... More

[District of Columbia. Sergeants of 3d Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, ...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

View on the Point Battery, Charleston, S.C., showing the gun in the Ch...

Stereograph showing a group of men and boys at the base of the cannon. No. 3092. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Hand written on verso... More

View on the Point Battery, Charleston, S.C., showing the gun in the Ch...

[Charleston Harbor, S.C. Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren standing by a D...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

[Fort Pulaski, Ga. The "Beauregard" gun]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 1862.

[Alexandria, Virginia Battery Rodgers at Hunting Creek and the Potoma...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington.

Fifteen inch gun at Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Virginia, May 18, 186...

Photograph shows six Union soldiers positioning the fifteen inch Rodman gun at Battery Rodgers. No. 246.

North side views from Port Hudson

Photograph shows Confederate artillery after the surrender of Port Hudson in July of 1863.

[Yorktown, Virginia Confederate water Battery Magruder, with Rodman sm...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

The Parrot Rifled Cannon that threw the shot and shell into Charleston...

Stereograph showing a row of cannons mounted on carts. No. 3095 from "War Views." Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 9, p. 333. Forms part of: Civi... More

English Armstrong gun in Fort Fisher, N.C.

Stereograph showing a Confederate soldier in the battery with an English Armstrong gun. Three men stand behind him.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Washington, D.C. Park of Wiard guns at the Arsenal; another view. H....

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Johnson, Charleston Harbor, S.C. Fort Sumter in the distance

Photograph shows mounted guns with view of Fort Sumter in the background. No. B1194. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

300 pdr. [i.e. pounder] Parrot Rifle, Fort Chatfield, Morris Isand

Photograph shows a group of soldiers by the 300 pound Parrot rifled cannon with the name "Col. Brayton" inscribed on it in battery Chatfield on Morris Island. No. 4308. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. V, ... More

Secesh Gun, Fort Welles [i.e., Wells], Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows a cannon at Fort Wells, two Union soldiers appear to the left and right of the gun. Title is inscribed in ink on the bottom of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; Wi... More

Captured Insurgent smooth bore, Zapote

Big gun near the Zapote River, Luzon, Philippines. No. 260. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, in un...

Copyright by C.M.A. Reproduction of painting by Charles Willson Peale. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restriction... More

Light 12 pdr. Napoleon gun, brass, Rappahannock [?] / E Forbes.

"Twelve pounder Napoleon gun; in position covering the ford" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.105) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Batteries of field pieces in arsenal, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russ...

Cannons lined along street in foreground. No. 175. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg ... More

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Brady on the James River, m...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charleston, South Carolina. Rifled cannon in the Arsenal yard

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Intérieur de la batterie du Merrimac, pendant le combat avec le Monito...

View in Water Battery, James River, Virginia Ready to fire

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing near a cannon inside the battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright 1865 by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. Forms part of: Civil War Pho... More

Aiken's Landing, Virginia (vicinity). Fort Brady on the James River, m...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Reconnoisance [sic] by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed upper left: Half this sketch missing. Inscribed lower right: Generl [sic.] Bu[ford]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 3, 1863, p. 632-633. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/... More

[Fort Pulaski, Ga. The "Beauregard" gun]

Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- specifically of Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 1862.

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts; different view]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

[Damaged cannon and artillery inside Port Hudson after the siege]

Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title devised by library staff. #9 and C.D.E. inscribed on verso. Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil... More

Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers of 4th New York heavy Artillery loading ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Arlington, Virginia Guns and gun-crews of Fort Richardson]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Photograph of 1st Connecticut Artillery drilling at Fort Richardson.

[Union soldiers stand around a mounted cannon at a fort]

Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mi... More

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More