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Pontoon carriage. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the plan and pontoon of a pontoon carriage, with a view of the axel. Illus. in: A treatise on artillery ... / John Muller. Philadelphia : Printed by Styner and Cist, for J. Norman, 1779, PL XXVI. P... More

Battery at Annapolis, Md. - A black and white photo of a bunch of boat...

Photograph shows four mounted cannons. Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Breech of 8 inch gun and crew - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Title in Detroit, Catalogue J (1901) continues: ... sub-caliber practice, New York (armored cruiser). Attribution based on negative D4-20739. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "2" on negative. Detroit ... More

U.S.S. Brooklyn, forward turret and bridge

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Brooklyn, forward turret and bridge

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021068. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Brooklyn forward turret, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit...

"2 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020197. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. Iowa, 12 inch and 8 inch gun turrets

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020438. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

U.S.S. New York, chief gunner Morgan

Title from jacket. Attribution based on negative D4-32317. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032310. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

[U.S.S. New York, Admiral Sampson's son and Pitch the Mascot]

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

U.S.S. Kentucky, quarter deck and after gun turrets

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

The Parade ground and barracks, Fort Monroe, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Poster showing a military review, with soldiers displaying a German cannon that was captured at the battle of Chateau Thierry.

Military subjects. 12-inch Barbet carriage rifle

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

Military subjects. Soldiers on horses pulling a canon

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A French 155-mm. gun trained on the German trenches

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18651. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, V Borodinskom muzei︠e︡. Borodino, color separ...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views of the Napoleonic campaign area, Russian Empire, LO... More

Gun deck, N. Carolina - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Outline of two ships on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1084) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Yorktown, Virginia Federal artillery park] - 19th century Virginia.

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

Men of Fort Story operate an azimuth instrument, to measure the angle ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Funston, Panama Mounts for 155mm Guns, Skyline Boulevard & Great ...

Significance: The Panama mounts of Battery Bluff are significant as they are a contributing feature to the Fort Funston Historic District which is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of His... More

Review of the Artillery of Shermans Co[rps]

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed in black ink on verso below title: Review by General Barry, at Savannah, of Sherman's Artillery. Inscribed above image: Pulaski Monument; Bull Street; Gen Barry's HdQrs (Moly... More

Old Sea coast howitzer, Ft. Wagner. Whitworth gun, Charleston

Title inscribed upper left and right margin. Faint sketch of shipwreck on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-83. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1010) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Petersburg, Virginia The "Dictator," a 13-inch mortar, in position]

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

100 lb. gun on board the Confederate gunboat Teazer [i.e. Teaser], whi...

Photograph shows a seaman sitting next to the 100 lb. gun that was captured by the U.S.S. Maratanza on July 4, 1862, on the James River, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 482 Entered according to Act of Cong... More

The pursuit of General Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders ...

Union soldiers, with heavy guns (30 pounders), marching toward Frederick after the battle at Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.85) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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. No. 1234. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attribu... More

Battle near Upperville. Ashbys Gap in Distance

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see description. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 11, 1863, as: The Army of the Potomac-Skirmish Near Upperville-Ashby's Gap in the Distance. Gift, J.P. Mor... More

The Mozart (40th N.Y.) and the Scott Life Guard (38th N.Y.) taking pos...

Signed inscribed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 24, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.32) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Edward Penfield - [Officer with fieldglasses by artillery gun]

Drawing for magazine cover shows officer with fieldglasses by artillery gun. Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0034). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in:... More

Left of No. 6, May 5th, 1864 - Public domain scan / drawing

Battery and landscape. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Russet broken into green [and] red dust. Formerly Waud no. B-142. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.906) Forms part of: Morgan ... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Naval Operating Base Dutch Harbor & Fort Mears, Ulakta Head Fixed Defe...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[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.

Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, w...

Published engraving based upon DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size). Attributed to Balling in New York Illustrated News caption. Title printed below image. Initials T.N. engraved lower right of image indicate that... 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.

[Washington, D.C. Two Wiard guns at the Arsenal; General Daniel E. Sic...

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

Battle of Winchester - Public domain drawing

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed upper left: Mansion on Berryville pike. Inscribed above image: Winchester. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 15, 1864, pp. 660, as: Earl... More

Review. Newport News - Public domain drawing

Signed lower left on verso: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Siege gun [see sketch of cannon on verso]. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.593) Forms part of: Morgan collect... More

Scene at Chancellorsville during the battle, May 1st 1863

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 23, 1863, p. 328-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.747) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More

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

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

The siege of Yorktown, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Union soldiers mounting 13-inch mortars in Federal Battery No. 4 along the line in Yorktown, Virginia. No. 375. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Att... More

Hancocks Brigade repulsing the enemy. Battle of Williamsburg

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper left: in the distance forts; next enemies line of infantry all broken and running; out lines in the forground [sic] many having thrown... More

Hancocks Brigade repulsing the enemy. Battle of Williamsburg

[Battle at White Oak Swamp Bridge]

Title devised. Inscribed upper left: [Thi]s represents a later moment in the fight at White oak swamp bridge than the sketch. These batteries got much injured during the battle- horses and men killed and guns d... More

Union fortifications, Yorktown, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph shows Union soldiers mounting 13 inch mortars in Federal Battery No. 4 along the line in Yorktown, Virginia. No. 455. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Att... More

[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.

[Morris Island, S.C. Battery of 100-pdr. Parrott guns inside Fort Putn...

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

Fort Putnam, previously Confederate Battery Gregg, Morris Island, S.C.

Photograph shows mounted guns inside the fort. No. B42. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Wreck of Blakely gun on the Frazer's wharf, Charleston, S.C.

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3088. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...

Stereograph showing wrecked carriage of Blakely gun on the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3088. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in ... More

East Battery, Charleston, S.C. looking north, showing ruins of the 600...

Public domain scan of American Civil War photograph, Confederates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

U.S.S. Vixen, 6 pounder gun - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

U.S.S. Oregon, 6-pounder and crew

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Iowa, 12 inch and 8 inch gun turrets

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

And all those dead of Belgium and all that mighty procession of the sl...

German military officer astride artillery in a cemetery waving off a ghostly army. (DLC/PP-1934:0068). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Stars in the Dust Hea... More

Warding off a night attack during World War I

Poster showing photograph of sailors firing a large gun aboard a ship at night. Text continues: Each dreadnaught carries twenty or more 5-inch rapid fire guns [...] In order to be an efficient member of a gun's... More

Just below bullet junction covering a draw PFC Frank R. Boddy Inf (Chi...

Sketch shows an enlisted man, Private First Class Frank R. Boddy, an infantryman from Chicago, from the side. He sits as he operates his machine gun from under a tent on Guadalcanal during World War II. Inscrib... More

105 howitzers just off the Mt. Aesten [i.e. Mt. Austen] front

Drawing shows four soldiers operating field artillery--a howitzer--on Mt. Austen during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. In his inscription, Brodie refers to Mack Morriss, Yank magazine correspondent. Si... More

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. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milho... More

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

Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0862 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Two plates form left (LC-B811-... More

U.S.S. Newark, 6 in. gun and crew

Negatives are variants. Attribution based on negative D4-20638. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020659. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, A... More

Off for Berlin! High power autotruck delivering large cannon to the fi...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18631. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Gun deck, N. Carolina - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Title inscribed below image. Outline of two ships on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1084) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Thunderbolt Battery looking down the River

Signed above image: Wm Waud. Title inscribed above image. On verso sketch of river landscape with frigate. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 41. Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Entrance to Aquia Creek, the Channel runs past the batteries

Landscape along creek. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image from left to right: camps behind the woods; split rock battery; funnels fish houses; South battery; camp behind the woods; camps behind ... More

Entrance to Aquia Creek, the Channel runs past the batteries

7th N.Y. Heavy Arty. in Barlows charge nr. Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 408-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.722) Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Fort Funston, Panama Mounts for 155mm Guns, Skyline Boulevard & Great ...

Review of the Artillery of Shermans Co[rps]

Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and lear...

Poster showing large coast artillery batteries firing. Ordnance recruiting poster, no. 2. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1919 ; U.S. B36. J2. 1919.

Gettysburg - Public domain drawing

Rough sketch of horses and wagons. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of saddle on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.621) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

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

View of the rebel position at Mine run--2nd corps batteries in foregro...

Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Roe's Farm; Clark Mountain. Inscribed below image: Arnolds battery, F & ... More

Fort Riley, Riley, Riley County, KS

Significance: Fort Riley was established in the 1850's to protect settlers and traders traveling along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. It was laid out in a traditional cavalry post plan with limestone officer'... More

Fort Riley, Riley, Riley County, KS

Genl. Humphreys charging at the head of his division after sunset of t...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 10, 1863, p. 24-25. Waud no. 751a is Harper's Weekly engraving. Reference print available in the Civil War Dra... More

Destruction of Rebel caissons - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, March 26, 1864, p. 200 in a series with Waud Nos. 54, 118, and 235. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.659) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More

[Midnight before Petersburg] - Public domain scenic drawing

Title devised from Harper's Weekly title. Published in: Harper's Weekly, October 8, 1864, pp. 648-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.735) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 186... More

[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.

Battle of Bentonville, left of action

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed within image as indicators: Ravine above front of guns; open field. Inscribed above image: 14" x 20". Formerly Waud no. C-102. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1... More

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Horatio G. Gibson's C and G Batteries]

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

[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

Fredericksburg, Virginia - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Forms a panorama with DRWG/US - Waud, no. 761. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 20, 1862, pp. 808-809. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R... More

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

Battery No. 1.--100 and 200 pounder Parrots opposite Yorktown and Glou...

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed within image: River. Inscribed upper right: Yorktown in distance as in sketch No 6. guns firing. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1862, ... More

[Fair Oaks, Virginia, vicinity. Fort Richardson and adjacent encampmen...

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

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

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

16-inch coast artillery gun, Ft. Story, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fight at Mechanicsville [changed to] Beaver Creek between McCalls divi...

Title inscribed above image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 26, 1862, p. 470 as "The Army of the Potomac-The Battle of Beaver Creek, June 26, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.694) Reference ... More

[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.

[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; H.L. Stuart, Nath...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, the capital at war. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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