artillery weaponry

U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer Jamestow...

Cannons being fired from fort in foreground at ships in background. Signed lower left: Captain Balling. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed lower right: Newport News. Balling served as Captain of the 1st New Yo... More

[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

[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

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

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

V Borodinskom muzei︠e︡. Borodino

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

Battle of Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct 5-64

Sketch of men firing cannons. Inscribed upper right: Allatoona pass. large cut. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.206). Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864. Forms part of: Mo... More

Federal Camp at Johnsonville, Tenn. during American Civil War

Stereograph showing Union soldiers standing on a platform at the Johnsonville, Tennessee depot overlooking the supply camp of the First Tennessee Colored Battery before its evacuation in December, 1864.

Death of General Polk Pine Mountain, Kennesaw

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper right: 51. Action at Pine Mountain took place in the course of the general assault associated with Kennesaw Mountain. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.500) ... More

Death of General Polk Pine Mountain, Kennesaw

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed upper right: 51. Action at Pine Mountain took place in the course of the general assault associated with Kennesaw Mountain. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.500) ... More

[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.

[Mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, and tents...

No. B621. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Harrisons landing - Public domain scan / drawing

Tents, and cannons covered with cloth. Title inscribed right margin. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.678) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Confederates dragging guns up Kenesaw

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: C[entury]. W[eekly]. No 20, p. 271. Formerly Waud no. B-40. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.805) Published in: Battles and leaders, vol. 4, p. 271. ... More

Captured guns at Richmond ready for transportation to Washington, May,...

Photograph showing a stockpile of captured Confederate weapons at Rocketts wharf in Richmond. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe ... More

[The artillery exercises of the Osmaniye]

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 5. In album: Ships, naval schools and the Naval Fire Brigade, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid ... More

U.S.S. Miantonomoh, mounting 10 inch guns

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U.S.S. New York, breech of 8 inch gun and crew

Attribution based on negative D4-20739. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020747. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer act... More

[U.S.S. New York]. Warship photograph collection

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U.S.S. Iowa, 6 pounder, US Navy. Dry Plate Negative by Detroit Publish...

"Detroit Photographic Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020442. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Portrait photo of U.S.S. Nahant, group of officers

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

[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.

[German soldiers firing artillery gun while other soldiers on horsebac...

No. 5025 appears on image. No. T5232 is stamped on back. Caption on back: 4232. Verfolgungsfeuer durch deutsche Artillerie. Forms part of the Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

A British heavy gun in action during World War I

Photograph shows British soldiers preparing artillery shells and manning a large artillery piece. Printed on front: Official photograph; Crown copyright reserved; Daily Mail War Pictures, 36. In collection: Bri... More

War game - Attacking New York, on the "Washington"

Photograph showing naval officers and sailors engaged in a range finding activity. Bain News Service photograph. On lower left of image: © Bain. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Military subjects. Artillery shell hitting ground in open area by wate...

Military subjects. Disappearing rifle in action

Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B-17 waist gunner - Public domain portrait drawing

Drawing shows a World War II gunner wearing an oxygen mask as he stands before an open slot in a B-17 airplane firing his machine gun during the Battle of Guadalcanal. Signed: Sgt. Howard Brodie. Gift, Sgt. How... More

Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Fort Jefferson, Powder Magazine B, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County...

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. This... More

Yorktown, Virginia Federal artillery park. Washington DC sterescope ca...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of... More

Preparing for the firing line, loading 3-inch field guns

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19050. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

9th Massachusetts. batt. Bigelows going into position at Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.281) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

These men have come across, they are at the front now. Join them--enli...

Poster showing sailor loading gun. Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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.

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.

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

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

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

In front of Sedgwick May 6th 1864

Title inscribed below image. Sketch on verso of officers on horseback and foot soldiers, inscribed: nr Hatchers run [Oct.- Dec. 1864]. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.622) Forms part of: Morgan collec... 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

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

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

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

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 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

Rifle pits in the woods. - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: AR Waud. Inscribed lower right: Hayes [sic] Brigade, Birneys div. 2nd Corps / Rhodas [sic] battery. Inscribed lower left: Put in groups of officers and soldiers ... More

Battle at Black River March 16th 1865

Sketchy bird's-eye view of battlefield. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud, no. 651 (AA size). Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed above image from left to right: Col ... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Federal soldiers removing artillery from Confede...

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Federal soldiers removing artillery from Confede...

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

Artillery waggons [i.e., wagons], view looking towards Balaclava - Rog...

View of artillery camp with caissons, barracks, tents, and horses. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Petersburg Sept. 1864 - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed on verso: There is a lot of picturesque material now, in the trenches, but I cannot get around to attend to it. I am down, sick and helpless with an acute attack of dysent... More

Shelling the rebel works on the Chickahomy [sic] across the Mechanicsv...

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Shell exploding; Division same as in [ ] Junction; Use this for foreground make figures larger ; shell; June; Sheppard. Inscribed within image: Peach Tree; 10... More

5th excelsiors - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch of two soldiers. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.251) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file V. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

June 2nd Position nr. Cold Harbor--rifle pits in the front

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Verso shows a profile sketch of a man. Text to the right of the sketch reads: "A union battery held this hill at the battle of [...] Mil[l?] strenuou... 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.

Thunder Bolt Bat[ter]y from Rear

Signed below image: Will Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: This Baty was built in / 61 and is of immence[sic]strength-it was designed to protect the City from any attack by Gun boats coming ... More

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

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

General Davis [sic]-Near Paines Crossroad April 5, 1865

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed with indicators above image: Prisoners. Cavalry. Inscribed upper left: Gen Davis [sic] destroyed 400 wagons & took five guns and many prisoners here. Inscribed lower right:... More

Taking up position. Cold Harbor. June 2, 1864

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Printed(?) in black ink upper left: Ed. May 2nd. 1864. Inscribed on verso Advance upon the left Hancock. Formerly Waud no. B-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC... More

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 505 as part of a series: In the trenches before Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.451... More

Fort Sumter, December 9th 1863, Interior view of Three Gun Battery

Interior of fort. Soldier in foreground stands next to cannon, surrounded by equipment & supplies necessary to fire it. Other soldiers and cannons in background. Signed lower left of image : J.R. Key, Jun[e] 21... More

Outside view, Fort Sumter, north face

Photograph shows a gun on top of parapet and gabions used as reinforcements along the damaged exterior of Fort Sumter. Original neg. for this print: LC-B811-3048. Forms part of: Visual materials from the paper... More

Portion of Rebel battery at Wynns Mill. The gun which wounded Lieut. W...

Signed lower left: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, p. 296. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.174) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

Bringing parrott gun into position on board gun boat "Mendota," July 1...

Photograph showing four men with cannon on the deck of the Mendota. No. 20.

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

Guarding the Road to Windschester [sic]

Signed [T.T.R. Bott[?]]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Occupied by Capt. Wallace of the Fourth Ohio Regiment under Brigadier Genl. Kelley Comand. Romny. Published in the New York Illustrat... More

Guarding the Road to Windschester [sic]

Signed [T.T.R. Bott[?]]. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Occupied by Capt. Wallace of the Fourth Ohio Regiment under Brigadier Genl. Kelley Comand. Romny. Published in the New York Illustrat... More

U.S.S. Indiana, 13 inch guns, forward turret

Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Richmond, Virginia Captured siege guns at Rocketts]

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

12th May Hancock and Wright fighting for the enemies rifle pits sketch...

Title inscribed. Inscribed upper left: Try & get a little gradation of tint and color out of the engraver. Inscribed above image. Rainy day time 6 o clock. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. 306-1.... More

[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

Rodman 10 pounder field piece - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.24) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Battery No. 1, near Yorktown, Virginia / negative by Wood & Gibson ; p...

Photograph showing the cannons used by the Union army in a battery near the York River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1866... More

14 Massachusetts heavy Arty - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Massachusetts 14th Infantry Regiment became 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers. Formerly Waud no. B-133. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.897) Forms par... More

Park of captured guns at Rocketts, Richmond, Virginia

Stereograph showing a large group of seized Confederate cannons and caissons on the wharf at Rocketts in Richmond. Two men stand in the foreground. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. ... More

Rebel gun in front of "Fort Hell," April 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing a man positioning a Confederate cannon inside of Fort Sedgwick in Petersburg, Virginia. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a pr... More

U.S.S. Vesuvius, barrels of dynamite guns

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

U.S.S. Atlanta 6 inch gun - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

U.S.S. Detroit, ship's company - Public domain portrait photograph

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Brooklyn 6 pounder gun - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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

U.S.S. Brooklyn forward turret - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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

Wreck of the Vizcaya, Battle of Santiago, 6-inch rapid fire gun, 1898

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

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

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[Six-in. naval gun in a Russian hilside battery, commander seated at l...

H63743 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7776.

Light artillery drill, hand battery, West Point, N.Y.

Title from jacket. "2684" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033978. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Aeroplanes--A1075 - An old photo of two men in a plane

Two men at guns mounted in airplane. J242623 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Harris & Ewing.

Military subjects. Cleaning after fire 12-inch rifle

Public domain photograph of military activity, army camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Military subjects. 12-inch Barbet carriage rifle

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

"And this," says a lieutenant of the Japanese-American 442nd Combat Te...

Japanese-American soldiers looking at anti-tank gun, Camp Shelby. Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, U.S. War Department.

French 75 millimeter guns in ambush near German trenches

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18705. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

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

12002-30. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

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

Photographs of artillery, place and date unknown. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0860 Title from Milh... More

[Broadway Landing, Virginia Federal ordnance at the depot]

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

Fort McAllister, Ga. from the flagstaff, looking up the Ogeechee River...

Photograph shows a gun and other equipment inside of Fort McAllister looking toward the Ogeechee River.

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.

Monday's fight. The battle of Charles City road. Fought by Heintzelman...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower left: June 30th. Inscribed above image: The 16th N.Y. all wore white straw hats and were without knapsacks but wore the haversack and c... More

These men have come across, they are at the front now. Join them--enli...

Poster showing sailor loading gun. Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Charleston, S.C. South Battery; dismantled Blakely gun in foreground]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 183-1865.

McClellan reconnoitering the Turnpike to Richmond from the Peach Orcha...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: Sketch 34-. Pencil sketches of heads of two men on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.407) Reference print avail... More

Capt. Stevens battery on the 6th Corps Skirmish line

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, 25 June 1864, p. 404. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.426) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawing... More