The battle of the Wilderness Virginia May 5th & 6th 1864
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0488
Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM /...
Verso stamped: "Manufactured by George Rowney & Co., ... Piccadilly ..." and "From C.W. Keenan, manufacturer of & dealor in artist materials ..., Brooklyn." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.289) Forms ... More
Battle of Winchester - Public domain scan / 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
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
Heroes in Ebony--The captors of the Rebel steamer Planter, Robert Smal...
Group portrait of four men. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 14 (1862 June 21), p. 180.
A tit bit for a Russian ambassador!!!
Cartoon showing a Russian holding up small figure of Napoleon, preparing to eat him.
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi--Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th ...
24058 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi--Gallant charge of the 17th Iowa, 80th ...
24058 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The women of '76: "Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth
Reference print in LOT 4412 G. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7302.
The battle at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9th, 1862 Charge of Crawford's Brig...
Union and Confederate soldiers on battlefield. Print caption: Between the Corps d'armée of Genl. Banks, constituting a part of the Army of Virginia, under Genl. Pope and a vastly superior number of the Rebels u... More
[Attack on Fredericksburg] - An old picture of a village with a horse ...
Union troops landing on shore of river, pulling up pontoon bridges and maneuvering in foreground; buildings burning in background. Title devised. Published in: Evert A. Duyckinck, National History of the war fo... 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
[Landing pack ponies at Chemulpo for advance on Seoul]
H43585 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904.
Buckland from Mr. Huntons house - Public domain scan / engraving
Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title: Scene of a cavalry engagement with Stuart. 63. Published in: Harper's We... More
Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 2, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone ...
Significance: This structure in its original form, served as one of the Soldiers' Barracks for the garrison during the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note materi... More
Fort McHenry, Soldiers' Barracks No. 2, East Fort Avenue at Whetstone ...
Significance: This structure in its original form, served as one of the Soldiers' Barracks for the garrison during the historic bombardment of Fort McHenry, September 13-14, 1814. Unprocessed Field note materi... 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
Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves before the expiration of their...
Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Baskets house burning. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 412. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.743) Reference... More
Gen. Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. Warn...
Print showing General George Washington, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform; he is holding a telescope in his right hand while an aide manages his horse behind him; shown in t... More
Couch's Corps forming line of battle in the fields at Chancellorsville...
Title inscribed below image. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Inscribed on verso: Battle May 1-3, 1863 Chancellorsville, Va. 11; Corps ... 26 Wisconsin; 25 Ohio; 82 Illinois; 55 Ohio; No II 2. MJB 32. Gift, J.P... More
The Lexington of 1861 - A painting of a group of men fighting a man on...
Massachusetts Volunteers fighting in streets of Baltimore on march to defense of the U.S. Capitol. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3754
Theodore Bender House, East of Herr's Ridge Road, West of Buford Avenu...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Skirmish between the Brooklyn 14th and 300 Rebel Cavalry [sic]
Drawing shows a scene that apparently didn't happen. The Brooklyn 14th did not fight in areas where there was Confederate cavalry. (Source: Antietam, by the editors of Time-Life Books, 1996, p. 69) Inscribed on... More
Storming of Independence Hill at the Battle of Monterey / Kelloggs & T...
Public domain scan - 18th-century landscape print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of Chickamauga--Sept. 19' & 20' 1863--Federal ... (General Rose...
19407 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1890 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A.
Sheridan's final charge at Winchester / Thulstrup ; fac-simile print b...
Philip Henry Sheridan leading troops in battle. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battle of New Orleans and death of Major General Packenham [sic] on th...
Print shows the Battle of New Orleans from the British perspective, as British forces advance upon the earthworks or barricades from which the American forces, under the command of Andrew Jackson, repel the att... More
Ely's Ford - Public domain drawing
Wagons and cavalry fording river in foreground, while infantry cross pontoon bridge in background. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Poplars. Inscribed lower left... More
Ely's Ford - Public domain scenic drawing
Wagons and cavalry fording river in foreground, while infantry cross pontoon bridge in background. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Poplars. Inscribed lower left... More
[Just before the opening of the engagement, El Pozo]
Title from donor letter dated Oct. 27, 1962. No accession number. Signed "W. Glackens, El Pozo." Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Fight for Santiago" by ... More
The battle of Cedar Mountain (Slaughters Mountain)
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.271) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Battle of Atlanta--Death of General James B. McPherson--July 22d 1864-...
27019 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted 1888 by Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers, Chicago, U.S.A.
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, Savannah, Chatham County, GA
Significance: Fort Pulaski was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by U.S. military engineers who hoped to guard against unwanted river approaches to the nearby port city of Savannah. It was p... More
Battle of New Orleans - A painting of the battle of new orleans
General Andrew Jackson on horseback in foreground commanding troops in battle against British troops commanded by General Pakenham, Jan. 8, 1815; ships in background. Copyright by Kurz & Allison.
Bridge on the Appotomax [sic]--Train of Cars and workshops burned by t...
Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: South side of R.R. workshop. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.450) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file... More
Grant writing telegram that the Army had crossed Rapidan 1864
Title inscribed below image. Very similar to Waud no. 433, which may have been traced from this drawing. References: Ray, plate 68. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.432) Reference print available in th... More
Gen Butler, Adgt Gen Thomas, Adgt Gen Schout[sic]& staff watching the ...
Title inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 19, 1864, p. 740, as: Gen. Butler and Staff watching the Battle from Johnson House, October 27, 1864. Reference print available in the Civil War... More
Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union by N. Mendal Shaf...
Print shows the outline of 42 states and Indian Territory, a Civil War battle scene, and Liberty holding U.S. flag and sword riding on the back of an eagle, Lincoln and his cabinet (the secretaries linked to im... More
The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864--Wilderness ...
"The Army of the Potomac crossing the Rapidan River at Germanna Ford The first day's advance of the Army of the Potomac in its great and last campaign against Richmond" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1... More
Capture of four 20 lb Parrotts at Deep Bottom by Gen Miles
Inscribed below image: William Waud. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below title: see daily papers this is called the fight at Strawberry Plains. Inscribed upper right: When our men charged the Gunners fl... More
The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the man...
The village of the Pequot Indians which was attacked and destroyed by Captain Underhill and Captain Mason in 1637. Illus. in: Nevves from America / John Underhill. London : Printed by J.D. for Peter Cole, [...]... More
Belägerung der Vestung Griechisch Weissenburg oder Belgrad wie solche ...
Print shows a birds-eye view of a 1688 siege of the walled city of Belgrade on the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers captured from the Turks by forces of the Holy League under Maximilian II Emanuel, Elec... More
Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la guerre ...
Print shows the title page with vignettes of various naval battles in which the British were engaged during the American Revolution; also shows the capture of Mobile by the Spanish under by Bernardo de Gálvez, ... More
Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 N. Po...
Print shows eight battle scenes from the American Revolutionary War on oval medallions with ribbons identifying and dating the battles and two additional scenes as panels on the base supporting the medals and d... More
Battle of Niagara - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print shows an American infantry charge against British guns during the battle of Lundy's Lane on Lake Niagara, Ontario, July 25th, 1814. This print is shortened on the right side, eliminating half of the fence... More
Hummelbaugh Farm, Pleasonton Avenue, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA
Significance: The farm house was used by General Alfred Pleasonton of the Union as a headquarters during the Battle of Gettysburg and also as a hospital by U.S. troops. Confederate Gen. William Barksdale died a... More
The capture of General Vega (In the act of discharging a canon) by the...
Print shows Captain Charles Augustus May, on horseback, stopping General Vega, in the act of lighting a fuse on a cannon; troops all around them are still fighting. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fili... More
L'Affaire d'orient 1854. 20, Balaklava. Charge heroique des Hussards A...
Print shows a vastly outnumbered British Light Brigade cavalry engaging Russian soldiers at the artillery battery at the end of the valley during the disasterous charge of Light Brigade at Balaklava, Ukraine, d... More
Storming of Palace Hill at the Battle of Monterey [i.e. Monterrey] / D...
Print shows a scene from the Battle of Monterrey, led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American War. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos... More
The passage of the Rappahannock by the Grand Army of the Potomac at Fr...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Dec. 27, pp. 220.
The War in Georgia--Battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19 and 20, between Ge...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Oct. 17, p. 56-57.
Our soldiers in streets of Fredericksburg / drawn by Mr. A.R. Waud.
Print shows Union troops under Confederate fire advancing with caution through the streets of Fredericksburg, Virginia in December 1862. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 291 (1863 January 3), p. 5.
Bombardment of Port Hudson by Admiral Farragut's fleet Assault of the ...
Print shows (top) Union ships under the command of Admiral Farragut bombarding Port Hudson, Louisiana, and (bottom) African American troops of the 2nd Louisiana Regiment attacking the Confederate defensive work... More
Genl Warren on Round Top. American Civil War 1861-1865.
Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.311) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Gettysburg. - Public domain scan / drawing
Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Colonel Peter B. Porter killed at 2nd Cold Harbor. It is not clear that the inscription above image relates to the sketch. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-191... More
Fredericksburgh, from near Lacy House. Taken during the battle of May ...
Photograph shows view of Fredericksburg, Virginia from across the Rappahannock River. Date of photo possibly April 8, 1863, as no Union troops are visible and trees lack leaves. (Date source: John Kelley, June ... More
The war in Virginia - the 22nd Colored Regiment, Duncan's brigade, car...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 9, p. 244.
Grant's great campaign--Stevens's battery at Cold Harbor / from a sket...
Soldiers and artillery during battle. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 June 25, p. 404.
Attack at Rocky Face Ridge, Ga. - Public domain scenic engraving
Soldiers on ridge and scaling ridge during the Civil War. Engraving after painting by Chappel. Copyright by Johnson, Fry & Co.
Major-General Wadsworth fighting in the Wilderness
Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. [3]56. The original drawing is Waud no. 157. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.157) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... More
Near Lead works. Petersburg - Public domain scenic drawing
Portrait of a soldier and deforested landscape. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed below image: This the enemy was damming to drown the Union works; a creek through which much of the drainage of the siege l... More
General Grant's campaign ... / sketched by A.R. Waud.
Two illustrations: The pontoon bridge over the James River, above Fort Powhatan; and Fort Powhatan on the James River. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 July 2, p. 429.
The war in Louisiana--Commodore Porter's fleet before Alexandria, Marc...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 April 30, pp. 88-89.
After the mine Petersburg - Public domain scenic drawing
Very faint sketch with mortar in foreground, hazy battlefield in background. Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-152. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1079) Forms part of: Morgan collectio... More
Railway destruction as a military art
Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.601) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
General Sherman's campaign / from sketches by Theodore R. Davis.
Five illustrations depicting events and locations of the Sherman campaign into Georgia: a railroad depot at Resaca, Georgia; Adairsville, Georgia; Kingston, Georgia; a skirmish at Woodlands, Georgia; and burnin... More
The war in Virginia - A black and white image of a battle
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, (1864 May 28), pp. 152-153.
View of Petersburg from the signal-station on our extreme left / sketc...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1865 March 11, p. 148. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Single combat wood engraving, Library of Congress
Civil War hand-to-hand combat with bayonets at Battle of Frayser's Farm, Virginia, July 1, 1862.
Battle-field of Gettysburg Trees showing the effect of musketry, oppos...
Tipton & Myers' Stereoscopic Views. No. 523. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Right wing of Hooker's army crossing the Rappahannock at Kelly's F...
Illus. in: Battles and leaders of the Civil War. New York : The Century Co., c1884, c1888, vol. 3, p. 156. Reference copy in LOT 4420-F (1862).
Grand Army of the Republic service certificate
23280 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Pettibone Manufac... More
Battle of Shiloh - April 6th 1862 / Cosack & Co. Lith. Buffalo & Chica...
Print shows a roadway, possibly Corinth Road, separating the Union forces under the command of General U.S. Grant, on the right, and the Confederate forces on the left; in a shattered building, in the midst of ... More
Soldiers on a battlefield engaged in combat
General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Category designation on original folder: Histo... More
Battle of Lexington - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Photograph of a print. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7746. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Here it comes - Drawing. Public domain image.
No accession number. Published in: Washington Post. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.
The Second United States Cavalry at Beverly Ford
(DLC/PP-1932:0069). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: Harper's weekly, 40:948-949 (Sept. 26, 1896).
The William H. West calendar - Public domain portrait print
Consists of calendars for July 1899-June 1900, portrait of West, vignettes of his minstrel company and the Battle of San Juan Hill. 56643 U.S. Copyright Office "Minstrelsy as now presented by William H. West." ... More
[The Japanese army under Major General Fukushima advancing with the al...
Print shows the Japanese commander, Major General Fukushima, holding binoculars, standing with a British commander and other officers, as the allied troops attack the walled city of Tianjin, China.
Battle of Bunker's [sic] Hill - Drawing. Public domain image.
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A wounded Boer at Spion Kop, South Africa
Wounded soldier receiving first aid from another soldier, other soldiers engaged in fighting around them. No. X2810A. Copyright by William H. Rau.
When Sioux and Blackfeet met / C.M. Russell 1902.
Battle between Sioux and Blackfeet Indians. K10545 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting. Copyright deposit print.
The Battle of New Orleans, Jan. 8, 1815 / [H.G. Thorp?]
Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars fighting behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.
Japan takes away Kinchow Castle - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a Japanese soldier holding the Kinchow Castle with wall and gate in his arms and using his left foot to kick away Russian soldiers. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo pri... More
[Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo]
H43584 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.
[Perry's Victory, Lake Erie, U.S. Capitol]
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Japanese and Russian soldiers in fierce battle at Chiu-tien-Ch'eng, M...
Title from accompanying material. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[German soldiers in a trench; in background, a town]
Photograph shows German soldiers in a trench during World War I. (Source: similar photograph at the National Archives) On mount of similar photograph at the National Archives: "German Official Photograph."