Topic: military facilities

A view of the country towards Dorchester, taken from the advanced work...

Print shows open countryside looking toward Dorchester, Massachusetts, with soldiers in redoubt on the left.

A view of the harbour of Boston taken from Fort Hill

Print shows tents and wooden fence in foreground and Boston Harbor in the background.

A front view of the lines taken from the advanced post near Browns hou...

Print shows two cheval-de-frise and two buildings in the middle distance.

The interior of the Redan taken from its left face, looking towards th...

Interior view of the of the Redan showing battery during the occupation by British forces after the Russians abandoned Sevastopolʹ in September 1855.

General Garrett's quarters & tents of the 4th Division

General Garrett's encampment with bell tents and huts.

A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...

Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery.

Camp of the 5th Dragoons Guards

View of camp with tents, huts, and horses, looking toward the village of Kadikoi.

The field of Inkermann / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.

Print shows the plains of Inkerman, ruins on the far right, a French battery on the left, and some soldiers in the foreground.

French left attack, Kamiesch in the distance - tents of Sir John Campb...

Plains before Sevastopolʹ, with Sir John Campbell's marquis tent in the foreground.

The railway at Balaklava, looking south / W. Simpson, del. ; R. Carric...

Construction of the railway in Balaklava at the harbor, also shows masts of numerous ships, and on a hill in the distance, the ruins of the old Genoese castle.

Russian rifle pit - now part of the British advanced trenches, on the ...

Print shows soldiers filling sand bags and firing over a barrier of sand bags and gabions.

Looking towards St. George's Monastery, tents of the 4th Division in t...

Military encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ.

Cavalry camp, looking towards Kadikoi

View of encampment showing bell tents, huts, soldiers, and horses.

[Military camp]

View of camp on hillside with conical tents, horses, buildings, and soldiers; church(?) and hills in the distance.

A hot night in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery with cannons firing and being loaded, and men bringing in supplies.

A quiet night in the batteries - a sketch in the Greenhill battery (Ma...

Print shows men and cannons in a British artillery battery, at night.

Sentinel of the Zouaves, before Sevastopol / W. Simpson del.

Print shows a soldier standing guard at a French battery with snow-covered cannons and Zouaves carrying bundles of wood to a camp in the background.

A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ.

Huts and warm clothing for the army / W. Simpson del. ; E. Morin lith.

Print shows soldiers transporting winter clothing, lumber for huts, and other supplies through a snow-covered landscape, with partially buried dead horses along the roadside, to the British camps; huts under co... more

Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the...

Photograph showing vast plain with encampments of tents, wagons, equipment, and military personnel, some on horseback.

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards near Karyni

Men and horses standing among tent encampment with building; mountains in background.

Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.

Print shows view of the Russian battery at the Malakoff tower, the principal Russian fortification at Sevastopolʹ.

Lord Raglan's head quarters at Khutor-Karagatch / W. Simpson delt. ; C...

Print shows cluster of buildings being used by Lord Raglan as the British headquarters.

Camp of the 3rd Division, French tents in the distance

Photograph showing military encampment.

Distant view of Lord Raglan's head quarters before Sebastopol / W. Sim...

Print shows several British military camps, an ambulance, a distant view of Lord Raglan's headquarters (just left of center), and, in the foreground, a dead horse.

Camp of the naval brigade, before Sebastopol / W. Simpson del. ; E. Wa...

Print shows bell tents at a British military camp and "Mr. Maxse, Naval Aide-de-Camp," on horseback with Captn. Burnet, Captn. Peel, Captn. Lushington, and Captn. Moorsom and other men from the naval brigade in... more

The camp of the 1st Division, looking north towards the camp of the 2n...

Print shows a distant view of bell tents at British military camps, as well as hospital tents, soldiers and a wagon hauling supplies toward the camps, the skeletal remains of an animal on the roadside, and men ... more

Captain Webb's hut, 4th Dragoon Guards

Captain John MacDonnell Webb standing in the doorway of his hut looking at Colonel Hodge (standing in profile), Mrs. Rogers, Webb's servant with a horse, and several others; also shows three bell tents next to ... more

Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lit...

Print shows an artillery battery with Capn. Mansfield, Major Shadwell, Lieut. Col. Stirling, Major Gordon, and Sir Colin Campbell standing near the cannons, with the camp of the Highland Brigade, showing huts a... more

The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...

Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ.

The camp of the second division, looking east January 1855 / W. Simpso...

Print shows men on a roadway, horses tethered on the right, and a distant view of the tents of the 2nd Division during winter.

Ditch of the Malakoff, battery gervais and rear of the redan / W. Simp...

Print shows a view of the earthworks, gabions, and passageways at the Malakoff, the primary Russian fortification before the city of Sevastopolʹ, with view of the city in the background.

Bastion du Mat, from the central bastion / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker...

View of the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines, showing a portion of the battery, French soldiers and Zouaves, and a network of trenches.

Docks at Sebastopol with ruins of Fort St. Paul / W. Simpson del. ; E....

View of the ship building docks at Sevastopolʹ with Fort St. Paul on the high ground to the left.

Ditch of the Bastion du Mât / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day ...

View of the earthworks showing spiked timbers, gabions, and openings to underground bomb shelters at the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines and facing the Russian Grand Redan ... more

Quarantine cemetery and church, with French battery no. 50 / W. Simpso...

Print shows a church and cemetery, and French soldiers at a battery on the left.

Interior of Fort Nicholas / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith. ; Day & ...

Interior view of Fort Nicholas showing living space and arched passageway.

Washington's head quarters near Newburgh

Four soldiers in foreground, Hudson River and mountains in background.

Charlestown Navy Yard

Broadside view ship docked at navy yard and two images of sailboats.

United States military post, Fort Vancouver, Columbia River - General ...

Photograph shows view of the U.S. military post at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River; identifies General William Selby Harney's house on the right by the flag pole.

[Two sketches of horse outside tent]

Rhode Island camp ground

In the Rebel intrenchments [sic]

Possibly Petersburg.

Ft. Runyon

Ft. Brady

Landscapes with two shores of river.

[Army camp]

Key West, Fla. Jan 14 60, garrisoned by U.S. troops. Fort Taylor

Includes sketch of interior of tent.

Rebel works on the heights of Centerville [sic]

4 mile run valley

Ft. Monroe [Gunnery?]

Bull Pen - Hd. qtrs A of P.

Camp of R.I. Regiment

U.S. military post at the Cascades, May 1860

Photograph shows the guardhouse and other buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; mountains in the background.

U.S. military post, lower Cascades, Columbia River, May 1860

Photograph shows buildings at a United States Army post on the Columbia River in the lower Cascade Range; snow covered mountain in the background.

Ft. Scott [and] Towards Alexandria

Two scenes.

Moving headquarters

Castle Pinkney [sic]

Gun placements inside fort.

View of Charleston Harbor and its Defences

Landscape with harbor and wetlands; Charleston on horizon upper left and ironclads and ships in harbor upper right. Damaged dwelling right margin.

Howlett house battery

Landscape with river and wrecked boat in foreground, fort in background.

[Two sketches of tent interior]

Departure of volunteers from Duqubue, Iowa, April 22, 1861 / Hy. The E...

Top illustration shows crowds on the docks waving farewll as boats loaded with Army troops departs. Bottom illustration shows soldiers,some civilians, and mattresses on the floor in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.

Earthwork fort at Alexandria protecting the left of the line of the gr...

Sumter, 61

Office of Judge Advocate Department of the Cumberland

Arsenal, Washington, D.C., north front. Interior court -- group of off...

Headquarters Chief of Artillery Department of the Cumberland

Photograph shows rows of carts and cannons in front of the buildings.

Arsenal yard, Washington, D.C., from roof of model arsenal

Photograph showing an aerial view of the Washington Arsenal yard.

General Birney's Head Quarters, 2d Division, 10th Corps

Soldiers with horses.

View at City Point headquarters, hospital, with old school houses, bar...

Photograph shows supply wagons passing General Patrick's headquarters in City Point, now known as Hopewell, Virginia.

Hancock's headquarters 1861

Photograph shows a caisson and cannon in the foreground with a military camp and house that served as the headquarters of a person named Hancock, probably General Winfield Scott Hancock, probably at Camp Griffi... more

General R.S. Foster's headquarters

Soldiers outside of log cabins.

General Weitzel's Head Quarters, 18th Corps

Army band, log buildings in background.

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th April 1861 after...

Copy photograph shows a photo of a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge.

[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virgi...

[Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Cam...

Battery on Morris Island, gun that fired over 1200 shots into Fort Sum...

Photograph shows the interior of Fort Putnam with a cannon in the foreground with soldiers in the background.

Quartermaster's store [rooms?], the point ...

Photograph shows the levee at Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. View includes the Ohio River in the background, military facilities, and railroad tracks.

Fort Johnson and Battery Gregg

Photograph of drawing shows soldiers rowing a boat in front of Fort Johnson and Battery Simpkins with Charleston in the background.

Castle Pinckney

Photograph shows a cannon and cannon balls stacked in piles.

[U.S. Quartermaster's office, Charleston, South Carolina]

Bombardment of Ft. Sumter

The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washing...

Stereograph showing soldiers from the 12th regiment relaxing in the barracks, most out of uniform and some sitting on their bunks.

[Two sketches: fort opposite Alexandria, 1861; opposite Ft. Scott on P...

Confederate flag flying. Ft. Sumter after the evacuation of Maj. Ande...

Photograph shows the Confederate flag flying at Fort Sumter, on April 15, 1861, following the surrender of Major Anderson and his Union troops, documenting the beginning of the Civil War; troops prepare to load cannon.

Camps of U.S. troops around Washington City, from S. to W. / Lith. by ...

South-Western angle and face of Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, S.C....

Soldiers with cannons.

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

Photograph shows two mounted guns at the parapet inside Fort Johnson.

Views of Fort Sumter from drawings

Photograph of drawing showing ruins of Fort Sumter from Charleston Harbor with a Confederate flag waving on the left.

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

Photograph shows a parapet inside the fort with a sign, Fort Putnam", and artillery.

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.

General Terry's Head Quarters, Hatcher's farm

Army tents, soldiers and building in background.

Exterior view of the gorge of Fort Sumter on the 14th, April 1861 afte...

Copy photograph showing a group of men in front of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter near the gorge.

Jefferson Ave., Brigade hospital, horse sheds for Army horses, old P.O...

Photograph shows Union military hospital and other buildings in Cairo, Illinois.

Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....

Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.

Fort Brady [i.e. Fort Carroll]

Photograph shows mounted guns and ammunition around the perimeter of a fort, possibly interior of Fort Carrol in Giesboro, Washington, D.C. instead of Fort Brady.

Company Street, Battery D, 1st U.S. Arty., Camp Seymour, Beaufort, S. ...

Photograph shows soldiers on lawn surrounded by camp facilities.

Camp Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861

Photograph shows the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment with row of soldiers in front of tents and trusses of a roof in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia.

Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia.

Sleeping-bunks of the First Rhode Island Regiment, at the Patent Offic...

Fort Sumter, showing the effects of the bombardment by the artillery o...

Copy photograph shows a photo of the damaged walls of Fort Sumter viewed by men on a nearby sandbar. The photo is mounted above a printed caption with Engineer Department noted on the left.