military life

Reception of the wounded soldiers by the national authorities at Fortr...

After a sketch by J.H. Schell. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Aug. 16, p. 332.

Discussing the probabilities of the next advance. Feb. 1864

Photograph shows two men in civilian dress seated and smoking pipes at camp in Brandy Station, Virginia. Print from stereograph glass negative LC-B811-61 in the Brady-Handy Photograph Collection.

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in front of tent a...

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 whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

The Y.M.C.A. motor kitchen in France / Edgar Wright.

Poster showing a truck fitted out as a YMCA canteen, serving soldiers, with smoke rising from battlefields in the distance.

Wanted! 500 bakers for the U.S. Army, (also 100 cooks) / Dewey.

Poster showing army bakers using a field oven, among soldiers and tents.

Company at attention - fully equiped for a hike, Ft. Snelling, Minn

No. 19045. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washing mess kits, birdseye view, Camp Meade, Maryland

Photograph shows buildings, wagons, trucks, and soldiers at Camp Meade. No. 951.

It's "Present arms!" for members of the 442nd Combat Team, Japanese-Am...

Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, U.S. War Department. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Point, Virginia African American army cook at work

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

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Cavalry camp near Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Military encampment showing conical tents, people, and horses, with mountains in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His... More

Camp of the 4th Dragoons, convivial party, French & English - Roger Fe...

Men of the 4th Dragoon Guards, one smoking a pipe, two Zouaves, and one woman (Mrs. Rogers) standing, seated, or on horseback, in front of hut. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea ... More

[Alexandria, Virginia Cooks in the kitchen of Soldiers' Rest]

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of Alexandria, Va. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The snowball battle near Dalton, Georgia]

Title devised from historical sources. Inscribed on mat: The Snowball Battle near Dalton, Georgia, March 22, 1864. A grand mock Battle between several divisions of Confederate soldiers. Published in: Joseph M. ... More

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

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Citations and military papers, 1865-1...

An incident of the War, Confederate States of America.

Officer hands a paper to a soldier holding a newspaper and seated by a fire, while two other soldiers look on. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed within image as indicator: Rebel Pickets. Inscribed on newspa... More

Going into bivouac at night / Edwin Forbes.

"Going into camp at night. The fields on all sides are covered with troops cooking supper, and column of troops in the road marching on and disappearing over the hill in the distance" on mount. Part of "Life st... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Miscellany, 1776-1899, undated

Hospital scene. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope Card.

Stereograph shows Zouave soldiers, possibly from the 5th New York Infantry Regiment, in a field hospital, tending to an injured soldier, likely at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Gottheim co... More

[White House Landing, Virginia Headquarters of the U.S. Christian Comm...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864.

Filling their canteens - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing soldiers lining up to fill their canteens at a well, which is protected by canvas, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. A group of African Americans seated on horses or on the ground, wait nearby... More

[Nine camp scenes] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised. Each scene is identified from left to right: The ice cart; city point; the water cart; Takeing [sic] Photographs; view from Dr. Starkes plantation; bringing goods ashore; searching for whiskey; n... More

Fortress Monroe, camp scene. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscope...

Stereograph shows Zouaves and other soldiers at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Staff are at ease, some standing, others seated at makeshift table, on the facing side of which is printed: N.C. Staff Mess; 5th Regt. N.Y.... More

[Union soldiers exchanging salutations with the Confederates at Freder...

Rear view of soldiers on bridge, one is waving a copy of Harpers. Title devised from Harper's Weekly. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1862, p. 792-3. Details of two hands holding swords on verso. In... More

[Three officers talking inside a tent]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-62. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.827) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Correspondence; 1864; Mar.-Apr.

Marriage at the camp of the 7th N.J.V. Army of the Potomac, Virginia

Signed lower right: A.R.Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published with descriptive text in: Harper's Weekly, April 4, 1863, p. 216. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.196) Reference print available in... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Sketchbooks, 1863-1887, undated; Nos. ...

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Sketchbooks, 1863-1887, undated; Nos. ...

Military life in Italy.

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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General Bosquet giving orders to his staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

General Pierre Bosquet standing between four officers, gesturing to the left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Purch... More

General Cissé, chief of the staff to General Bosquet, & aide-de-camp

Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

[An officer and a woman sitting in a tent]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.607) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Chicken thieves being disciplined by General Alexander McDowell McCook...

Title on mat (source unverified): Camp Nevin Regulars, Chicken thieves being disciplined by order of Gen. McCook, March 1861. "by ord of Gen. McCook" in ink on back of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): II... More

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. under the officers of t...

Drawing shows a Civil War scene with a long column of Union soldiers marching across a small bridge on a dirt road, north from Hagerstown, Maryland, toward Greencastle, Pennsylvania; several soldiers stop to fi... More

The Army of the Potomac in huts / / sketched by Theodore R. Davis. The...

Top illustration shows soldiers marching in front of log huts and one soldier cutting logs. Bottom illustration shows two black teamsters lashing each other with whips. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Jan. 17, p. 33.

Group of officers at Headquarters Army of Potomac, June 1863

No. 4172. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, [c1865], v. 1, pl. 27 with title: What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., Novem... More

[Afro-American enlisted man standing by three officers' children on ho...

Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

9th Infantry boys' morning wash /

"Imagine forty or fifty soldier boys each with a pail of water on the ground before him, sousing and spattering and scrubbing away for dear life. Soap and towels too. Every man jack of them looks as if he were ... More

U.S. Marines - "Soldiers of the sea" Good pay - foreign travel - conge...

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing marines coming ashore with ships in the background; also shows a series of views of marines engaged in training, educational, and recreational activities, as well as the ... More

U.S. Marines "Soldiers of the sea" - For full information apply recrui...

Poster showing two Marines in dress uniform, one with rifle and one with bugle, surrounded by photographs of Marine life. Photograph captions: A Marine band ; An outdoor gymnasium ; A five-inch gun crew ; Baseb... More

Mother, I promised to read it every day YMCA Bible study week Jan. 5th...

Poster showing a soldier reading the Bible, with a ghostly image of a woman standing over him.

Des Kaisers Weihnachtsreise / HRE., Movie Poster

Poster shows a winter scene at the battfield field. In the background, a church with stars overhead; in the foreground, fence posts with barbed wire strung between them and evergreen trees. Text advertises Neus... More

Mr. Carpenter keeps up with the news of the day. Buying an American pa...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: Frank Carpenter buying a newspaper at a newstand in Bucharest and people in front of the Military Club of Bucharest (Palatul Cercul Militar National).

French soldiers resting in the trenches

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18633. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Betty Herndon Maury Maury diary,, Confederate States of America.

Diary (1861 June 3-1863 February 18) written chiefly at Fredericksburg, Va., containing detailed comments on the progress of the Civil War, especially in the local area, hardships suffered by Confederate soldie... More

The prayer at Valley Forge / painted by H. Brueckner ; engd. by John C...

Print showing George Washington, kneeling on one knee, praying in a grove of trees, his hores nearby, with soldiers gathered around a campfire on the right and a man watching from behind a tree with a mill in t... More

The prayer at Valley Forge / painted by H. Brueckner ; engd. by John C...

Print showing George Washington, kneeling on one knee, praying in a grove of trees, his hores nearby, with soldiers gathered around a campfire on the right and a man watching from behind a tree with a mill in t... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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California and Idaho troops in churchyard at San Pedro Macati

No. 759. Copyrighted by Perley Fremont Rockett of San Francisco in 1899.

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House]

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

Bealeton Station - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Two sketches on verso. One inscribed: Horses stampede. Cavalry in dust. Zouaves and Prisoners dust. Covering crossing Rappahannack 1883. Other sketch on verso of three figures. Insc... More

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at Genera...

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below image with arrow indicators: Gen Burnham; Gen Neil; Gen Smith; Gen Martindale. Inscribed on verso: The Service was arranged by Dr Luckley, Medical Director of the 18t... More

A sutler's tent near H.Q.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Detailed sketch of the interior of a sutler's tent, with several full-length portraits of unidentified officers drinking at a bar in the foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Aug 1862. ... More

A sutler's tent near H.Q.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Detailed sketch of the interior of a sutler's tent, with several full-length portraits of unidentified officers drinking at a bar in the foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Aug 1862. ... More

Our kitchen near Beverly Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

African American cook at table in outdoor kitchen. "The camp kitchen and cook near Beverly Ford, Va" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.95) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The soldiers sharing rations, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: The rebel soldiers were entirely without food and our men shared coffee and rations with them. Dated from historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Clippings, 1863-1926, undated

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Christian Commission, at White House, Virginia / Negative by Brady & C...

Stereograph shows Union troops and civilians surrounding an outdoor kitchen at the headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission at White House Landing, Virginia. Corresponding glass negatives: LC-B811-2487B, ... More

A Christmas dinner. A scene on the outer picket line

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.303) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

St. Patrick's Day in the army--The steeple chase / EF.

"Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day at the Army of the Potomac Sports of the Irish Brigade, Genl. Meagher The steeple chase" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.46) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civi... More

Ismail Pacha ordering his chibouque - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

Ismail Pacha (Hungarian general Kmety), full-length portrait, seated on gabion, facing front; three soldiers stand behind him, as a servant hands him his pipe. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from... More

[Nine camp scenes] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised. Each scene is identified from left to right: The ice cart; city point; the water cart; Takeing [sic] Photographs; view from Dr. Starkes plantation; bringing goods ashore; searching for whiskey; n... More

[Nine camp scenes] - Public domain carriage drawing

Title devised. Each scene is identified from left to right: The ice cart; city point; the water cart; Takeing [sic] Photographs; view from Dr. Starkes plantation; bringing goods ashore; searching for whiskey; n... More

St. Patrick's Day in the army--Jumping the ditch / EF.

"Jumping the ditch St. Patrick's Day at the Army of the Potomac Sports of the Irish Brigade, Genl. Meagher" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.45) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The hitching post, Virginia - Public domain drawing

Women on horseback greeted by cavalry soldiers at a hitching post in a town square, a child and servant--possibly African American--are looking on. Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed under image. Gift, J.... More

Picket hut, near Freemans Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

"Soldier cooking dinner" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.193) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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[Mid-day mess, 6th Regt. cavalry]

Title from donor letter dated Dec. 2, 1963. Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Signed "W. Glackens, Tampa." Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed within image: Gen Butlers Tent. Inscribed below title on verso: The Gen'ls Tent is the last one on the left, the House is used for the Adjutant Gen's Telegraph & other office... More

Tampa Bay on the Gulf of Mexico

View of barracks and tents at Fort Brooke during the Seminole War in Florida in 1835. No. 5 in set of 8 "Views of Florida." The State Library and Archives of Florida cites as "Lithographs of events in the Semin... More

A Sutler's Tent - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Johnson, the army storekeeper of the 2d Division, 9th Corps. standing outside of his tent. Inside, two men serve soldiers standing in line. No. 2448. Part of series: The War for the Union. P... More

St. Patrick's Day in the army--The grand stand / EF.

"Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day at the Army of the Potomac Sports of the Irish Brigade, Genl. Meagher The grand stand" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.44) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

Sutler cart. at Baileys Cross roads

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Sketch of men playing large brass musical instruments on verso. Published in: New York Illustrated News, December 2, 1861, p. 74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1... More

In the woods at Chancellorsville--Bivouac at night / EF.

Men seated around campfire. "Sketched back of Fredricksburg, April 30th" on item. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.68) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Patricks punishment for gamblers

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 717 as : The Army of the Potomac-Gamblers at the Provost Marshal's Headquarters. Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

Smoking bacon--Army teamsters at hdqters, Brandy Station

Two African American men using barrels to smoke bacon; tent and horses in the background. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.261) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Thirsty men at a well - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Faint sketch of two men on verso. Inscribed and crossed out upper right: Soldiers at a well/N Va. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.56) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

Sailors' & Soldiers' Tobacco Fund. "Let us make every effort and see t...

Poster showing soldiers smoking outside a damaged church, as other soldiers march by. Contributions gratefully received by Hon. Sec., Central House, Kingsway, W.C.

The bivouac feast after a successful forage in the enemies country aft...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: New York Illustrated News, October 21, 1861, p.389. Inscribed below signature: Oct. 1st. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.331)... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Sketchbooks, 1863-1887, undated; Unnum...

Military life in Italy.

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Military life in Italy.

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Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861

Frederic Ray tentatively identifies this as the camp of General Louis Blenker. Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.327) Reference print availa... More

An east view of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe Vue du Fort Roy...

Print showing a view of Fort Royal on the coast of the Island of Guadeloupe with soldiers relaxing in the foreground, ships at sea, and sun rising in the background. Plate numbered in lower right corner: c.4 [... More