military life

Group -- Prince's servants. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Photograph shows group portrait of four servants, one with frying pan, and another with a wash tub, at Prince de Joinville's quarters near Yorktown, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 444. Entered according t... 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

Scene in the camp of the Washington Greys. 8th N.Y.S.M.

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.364) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cutting up the tree under which Grant and Lee met, for trophies

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.530) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1865. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil ... More

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

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

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

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...

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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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Lieutenant Colonel Munro & officers of the 39th Regiment - Roger Fento...

Lieutenant Colonel William Munro and officers, dressed in uniform, posed before huts. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Officers of the 90th [i.e., 38th] Regiment (Captain Hume and Captain S...

Captains Hume and Snodgrass posed near a bell tent, with horses and groom. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Hotel at Camp Griffin, near Chain Bridge

Photograph shows Union soldiers and civilians in front of hotel at Camp Griffin, Virginia, with horse and buggy.

The old Harrison mansion--Harrison's landing James River

Group of soldiers relaxing around a house with signal towers mounted over chimneys. Title inscribed below image. Possibly by William Waud. Inscribed below title: The birth place of Wm. Henry Harrison now used a... More

Photographers on the Potomac. Camp Griffin, Virginia

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of photographers seated at a table in a room with equipment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Drawing probably made by Larkin Golds... More

Pay-day in the Army of the Potomac / drawn by Mr. Homer.

Composite of scenes of soldiers getting paid, sending money home, buying food and liquor, and two women reading letter. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 Feb. 28, p. 136-137.

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

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 halt / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan ; positive by A. Gardner.

Photograph showing Captain Harry Page, quartermaster at Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, his horse, and another man at rest, after locating a spot for camp. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch boo... More

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

Officers of 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in front of Petersburg, Virgin...

Four union officers in front of tent, with two Afro-American Servants(?) Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 144.

Interior of St. Charles, N.[o.]1866

Soldiers and civilians in lobby of building talking. Title inscribed below image. Dated around the time of the riot in New Orleans on 30 July 1864. For other Waud images at the time see Harper's Weekly, August ... More

[Two soldiers and two women on porch, with Afro-American woman and man...

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

[Eating their noonday soup in a Russian trench near the "Eagle's Nest"...

H63440 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7765.

Zeitung der 10. Armee / A. Saulweber.

Poster shows a soldier sitting reading the newspaper. Text: Newspaper of the 10th Army. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

U.S. Marines - "Soldiers of the sea" / Bruce Moore.

U.S. Marines recruitment poster showing marines in a landing party; also shows a series of views of marines engaged in training, educational, and recreational activities. Poster includes reproduction of paintin... More

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

Poster showing civilian detainees, accused of failure to carry registration cards, standing in a truck. Text continues: Don't be caught napping. Every man registered under the Selected Service Law must carry hi... More

Where Marines go, their pin-ups go

Photograph shows American Marines on a landing barge approaching the Japanese-held island of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, in the Pacific; one of the Marines shows at picture of pin-up girl to others. Tarawa burns ... More

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

Major Hallewell, day's work done - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photogra...

Major Hallewell lounging out-of-doors, raising a cup for a servant to fill; marquis tent in background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean W... More

Section of many miles of French field kitchens

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 18747. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... 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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[Culpeper, Virginia "Contrabands"] - An old black and white photo of t...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Shows two African American men sitting in front of a tent, one with cigar and the other with a soup ladle.

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Returning from outpost duty / Edwin Forbes.

"A scene in winter camp. A squad of troops have just returned from the picket line and are seeking their quarters." on mount. Part of "Life studies of the great army." Plate 15. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-... More

[Excelsior Banner awarded to the 50th Illinois Infantry Regiment as fi...

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[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

Bealeton Station - Public domain scan / 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

[Scenes on the road: roasting corn and foraging]

Two sketches: three men eating at a campfire; two men gathering chickens. Title devised from inscriptions below images: roasting corn ; foraging. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.160) Reference print a... More

Camp of the second Connecticut regiment at Washington, in a grove on t...

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below image, from left to right: 4 abreast; Seargeant [sic] in front; infantry soldier; sword; bayonet; rifles; sword; bayonets. Rough sketch of soldiers and horses on verso.... More

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Skedaddlers Hall, Harrisons Landing, engraving, Library of Congress

Signed lower right: Waud. Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed lower left: Sk[etch in Sutlers's] store Excelsior Brigade July 3rd. Note that the figure seated to the left of the doorway bears a close resembla... More

Cemetery on Cathcart's Hill - officers on the look-out - Roger Fenton'...

View of cemetery with officers in background; military camp in the distance. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Pickets trading between the lines, Confederate States of America

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.329) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Pickets trading between the lines, Confederate States of America

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.329) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Well done! Regulars. They were in it at the first - there to the last ...

Poster showing soldiers with insignia of various branches and divisions of the Army. Recruiting Series no. 8. Mounted with other Service Series posters.

The wagon camp - Public domain drawing

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.213) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ball of 2nd Corps--Washington's birthday

Interior view of ballroom showing decorations and dancers. "Camp near Brandy Station, Va. (Genl. Hancock)" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.183) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Ball of 2nd Corps--Washington's birthday

Interior view of ballroom showing decorations and dancers. "Camp near Brandy Station, Va. (Genl. Hancock)" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.183) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Officers and gentlemen watching a ceremony from a tree]

Study for spectator group at right in DRWG/US - Waud, no. 684 (B size) Title devised. Unidentified rough sketch on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-160. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.924) Forms part of: M... More

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

Camp of the Berdan Sharpshooters before Yorktown, Virginia

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed below image as indicators: Trumpters [sic]; Captains; Lieu Col.; Col.; Major. Inscribed lower left: April 1862. the Evening or Dress Parade. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP... More

[Soldiers marching on battlefield]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Drum," by E. Sutton, Scribner's magazine, 53:643 (Nov. 1914). Exhibit loan 4193-L.

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

La vida de un soldado - A poster with a picture of a man holding a bas...

Broadside, on recto, shows a revolutionary soldier with hands above head holding on to an object, perhaps part of a rifle. This ballad conveys the sentiment of a soldier fighting in the Mexican Revolution in wh... More

Soldier's theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpep...

Interior view showing audience and stage. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.182) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

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Breaking up the Camps, of the Army of the Potomac

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed on verso: Incidences of the war. IV II. Two ink sketches of heads, and various pencil sketches of figures and head on verso. Fomerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the... More

A breakdown in the wagoner's camp

Two African American men dancing as other men watch. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.136) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Near view of a "Sibley" tent - Public domain portrait print

Stereograph showing group of Union soldiers of Company G., 71st New York volunteers in front of a "Sibley" tent. The larger, more comfortable Sibley tent was no longer in use after the spring of 1862, as each ... 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.

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

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

Picryl description: Public domain American Civil War historical book scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

The encampment in St. James's Park MDCCLXXX

Print shows soldiers relaxing in tents and talking on horseback, with women and children and dogs in the foreground, and a view of Westminster Abbey in the background.

Voilà la plus cuite, mon Empereur!

Print shows Napoleon stopping at an evening mealtime bivouac to converse with the rank and file soldiers who offer him one of their potatoes. Déposé. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More

[Officer reading a letter] - Public domain portrait drawing

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

[Drunken soldier] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.183) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

First Bivouac [...] ford? of 7th regiment at Columbia Springs on Genl ...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.527) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[General Alexander McCook and staff posed on porch near Washington, D....

Civil War Photograph Collection. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Civil War envelope showing eagle emblem in front of camp scene and ho...

Addressed to Rev. C. U. Heilman, A.B., Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Penna.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Drummer boys off duty, playing cards in camp, winter of 1862

Group portrait of 6 men and boys; some are playing cards at a table outside of a log and tent shelter. Title from Miller, vol. 8, p. 195. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

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Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry at Columbus, Kentu...

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

[My tents. Camp at Fern Spring, near Baker's Butte, Mogollon Mountains...

Campsite of Edgar A. Mearns. No. 247. Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Dearest Annie,-- to-morrow we move on toward Santiago where we expect...

American soldier writing a letter, during the Philippine Insurrection. 60317 U.S. Copyright Office.

"Here's to the girl I left behind" - U.S. troops in Porto Rico

U.S. soldiers, around table, drinking, outdoors. D12117 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 10266.

A typical hut in Flanders / Edgar Wright., Flanders

Poster showing soldiers approaching a YMCA facility. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Y.M.C.A. "dug-out" in France / Edgar Wright.

Poster showing a YMCA canteen serving soldiers, with sign above the door, "George Williams' House. In memory of Sir George Williams who founded the Y.M.C.A. over 70 yrs. ago. To the glory of God and Britain's y... More

Will you make a fourth? / Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd., Dublin.

Poster showing three soldiers playing cards outside a bunker. Public domain scan of British poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Billet of Company B, Three Hundred and Sixteenth Military Police, Nin...

Photograph shows soldiers writing, chatting, playing with a cat, shaving, and reading. Title from United States. War Dept. General Staff. Catalogue of Official A.E.F. photographs, volume 2, page 56. No. 22701.

You are making this now / Harry S. Mueller, Major, Infantry.

Poster showing a soldier pointing to documents, "Service Record" and "Honorable Discharge."

Tourraine Barracks built by Y.M.C.A. in Langres, France

Photograph shows soldiers standing and marching outside Y.M.C.A. barracks. In album: Official photo record of typical huts built by Construction Department Y.M.C.A.-A.E.F., page 31, upper left. No. 36.

Cavalry life! In the U.S. Army "If you want to have a good time 'jine'...

U.S. Army cavalry recruiting poster showing fifteen scenes of the cavalry life "in the field" with "plenty of good sport" and "in the garrison." R.S.A.G.O., No. 226 4-26-20.

Private Sam Oka hands over to Private Henry Oshiro his share of the ge...

Distribution of boxes of candy and cigarettes, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Photograph by Bureau of Public Relations, U.S. War Department.

Camp scene at Fortress Monroe. New York (state) 19th Century Stereosco...

Stereograph shows soldiers and civil war diarist George Templeton Strong, seated second from left, at a table; many Zouaves are present. Three African American men standing in the background. Card number: "No.... More

Petersburg, Virginia Sutler's tent, 2d Division, 9th Corps

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Stereo filed in LOT 4172. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge... More

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions