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Death of Reynolds--Gettysburg - Public domain architectural plan drawing

Death of Reynolds--Gettysburg - Public domain architectural plan drawi...

Three men on horseback in foreground, soldiers in background. Title inscribed lower left. A narrative and a map on cream lined paper accompany the drawing (on the verso). The text reads: The Fall of Reynolds/ L... More

Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemercier, Paris.

Life of George Washington--The soldier / lith. by Régnier, imp. Lemerc...

George Washington on horse, soldiers fighting during the battle of the Monongahela. Reproduction of a painting by Stearns.

General Benjamin Harrison--"Come on boys!" - Battle of Resaca - May 13th to 16th 1864

General Benjamin Harrison--"Come on boys!" - Battle of Resaca - May 13...

Benjamin Harrison in uniform, on horseback, leading a brigade of soldiers.

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with forage cap]

[Unidentified young African American soldier in Union uniform with for...

Case: Berg, no. 1-145. Digital photo with mat removed by Mike O'Donnell. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Co... More

Major General George B. M'Clellan / J.E. Baker ; lithographed & published by J.H. Bufford.

Major General George B. M'Clellan / J.E. Baker ; lithographed & publis...

Half-length portrait, facing left. No. 15. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Entrance Hall of Mr Chas. Green's house, Savannah Ga, now occupied as Head Quarters by Gen Sherman

Entrance Hall of Mr Chas. Green's house, Savannah Ga, now occupied as ...

Title inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 40. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File K. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2) Forms part of: Morgan c... More

Washington receiving a salute on the field of Trenton / John Faed, R.S.A.; William Holl.

Washington receiving a salute on the field of Trenton / John Faed, R.S...

Print shows Washington, on horseback, holding hat in one hand and sword in the other. Engraving by Holl after a painting by John Faed.

Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville, and friends, Camp Winfield Scott, near Yorktown, May 1, 1862

Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville, and friends, Cam...

Photograph shows Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville and friends seated around a makeshift table supported by logs.

Surrender of the Spanish Forces to General Shafter

Surrender of the Spanish Forces to General Shafter

Drawing shows the surrender of the Spanish forces under General Toral, on the right, to General William R. Shafter and the American forces, at center and on the left; General Toral moves to present his sword to... More

Sheridan receiving reports after the battle Sept. 19

Sheridan receiving reports after the battle Sept. 19

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on the verso: Make with all of B[ ] out. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.394) reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file L. Forms part of: Morg... More

The gallant charge of the Kentucky cavalry under Col. Marshall. Buena Vista, Feb. 23rd 1847

The gallant charge of the Kentucky cavalry under Col. Marshall. Buena ...

Print shows a scene during the battle at Buena Vista, Mexico, with the Kentucky Cavalry engaging Mexican cavalry troops. Printed at bottom: Agents: Thomas S. Husted, 97 Nassau St. N.York, J. Bardsley, cor. of ... More

When our national guard is feminized / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

When our national guard is feminized / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a woman selecting colors of fabric for a military uniform, surrounding this are a number of scenes showing women in military uniforms. Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

When our national guard is feminized / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

When our national guard is feminized / Hy Mayer ; by Hy Mayer.

Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with, at center, a woman selecting colors of fabric for a military uniform, surrounding this are a number of scenes showing women in military uniforms. Illus. in: Puck, v.... More

[Theodore Roosevelt, half-length portrait, in uniform, facing slightly left]

[Theodore Roosevelt, half-length portrait, in uniform, facing slightly...

47176 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright by Miss Frances B. Johnston. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

The 164th N.Y.V charging Colonel killed

The 164th N.Y.V charging Colonel killed

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right within image: Rebel dead. Inscribed lower left: June 3. Inscribed on verso: McMahons regiment is in Gibbons division wears a Zouav... More

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

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

Major Brandling's troop of artillery horse - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Major Brandling's troop of artillery horse - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

British horse artillery encampment near Kadikoi. Soldiers stand in foreground; in background are other encampments. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. ... More

The Devil's Den Gettysburg - Public domain scenic drawing

The Devil's Den Gettysburg - Public domain scenic drawing

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed on verso: C[entury] W[eekly] No. 20, pg 323. The struggle for Devil's Den, Gettysburg. Inscribed lower right: Vincents brigade driven in. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-19... More

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. Warner from the original picture by Col. John Trumbull in possession of Yale College N. Haven.

General Washington (on the battle field at Trenton) / engraved by W. W...

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

[Half-length portrait of an African American man, possibly a Buffalo soldier] / Mosser & Snell, Traveling Photographic Art Gallery, Cantonment, Ind. Terr.

[Half-length portrait of an African American man, possibly a Buffalo s...

Photograph shows a three-quarter-length portrait of an African-American man. Title devised by Library staff based on collector's notes. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory numb... More

[General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing front, in uniform]

[General Ulysses S. Grant, half-length portrait, standing, facing fron...

Photographic print of a drawing. Exhibited: "150th Anniversary of the Civil War : Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee" at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., 2014-2015.

Gen Butlers Head Quarters--Army of the James

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

The 3rd Custer div. on the 7th of Octr. retiring and burning the forage Etc. Somewhere near Mt. Jackson

The 3rd Custer div. on the 7th of Octr. retiring and burning the forag...

Custer and his cavalry in the foreground, two regiments of infantry in background. Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: [b]lue ridge, Red neckties. Inscribed upper right: C... More

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, August / Kronheim & Co., 9 Dey Street, New York.

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, August / Kronheim & Co...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, August 1876, with illustration of George Washington at the Battle of Monmouth; description of illustration on verso. Picture caption from ... More

Commander Maxse, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Commander Maxse, Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's ...

Commander Maxse, full-length portrait, seated on a rock. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry - famous Indian fighters

Troop A, Ninth U.S. Cavalry - famous Indian fighters

Photograph shows the African American soldiers of Troop A, 9th U.S. Cavalry, on horseback during the Spanish American War.

[Chaplain Robert Bean Sutton of the Army of Northern Virginia in uniform and after the war]

[Chaplain Robert Bean Sutton of the Army of Northern Virginia in unifo...

Photo shows identified soldier who served as Episcopal priest in the Diocese of North Carolina before and after the war and also as educator after the war. Case: Berg, no. 3-302; vintage case supplied by donor... More

Ely's Ford. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Ely's Ford. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

Lieutenant Bill Wilson hospitalized at Dijon, France following surgery to reset a comminuted fracture of his right big toe

Lieutenant Bill Wilson hospitalized at Dijon, France following surgery...

Photograph (left) shows view of Wilson's lower leg and bandaged foot; photograph on right shows portrait of Bill Wilson on crutches. Sticker on mount: Photo by William R. Wilson... No. 78.

[Four naval scenes] - Public domain city architecture drawing

[Four naval scenes] - Public domain city architecture drawing

Title devised. Inscribed below ships as identifiers: Butlers Flag[ship]; Louisiana exploded off Ft. Fisher 1864 [December 23]. Inscribed below cityscape: Ripraps 1861. Partial sketch deck of ship on verso. Form... More

Sheridan's ride / Thulstrup ; facsimile print by L. Prang & Co.

Sheridan's ride / Thulstrup ; facsimile print by L. Prang & Co.

Philip Henry Sheridan making his famous ride from Winchester. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Hell. On Genl Warrens line

Fort Hell. On Genl Warrens line

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, September 17, 1864 p. 605, and credited to William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0396) Reference print ... More

General Daniel E. Sickles - Public domain portrait print

General Daniel E. Sickles - Public domain portrait print

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of General Daniel Edgar Sickles, officer of the Federal Army, in an oval cropping, facing front. No. 1702. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic W... More

[A Zouave sentry] - Public domain portrait drawing

[A Zouave sentry] - Public domain portrait drawing

Full-length rear view of soldier. Inscribed below image: Nr. Petersburg Aug. 1864 114th P.V. Title devised. Inscribed in image as a description of the uniform: Red, White; Yellow; Dk. blue U.S. facings; Sash li... More

Porch at Aldie, where Pleasontons staff slept

Porch at Aldie, where Pleasontons staff slept

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.934) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

12th May Hancock and Wright fighting for the enemies rifle pits sketched from Lundmans house

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

Commissary dept. Hd.qts. Army of the Potomac

Commissary dept. Hd.qts. Army of the Potomac

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

Capt. R. Headen / Ball & Thomas, Photographic Art Gallery, 120 W. 4th St., near Race, Cincinnati, O.

Capt. R. Headen / Ball & Thomas, Photographic Art Gallery, 120 W. 4th ...

Photograph shows a head-and-shoulders portrait of Capt. Robert Headen, Company E, 12th U.S. Colored Infantry. Title from ink inscription on front. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV52; Capt. Robert Hea... More

General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander [sic] Army in America / I.M. Probst sc ; Ioh. Mich: Probst exc: AV.

General Howe, Esqr. of the Conecticut [i.e., Connecticut] and comander...

Print shows William Howe, wearing military uniform, seated on horse. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Don... More

Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces, British Cartoon Print

Horatio Gates Esqr., major general of the American forces, British Car...

Print shows Horatio Gates, three-quarter length portrait, facing left, wearing uniform, standing at table in tent, with tents and a flag with horizontal stripes in the background. Catalogue of prints and drawi... More

Iohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirteen United States of North America, 1779

Iohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirtee...

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing, wearing uniform, holding telescope cradled in right arm, left hand on anchor, with naval battle scene in the background.

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

General Eliott / G. Fredk. Koehler delt. ; W. Angus sculp.

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, head-and-shoulders portrait, left profile, wearing uniform with hat; in framed medallion. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : ... More

Captain Hume on the staff of Sir John Campbell & his brother

Captain Hume on the staff of Sir John Campbell & his brother

Captain Hume and his brother, full-length portrait, posed with a horse by some small wooden buildings. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War ph... More

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Maréchal Pélissier, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

General Aimable-Jean-Jacques Pélissier, full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across the bottom. "No. 222" printed belo... More

Captain Heneage, Coldstream Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Heneage, Coldstream Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photog...

Captain Heneage, full-length portrait, facing foward, standing next to a horse in front of a small building. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean ... More

Lord Raglan's Head Quarters, with Lord Raglan, Marshal Pélissier, Lord Burghersh, Spahi & Aide-de-camp of Marshal Pélissier

Lord Raglan's Head Quarters, with Lord Raglan, Marshal Pélissier, Lord...

Allied leaders and their aides-de-camp standing on steps. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his letters from the C... More

Captain Portal, 4th Light Dragoons equipped for Balaklava - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Portal, 4th Light Dragoons equipped for Balaklava - Roger Fent...

Robert Portal, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, next to horse with two other unidentified men who are looking away from the camera. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. ... More

Desperate conflict of American seamen under Decatur, on boarding a Tripolitan corsair / Whitney and Jocelyn sc; Darley, fecit.

Desperate conflict of American seamen under Decatur, on boarding a Tri...

Illustration shows Stephen Decatur and his men fighting hand-to-hand fight on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the First Barbary War. Illus. in: Life and death on the ocean: a collection of extraordinary adve... More

Ismail Pacha on horseback, with Turkish officers - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Ismail Pacha on horseback, with Turkish officers - Roger Fenton's Crim...

Ismail Pacha (General Kmety), full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, with three attendants in the foreground and one in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Ea... More

Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General Major De Morel, Captain Thompson, Lieutenant-Colonel Blane, Major Kirkland, Lieutenant-Colonel the Honour[able] W.L. Pakenham, officers of his staff

Major General Estcourt, Adj.-General Major De Morel, Captain Thompson,...

Major General James Bucknell and staff outdoors in front of building, full-length portrait. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His phot... More

Colonel Adye & Captain Whitmore - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Colonel Adye & Captain Whitmore - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photograp...

Colonel Adye and Captain Whitmore, one man mounted, the other standing by horse, full-length portrait, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton ... More

General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

General Sir James Simpson, G.C.B. - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photogr...

Sir James Simpson, three-quarter length portrait, wearing hat and coat, standing, facing right with left arm resting on stone wall. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of... More

Brigadier McPherson & officers of the 4th Division Captain Higham [i.e., Heigham], 17th Regiment; Captain Earle, Major of Brigade; Captain Croker, 17th Regiment; Captain Swire; Captain McPherson.

Brigadier McPherson & officers of the 4th Division Captain Higham [i.e...

Brigadier Philip McPherson, CB., and captains Clement Henry John Heigham, William Henry Earle, (John L. or Edward) Croker, Roger Swire, and Philip McPherson, wearing uniform, posed next to tent. Title transcrib... More

Head Quarters staff: 1) Colonel Vico; 2) Major the Honourable Leicester Curzon; 3) Lord Burghersh; 4) Orderly; 5) Count Revel; 6) Mr. Calvert Interpreter; 7) Colonel Poulet[t] Somerset; 8) Colonel A. Hardinge; 9) Dr. Prendergast; 10) Commander Maxse; 11) Colonel Kingcote

Head Quarters staff: 1) Colonel Vico; 2) Major the Honourable Leiceste...

British and French staff officers, full-length group portrait, posed sitting and standing on steps at British(?) headquarters. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war... More

Lieutenant Gayner [i.e., Gaynor], 47th Regiment

Lieutenant Gayner [i.e., Gaynor], 47th Regiment

Lieutenant Gaynor, full-length portrait, facing right, wearing uniform, seated on large rock, holding sword.

[Ulysses S. Grant, in uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[Ulysses S. Grant, in uniform, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing fro...

Photograph of etching was possibly a carte de visite before being trimmed to oval shape. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Bv't. Maj. General I.H. Duval. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Bv't. Maj. General I.H. Duval. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. No. 8237. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[General James Longstreet, C.S.A., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]

[General James Longstreet, C.S.A., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing...

Reference copy in BIOG FILE. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chs [i.e., Charles] Zagonyi, Major Comm. body guard / E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 501 Broadway, N.Y.

Chs [i.e., Charles] Zagonyi, Major Comm. body guard / E. & H.T. Anthon...

Officer Charles Zagonyi, full-length portrait, in full military dress with sword, standing, facing front. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. Printed on verso: from photographic negative from Brady's Nationa... More

The Battle of New Orleans / designed by W. Momberger ; engraved by H.B. Hall.

The Battle of New Orleans / designed by W. Momberger ; engraved by H.B...

Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.

[Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform, holding sword and hat]

[Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont, full-length portrait, standing, facing...

Brady-Handy Collection. Public domain photograph of navy uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Colonel Géza Milahótzy, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Infantry Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front] / Webster's Bros.

[Colonel Géza Milahótzy, Union officer in the 24th Illinois Infantry R...

In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ..., no. 44. Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room.

Winfield Scott, Lieut. General of U.S. Army designed & drawn on stone by O. Starck ; lithographed by Mayer & Stetfield

Winfield Scott, Lieut. General of U.S. Army designed & drawn on stone ...

Full-length portrait shows Winfield Scott in full uniform, riding a horse and waving his hat. After serving as general in chief of the U.S. Army at the start of the Civil War, Scott ended his long military care... More

[Major General John McAllister Schofield, three-quarter length portrait, seated facing left]

[Major General John McAllister Schofield, three-quarter length portrai...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 1944. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major Robert Anderson, U.S.A., in command of Fort Sumpter, Charleston Harbor, S.C. / photographed by Webster & Bros.

Major Robert Anderson, U.S.A., in command of Fort Sumpter, Charleston ...

Title page illustration showing Robert Anderson, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing front. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 271 (1861 February 2), p. 161.

[John Lawrence Rapier, Pvt., 1st Battalion Zouaves, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front]

[John Lawrence Rapier, Pvt., 1st Battalion Zouaves, head-and-shoulders...

Information from negative sleeve. Copy photo made by LC in 1961 from unidentified source. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America

Flag of Genl Cleburne's Division, Confederate States of America

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.990) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Portraits of Provost Marshal, McLean]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Portraits of Provost Marshal, McLean]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title inscribed above and below: Provost Marshal; McLean. Inscribed below inset: feet of officer. Formerly Waud no. C-58. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.985 recto) Forms part of: Morgan collection of... More

[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahee, South Carolina, and escaped slave named Gordon]

[2nd South Carolina Infantry Regiment raid on rice plantation, Combahe...

Top illustration shows slaves escaping to a Union ship as buildings burn in the distance. Three bottom illustrations show an escaped slave in tattered clothing upon his crossing of Union lines, welts from being... More

Joe sketched near Culpeper, Virginia / EF.

Joe sketched near Culpeper, Virginia / EF.

"Joe, the driver of the mess wagon" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.171) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Genl Lees position, 1863, looking

Genl Lees position, 1863, looking

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.933) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artillery Regiment, with revolver in front of painted backdrop showing balustrade and landscape]

[Sergeant Tom Strawn of Company B, 3rd U.S. Colored Troops Heavy Artil...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Frame: wooden with brass mat. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) Purchased from: Frank Picini, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2011. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Colle... More

Grant's Great Campaign--Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves

Grant's Great Campaign--Last fight of the Pennsylvania Reserves

Attributed to A.R. Waud. Title printed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 412. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.743a) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Lieutenant-General Grant at his head-quarters / photographed by Brady.

Lieutenant-General Grant at his head-quarters / photographed by Brady.

Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, leaning against tree by tent. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 July 16, p. 449 (cover).

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell ; engraved by T. Phillibrown.

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell ; engraved by T. Phillibr...

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Caption: "If a victory is to be gained, I'll gain it" Oliver H. Perry. Engrav... More

[Ambrose Everett Burnside, half-length portrait, facing left, in uniform] / H. Velten.

[Ambrose Everett Burnside, half-length portrait, facing left, in unifo...

Illus. in: Battles & leaders of the Civil War, vol. 3, 1887, p. 109. Reference copy available in 1956 edition.

[Edgar A. Mearns, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing front] / Haynes.

[Edgar A. Mearns, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing uniform, facing...

Public domain image of a military uniform, officer portrait, armed forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Admiral Porter's fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo

Admiral Porter's fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo

Print shows the Union vessels under the command of Admiral David D. Porter at the mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, December 1862. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guerns... More

[Joseph Eggleston Johnston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

[Joseph Eggleston Johnston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

Copyright by Charles Barmore. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, hands behind his back, facing left]

[Theodore Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, hands behind his b...

No. 1. Copyright 1898 by B. J. Falk, N.Y. Mounted with photo of Roosevelt facing left: LC-DIG-ppmsca-36060.

Co. I, 9 U.S. Vol. Inf., 1899 - Public domain portrait print

Co. I, 9 U.S. Vol. Inf., 1899 - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows group portrait of African American soldiers in Co. I, 9th United States Volunteer Infantry who fought in the Spanish-American War. 84770 U.S. Copyright Office. Accession box no. PR 03 Military... More

[Sgt. Alexander Kelly, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

[Sgt. Alexander Kelly, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right]

Detail of Medal of Honor men, Lot 11931, plate 69. (LC-USZ62-91683). Daniel Murray Collection (Library of Congress). Surrogate available as microfilm in P&P Reading Room.

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with two children Goodman and Springer, Mt. Pleasant, Pa

Unidentified African American Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the R...

Photograph shows group portrait of unidentified Union veteran and two children, probably his grandchildren. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Dave Taylor, Civil War Antiques, Sylvania, Ohi... More

[The Day Before San Juan Hill] - Public domain portrait drawing

[The Day Before San Juan Hill] - Public domain portrait drawing

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, full length portrait drawing, in uniform with left hand at hip. H84616 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from copyright registration. Copyright 1906 by Sigmond Jacobs, Pittsbur... More

General O.O. Howard. Bust, 1 - Public domain portrait print

General O.O. Howard. Bust, 1 - Public domain portrait print

Half-length portrait, facing right, with several medals on uniform coat. H105911 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Captain Archibald Willingham Butt, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in uniform]

[Captain Archibald Willingham Butt, half-length portrait, standing, fa...

H119370 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Clinedinst, Wash., D.C. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions i... More

[General Madero, Mexican political leader, full-length portrait, standing, facing right, with hand in sling, after being wounded at Casas Grandes]

[General Madero, Mexican political leader, full-length portrait, stand...

J155023 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Col. G.A Wingate, seated on ground, 1913

Col. G.A Wingate, seated on ground, 1913

U.S. soldiers near the Mexican border during the Mexican revolution. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Extra--Your country needs you in the U.S. Navy at once Women's Auxiliary Naval Recruiting / / J. H. Tooker Print Co., N.Y..

Extra--Your country needs you in the U.S. Navy at once Women's Auxilia...

Poster is text only. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

William LeRoy Parker of USS Rosedale in uniform in front of painted backdrop

William LeRoy Parker of USS Rosedale in uniform in front of painted ba...

Photograph shows identified African American sailor who sailed on wooden paddle-wheel river steamship commissioned as USS Rosedale in the Delaware River area. Notation on verso: "W.L. Parker, S.S. Rosedale." M... More

Read this, join now the 244th Overseas Battalion

Read this, join now the 244th Overseas Battalion

Poster shows a soldier's letter superimposed on the British flag. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Water five cents a glass ... normal water supply of Constantinople is impure and water from deep cisterns is sold at five cents a glass. All except the very poor are glad to pay that for army life has taught them that typhoid and other diseases areise [sic] from drinking impure water ... picture shows Major James A. Mills of New York filling his glass from the pail of water peddler in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople.

Water five cents a glass ... normal water supply of Constantinople is ...

Filed in: Turkey General. No. RC-1528. Sign on carpet shop window reads: "Stepan Mardiguan fils", possibly and Armenian owned business. On mount: Turkey. Forms part of: American National Red Cross photograph collection.

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), [Virginia]

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Virginia

Color guard of Negro engineers, Ft. Belvoir(?), Virginia

12002-69. 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

Diversion on board a troopship bound for the Middle East Picture shows - an Indian officer taking a lesson on the bagpipes ("Presbyterian Whistles") from a Scots officer.

Diversion on board a troopship bound for the Middle East Picture shows...

British Official photo: BF 244. No. BO 772. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Earl J. Ripstra Lt Col 132d Inf. Nashville Tenn.

Earl J. Ripstra Lt Col 132d Inf. Nashville Tenn.

Bust portrait of an officer wearing a helmet on Mt. Austen during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. Inscribed on accompanying cover sheet: Guadalcanal sketched this in his fox-hole on Mt. [As]tin. Study s... More

Just below bullet junction covering a draw PFC Frank R. Boddy Inf (Chic.)

Just below bullet junction covering a draw PFC Frank R. Boddy Inf (Chi...

Sketch shows an enlisted man, Private First Class Frank R. Boddy, an infantryman from Chicago, from the side. He sits as he operates his machine gun from under a tent on Guadalcanal during World War II. Inscrib... More

A company officer of the 442nd Combat Team makes corrections in the saluting technique of one of the rookies from Hawaii as the unit began training with remarkable speed after its arrival at Camp Shelby

A company officer of the 442nd Combat Team makes corrections in the sa...

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

[Edward C. Gleed and two unidentifiedTuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

[Edward C. Gleed and two unidentifiedTuskegee airmen, Ramitelli, Italy...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed, Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, with two unidentified crewmen adjusting an external seventy-five gallon drop takn on the wing of a P-5/D, "Creamer's Dream." Ramitelli... More

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group attending a briefing in Ramitelli, Italy, March, 1945]

[Members of the 332nd Fighter Group attending a briefing in Ramitelli,...

Photograph shows members of the 332nd, from left to right: Robert W. Williams, Ottumwa, IA, Class 44-E; (leather cap) William H. Holloman, III, St. Louis, Mo., Class 44-?; (cloth cap) Ronald W. Reeves, Washingt... More

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