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[Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, Italy, March 1945]

[Tuskegee airmen Marcellus G. Smith and Roscoe C. Brown, Ramitelli, It...

Photograph shows left to right, Marcellus G. Smith, Louisville, Kentucky, and Roscoe C. Brown, New York, NY Class 44-C. P-SC#11, "Tootsie," in background was assigned to Lowell Steward. Ramitelli, Italy, March ... More

Battle of Lake Erie - A painting of a group of people in a boat

Battle of Lake Erie - A painting of a group of people in a boat

Photograph of William H. Powell's painting in the U.S. Capitol shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Title from original 1... More

Genl. Robt. E. Lee / J.L. Giles lith.

Genl. Robt. E. Lee / J.L. Giles lith.

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major Genl. Henry W. Halleck General in chief of the armies of the U.S. July 1862.

Major Genl. Henry W. Halleck General in chief of the armies of the U.S...

Henry W. Halleck, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, seated on rearing horse. 456(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Currier & Ives. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Res... More

[Major General Ulysses S. Grant]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

[Major General Ulysses S. Grant]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Print shows Major General Ulysses S. Grant, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform. Accompanied by copyright notice adhered to verso: Warranted oil colors. Entered according to act of Congr... More

General Francis Marion, of South Carolina

General Francis Marion, of South Carolina

Print shows General Francis Marion offering to share his meal of sweet potatoes and water with a British officer. Reference print in LOT 4412 JF. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Researc... More

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Union nurse Clara Barton with Red Cross brooch

Notation on verso: "To Mr. Jonathan Foster with the treasured memories that cling to childhood and youth. His friend now, as then, Clara Barton, Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 1894." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017;... More

Lafayette Escadrille, Lt. Raoul Lufbury [i.e. Lufbery], World War 1914-1918

Lafayette Escadrille, Lt. Raoul Lufbury [i.e. Lufbery], World War 1914...

Photograph showing Lt. Raoul Lufbery, full-length portrait, standing alongside airplane, in uniform, facing slightly left. J239170 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R. Soubiran.

The 24th Corps charging a fort to the left.

The 24th Corps charging a fort to the left.

This image may depict the final assault on Petersburg, at Fort Gregg, 2 April 1865. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: [B]attery Greig[sic]. Inscribed above image: Reb... More

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captain Ellison, Colonel Wilbraham, Colonel Percy Herbert, Major Thackwell & Dr. Wood, officers of his staff

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captai...

Group portrait with Pennefather seated in the center, ten officers sitting or standing to the left and right of Pennefather. One additional figure appears at far right of the group. Title transcribed from verso... More

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captain Ellison, Colonel Wilbraham, Colonel Percy Herbert, Major Thackwell & Dr. Wood, officers of his staff

Lieutenant General Pennefather, & Captain Wing, Captain Layard, Captai...

Group portrait with Pennefather seated in the center, ten officers sitting or standing to the left and right of Pennefather. One additional figure appears at far right of the group. Title transcribed from verso... More

The rebels under Stuart leaving Chambersburg

The rebels under Stuart leaving Chambersburg

Civilians in foreground watch Confederates on horseback riding through town. Most figures are outlines. Buildings in background more defined. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on buildings as identifiers :... More

Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to battle--

Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to...

Troops lounging on furniture and debris in foreground, battered dwellings in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Battle field; smoke from Battle field. Published in: New York Illustr... More

Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg

Gen'l Warren on Hill Top, Gettysburg

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed: 87. Date derived from historical sources. Similar to Waud, no. 311. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.442) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings fil... More

[Sketches related to the Wilderness Campaign]

[Sketches related to the Wilderness Campaign]

Drawings include: no. 467a - Right of Gibbon, Birney awaiting order to advance; no. 467b - Gibbon in position, May 18, 1864; no. 467c - [Sketches of a military camp by a railroad] on verso. Title devised. Gift,... More

General Robt. E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 / H.A. Ogden.

General Robt. E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 / H.A. Ogden.

Print shows General Robert E. Lee holding binoculars, standing on a ridge with other officers and a man on horseback, monitoring the battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13, 1862. D4749 U.S. Copyright O... More

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson;  Engraved by C. Tomkins.

Provision train / Painted by Imogene Robinson; Engraved by C. Tomkins...

Print shows Washington, his officers and troops hailing a provision wagon train as it approaches their encampment. H4922 U.S. Copyright Office. Reference copy in LOT 4412 N.

7th N.Y. Heavy Arty. in Barlows charge nr. Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd 1864

7th N.Y. Heavy Arty. in Barlows charge nr. Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 25, 1864, p. 408-9. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.722) Reference print available in the Civil War Draw... More

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run

Troops marching past house, damaged bridge in background. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed on verso: VIII 6. Shalers brigade. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 2, 1864, p. 13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (D... More

Review of the Artillery of Shermans Co[rps]

Review of the Artillery of Shermans Co[rps]

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed in black ink on verso below title: Review by General Barry, at Savannah, of Sherman's Artillery. Inscribed above image: Pulaski Monument; Bull Street; Gen Barry's HdQrs (Moly... More

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union headquarters; also shows photographer's tent, topographical engineer corps, and portraits of George A. Custer]

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union head...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 359, no. 444, no. 349, no. 428, no. 366, and no. 387. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

Officers of 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861

Officers of 1st Rhode Island Volunteers, Camp Sprague, 1861

Ambrose Everett Burnside with eight officers posed in front of building, with sign reading "Col. Burnside welcome home." No. 4100. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

General Marion in his swamp encampment inviting a British officer to dinner / Painted by John B. White; Engraved by John Sartain.

General Marion in his swamp encampment inviting a British officer to d...

No. 1. Reference copy in LOT 4412 JF. Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of the rebel position at Mine run--2nd corps batteries in foreground

View of the rebel position at Mine run--2nd corps batteries in foregro...

Image overdrawn with numbered grid to guide engravers. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Roe's Farm; Clark Mountain. Inscribed below image: Arnolds battery, F & ... More

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, attached to the Light Division

Captain Francis Baring, Fusilier Guards, Deputy Assistant Quartermaste...

Francis Baring, three-quarter length portrait, standing with hand on sword, facing front, at entrance to wooden building. Title transcribed from verso. Photo marked for cropping with horizontal line across bott... More

24th Infantry Leaving Salt Lake City, Utah for Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 24th, 1898

24th Infantry Leaving Salt Lake City, Utah for Chattanooga, Tennessee,...

African American soldiers marching down main street, while pedestrians look on. Title from verso. Gladstone inventory code and notes: M69. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.281)

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

The battle of Pittsburgh, Tenn. April 7th, 1862

General Ulysses S. Grant leading a charge on the Rebels at Pittsburgh, Tennessee. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0476.

[Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, facing left, standing alongside his war horse, "Cincinnati"]

[Ulysses S. Grant, full-length portrait, facing left, standing alongsi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of horse riding, cavalry, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Old R.R. cutting where Archers Brigade [i.e., Joseph Davis' Brigade] of A.P. Hills Division was captured by the 14th Brooklyn 6th Wisconsin and 95th N.Y.

Old R.R. cutting where Archers Brigade [i.e., Joseph Davis' Brigade] o...

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Joseph Davis' Brigade and not Archers Brigade was captured by the 14th Brooklyn 6th Wisconsin and 95th N.Y. Information provided by researcher, Oct. 1, 2010... More

Major Genl. George B. McClellan, Commander of the U.S. Army / G.W. Simons ; lithographed and published by D.J. Byrnes.

Major Genl. George B. McClellan, Commander of the U.S. Army / G.W. Sim...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right. Signed on stone: G.W. Simons. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by D.J. Byrnes, in the Clerk's Office of t... More

Chaplain Chapman of the 169th N.Y. performing divine service at General W.F. Smith's Head Quarters in front of Petersburg, July 3rd

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

Hancock at Gettysburg. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Hancock at Gettysburg. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Title inscribed below image. Sketches of trees on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.336) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Captain Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Captain Verschoyle, Grenadier Guards - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Phot...

Captain Henry W. Verschoyle, three-quarter length portrait, facing slightly left, wearing uniform and holding sword. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton ... More

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777

Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga N.Y. Oct. 17th. 1777

Print shows British General Burgoyne surrendering his sword to General George Washington after the Battle of Saratoga.

Genl. Meagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks Virginia, June 1st 1862

Genl. Meagher at the Battle of Fair Oaks Virginia, June 1st 1862

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2514

Col. Roosevelt, three quarter length portrait

Col. Roosevelt, three quarter length portrait

Photograph showing three-quarter-length portrait of Roosevelt in uniform. 62980 U.S. Copyright Office On recto: Copyright. 1898. Rockwood. N.Y.

Die Helden der Revolution / gest. von F. Girsch, N.Y.

Die Helden der Revolution / gest. von F. Girsch, N.Y.

General Washington standing with Johann De Kalb, Baron von Steuben, Kazimierz Pułaski, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Lafayette, John Muhlenberg, and other officers during the Revolutionary War.

Washington at the Battle of Trenton / Engraved by Illman Brothers from the original in the possession of Charles J. Peterson.

Washington at the Battle of Trenton / Engraved by Illman Brothers from...

A2594 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraving by Illman Brothers from a painting by E.L. Henry. Reference copy in Presidential File.

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit ; gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizel.

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More

Our kitchen near Beverly Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

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.

Major Gen'l. George B. McClellan, wife, mother (Mrs. General Marcy), child, nurse, headquarters at Camp Seminary, near Alexandria Virginia, taken at the moment of embarking for Fortress Monroe, April 3, 1862

Major Gen'l. George B. McClellan, wife, mother (Mrs. General Marcy), c...

Print shows George B. McClellan, full-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing military uniform, with building in the background, his wife and mother standing at the door, a nurse and child in an upstair... More

Washington crossing the Delaware: on the evening of Dec 25th. 1776, previous to the battle of Trenton

Washington crossing the Delaware: on the evening of Dec 25th. 1776, pr...

Reference print in LOT 4412 DB. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 7057.

Genl. Humphreys charging at the head of his division after sunset of the 13th Dec

Genl. Humphreys charging at the head of his division after sunset of t...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 10, 1863, p. 24-25. Waud no. 751a is Harper's Weekly engraving. Reference print available in the Civil War Dra... More

General G. K. Warren, Commander of the Fifth Corps.

General G. K. Warren, Commander of the Fifth Corps.

Stereograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of Major General Gouverneur Kemble Warren, in an oval cropping, facing right. No. 1757. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-18... More

Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched from McClellans headquarters

Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: General McClellan went aboard while I was sketching to change the position of the gunboats that were shelling our infantry. Gif... More

March of Genl. Fremont's army through the woods in pursuit of Jackson / E. Forbes.

March of Genl. Fremont's army through the woods in pursuit of Jackson ...

"March of Genl. Fremont's army to Cross Keys, Va." on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.33) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Weavers Brigade charging across the Little Salkahatchie

Weavers Brigade charging across the Little Salkahatchie

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above title: 2nd Brigade 3rd Div 15th Corps. Possibly by Theodore Davis. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 8, 1865, p. 216, credited to Theodore Davis. Reference print ... More

Weavers Brigade charging across the Little Salkahatchie

Weavers Brigade charging across the Little Salkahatchie

Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed above title: 2nd Brigade 3rd Div 15th Corps. Possibly by Theodore Davis. Published in: Harper's Weekly, April 8, 1865, p. 216, credited to Theodore Davis. Reference print ... More

General Stoneman and staff, at his headquarters, near Fair Oaks

General Stoneman and staff, at his headquarters, near Fair Oaks

Photograph shows group portrait of General George Stoneman, seated in center, and his staff. A dog rests on the right. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 436. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by... More

Gen'l. George B. McClellan and staff, before Yorktown, Virginia, April 1862

Gen'l. George B. McClellan and staff, before Yorktown, Virginia, April...

Full-length portrait, on horseback, facing right, holding up sword. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / compiled by Gale Research, Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2500.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

Col. Theodore Roosevelt - Public domain portrait print

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt in uniform, facing front, standing outside a tent with a wooden floor. 55683 U.S. Copyright Office On recto: Copyrighted 1898 by Siegel-Cooper Co.

Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday June 30th 1862

Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday Jun...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 9, 1862, p. 500. Inscribed on box in image: 1000 ... Cartridges Call 52. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday June 30th 1862

Fighting in the woods Kearneys division repulsing the enemy Monday Jun...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 9, 1862, p. 500. Inscribed on box in image: 1000 ... Cartridges Call 52. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1... More

Schenks Ohio regiments - Public domain  drawing

Schenks Ohio regiments - Public domain drawing

Signed lower left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on verso: The Ohio Corps near Vienna, in a valley through which runs the railroad, on which the skirmish took place, a beautiful and romantic... More

Bringing wounded soldiers to the cars after the battle of Seven Pines

Bringing wounded soldiers to the cars after the battle of Seven Pines

Wounded soldiers brought to a train in carts and on stretchers. Tentative sketches of soldiers on verso. Title devised from inscriptions. Inscribed above image: "Battle Field" Fairoak [sic] Station Richmond and... More

Steedmans charge at Snodgrass hill

Steedmans charge at Snodgrass hill

Very faint sketch. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: 2 lines. Formerly Waud no. C-81. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1008) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

[Colonel Burnside's brigade at Bull Run]

Title devised from N.Y. Illustrated News. Published in: New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, pp. 216-217, with caption: Colonel Burnside's brigade, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-first New Yor... More

Genl. Taylor, at the Battle of Buena Vista / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Major, N.Y.

Genl. Taylor, at the Battle of Buena Vista / lith. & pub. by Sarony & ...

Copyright by Sarony & Major. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mayo Indians with bows & arrows joining Obregon in Rio Mayo

Mayo Indians with bows & arrows joining Obregon in Rio Mayo

Postcard shows a line of men with bows drawn. To the left a man beats a drum and another raises a sword. In the center of the photo a man dressed in dark clothing holds a case. Caption continues: These are all... More

[Execution of Private William Johnson, 23 regt., U.S.C.T.]

[Execution of Private William Johnson, 23 regt., U.S.C.T.]

Photograph shows the hanging of Private William Johnson and other soldiers witnessing the event, Petersburg, Virginia. Title from Gladstone's inventory notes. Pencil inscription on back reads: Hanging negro sol... More

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

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

Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inventory number and notes: CDV51 ;Buffalo soldiers. "Pictures copied and enlarged to any size" printed on back of the mount. "8095" printed on back o... More

[Buffalo Soldier, 9th Cavalry, Company D, sharpshooter collar insignia] / C. C. McBride, Crawford, Nebraska.

[Buffalo Soldier, 9th Cavalry, Company D, sharpshooter collar insignia...

Photograph shows a full-length portrait of an African American soldier, standing next to chair, his hat is on the seat of the chair. Title derived from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code... More

Lieutenant King, 4th Light Dragoons - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Lieutenant King, 4th Light Dragoons - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photo...

William Affleck King, full-length portrait, facing left, standing next to horse; servant standing in front of horse, holding reins. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of... More

[Alexander the Great at the altar-fire on the eve of the Battle of Gaugamela, Iraq, 331 B.C.] / A. Castaigne.

[Alexander the Great at the altar-fire on the eve of the Battle of Gau...

(DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Alexander the Great" by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Century, 58:233 (June 1899). BAR updated record 1989-1994.

[Unidentified Union soldier in frock coat, private, kepi, 3rd-5th buttons open on coat]

[Unidentified Union soldier in frock coat, private, kepi, 3rd-5th butt...

Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Case: Leather geometric. Gladstone's inventory code: A7. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.221) Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual histo... More

[Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback] / Lith. by E. Boell.

[Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback] / Lith. by E. Boell.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Charge of Genl. Wards troops through Kellys Ford upon the rifle pits

Charge of Genl. Wards troops through Kellys Ford upon the rifle pits

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 5, 1863, p. 772. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC?PP_1919:R1.2.0390). Reference print available in the Civil War D... More

"A little more grape Capt. Bragg"--General Taylor at the Battle of Buena Vista, Feby 23d, 1847 / Cameron ; lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

"A little more grape Capt. Bragg"--General Taylor at the Battle of Bue...

Print shows General Zachary Taylor on horseback, in midst of battle, pointing his sword toward artillery and says to "Capt. Bragg", who is standing before him, "A little more grape." The artillery is directed t... More

General Morgan the rader [e.g. raider]

General Morgan the rader [e.g. raider]

Head-and-shoulders portrait shows General John Hunt Morgan of the Confederate Army around the time of his death in 1864, executed well after the American Civil War. Similar portrait published in Harper's Weekly... More

Perry's victory / T. Birch. - A drawing of a ship in a harbor

Perry's victory / T. Birch. - A drawing of a ship in a harbor

Marine view showing American fleet, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, engaged in battle with the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congr... More

Colonel Graham's 5th Excelsior reg. U.S.V. Shelled while being reviewed by General Sickles

Colonel Graham's 5th Excelsior reg. U.S.V. Shelled while being reviewe...

Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed in image near right margin: Gen. Sickles White horse. Text on verso reads: "No. III 14". Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP1919:R1.2.0172). R... More

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco [Mexico]. Com...ore M.C. Perry in command / painted by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N. ; drawn on stone by Volmering & Davignon ; lith. by Sarony & Major.

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco [Mexico]. Com......

Naval Portfolio. Naval Scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut US Navy, No. 6. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

Rickett's advance against Rhodes [sic] division in the woods

Rickett's advance against Rhodes [sic] division in the woods

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: Sept. 19th 10:30 A.M. Inscribed lower right: 33. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.293) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864... More

Victorious Advance of Genl. Sykes (regulars) May 1st

Victorious Advance of Genl. Sykes (regulars) May 1st

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed under image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 23, 1863. Inscribed on verso on attached piece of cream paper: If this picture is used and I think it ought to be f... More

Private Margaret Fukuoka, W.A.C. / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Private Margaret Fukuoka, W.A.C. / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Private Margaret Fukuoka, bust portrait, facing front, in uniform. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-68. Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968. Forms part of: M... More

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

Home Insurance Company, cash assets $6,000,000, January / Kronheim & C...

Print on recto shows calendar from the Home Insurance Company almanac, January 1876, with illustration of George Washington visiting soldiers at Valley Forge; description of illustration on verso. Picture capt... More

Myrtle bush Plant[atio]n, Port Royal Is[land], S.C.

Myrtle bush Plant[atio]n, Port Royal Is[land], S.C.

Photograph shows a house provided for Freedmen in Union occupied Port Royal Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Forms part of: The Robin G. Stanford Collection. Digitized... More

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

Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the "Rough Riders" - after his return from Cuba

Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the "Rough Riders" - after his return from ...

Stereograph showing portrait of Roosevelt on horseback. Modern copy print from original stereograph filed in: STEREO PRES FILE.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the "Rough Riders" - after his return from Cuba

Col. Theodore Roosevelt of the "Rough Riders" - after his return from ...

Stereograph showing portrait of Roosevelt on horseback. Modern copy print from original stereograph filed in: STEREO PRES FILE.

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches before Atlanta, Ga.

Maj. General Sherman and staff. This view was taken in the trenches be...

Stereograph showing Major General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia.

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and ...

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and ...

Photograph showing soldier in uniform, wife in dress and hat, and two daughters wearing matching coats and hats. In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau... More

Gen'l George B. McClellan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Gen'l George B. McClellan. American Civil War 1861-1865.

George B. McClellan, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing slightly left. Copyright by M.B. Brady. Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of ... More

Bridges built for Reynolds Corps, sketched from Rebel rifle pits

Bridges built for Reynolds Corps, sketched from Rebel rifle pits

Confederate camp in foreground, union troops crossing river in background. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: IV 5 reads Battles of Charles City Road. Published in: Harp... More

[Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft. Keogh, Montana] / Chr. Barthelmess, photographer, Fort Keogh, Montana.

[Buffalo soldiers of the 25th Infantry, some wearing buffalo robes, Ft...

"#5. Some of the coons that are in camp at Keogh taken Sunday morning, Dec. 14th '90" handwritten inscription in red ink on back. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (PR 13 CN 1995:113.274)

Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to storm the enemies rifle pits on the Rappahannock

Russells Brigade, 1st div. 6th Army Corps, crossing in Pontoons to sto...

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: One half. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 16, 1863, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.506) Reference print avai... More

Views on the Appomattox at Port Walthall

Views on the Appomattox at Port Walthall

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed upper right: I enclose a dup from one of the papers giving a description of the scene. Inscribed below title: The nearest point to Petersburg, approached by the Gun Boats t... More

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C.S.A. with sword (left) and Pvt. David Ridgely Howard (1844-1927), Second Maryland Infantry, C.S.A with rifle] / G.F. Maitland, successor to J. Inglis, St. Catharines.

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C...

(Source: Civil War Times Magazine Facebook page (accessed 19 May 2015); Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer, McHenry Howard, 1914, frontispiece portrait of McHenry Howard (GoogleB... More

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C.S.A. with sword (left) and Pvt. David Ridgely Howard (1844-1927), Second Maryland Infantry, C.S.A with rifle] / G.F. Maitland, successor to J. Inglis, St. Catharines.

[Brothers James McHenry Howard (1838-1916), First Maryland Infantry, C...

(Source: Civil War Times Magazine Facebook page (accessed 19 May 2015); Recollections of a Maryland Confederate Soldier and Staff Officer, McHenry Howard, 1914, frontispiece portrait of McHenry Howard (GoogleB... More

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

Colonel Arnold - who commanded the provincial troops sent against Quebec, through the wilderness of Canada, and was wounded in storming that city, under General Montgomery, British Cartoon Print

Colonel Arnold - who commanded the provincial troops sent against Queb...

Benedict Arnold, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, gesturing with right hand, wearing military uniform; view of Quebec, Canada in the background. [Page or plate] 89. Reference copy in LOT ... More

[Wounded colored soldiers at Aikens Landing]

[Wounded colored soldiers at Aikens Landing]

On front: Photographic history The War for the Union. On back: War views. Title and creator information from Gladstone collection checklist. No. 2608 printed on back. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: Stere... More

Fight at Mechanicsville [changed to] Beaver Creek between McCalls division and the rebels under Jackson

Fight at Mechanicsville [changed to] Beaver Creek between McCalls divi...

Title inscribed above image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, July 26, 1862, p. 470 as "The Army of the Potomac-The Battle of Beaver Creek, June 26, 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.694) Reference ... More

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle and revolver in front of painted backdrop showing weapons and American flag at Benton Barracks, Saint Louis, Missouri]

[Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with a rifle a...

Frame: Berg 7-18. Photographer's name attribution based on article: Ertzgaard, John. "The elusive photographer of Benton Barracks." Military images, 10.6 (1989): pp. 24-25. Digital photo with mat removed by Mi... More

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their raid

Kautz's Cavalry coming back to camp in Gen Butlers lines after their r...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below title: more figures can be shewn[sic]. Inscribed lower left : Front P[age?]. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 6, 1864, p. 508. Reference print available in the ... More

View of Romney, Va. Hampshire County

View of Romney, Va. Hampshire County

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed in black ink below image. Inscribed above image No. 1. West Va. Inscribed below image: 4 Ohio Connel [sic] Masons Camp; West view of Romney Va. Hampshire County Co... More

Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers!

Ninth U.S. Cavalry--famous Colored Regiment--Draw Sabers!

Regiment of African American soldiers on horseback. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Civil War, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed... More

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