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Civil War Drawings and Military Sketches

Sketches and drawings from the Civil War and earlier military illustrations, showcasing soldiers, battle scenes, and military infrastructure from various periods.

The cavalry camp on the Malieveld in The Hague, 1742, Cornelis Pronk, 1742, draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk, 1742, paper, pen, h 90 mm × w 304 mm

Water tanks. Big Shanty. W & A.R.R. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Western & Atlantic Railroad, 1860-1870, Railroad facilities, 1860-1870, Construction, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, Georgia, Big Shanty

Lower half of a sketch of a standing soldier, Pieter Idserts (Possible), 1708 - 1781 drawing paper. chalk

Sketches of a rider, George Hendrik Breitner, 1867 - 1923 drawing paper. chalk land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen)

An etching by Romeyn de Hooghe from 1674 depicting scenes from the English-Dutch war (1672-1674), including naval battles, soldiers, and military operations.

Regulation for U.S. light arty. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Artillery (Troops), 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States

Civil War veterans of the 57th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment with Confederate General William Mahone at the crater caused by Union soldiers exploding a mine at Petersburg, Virginia / W.H. Tipton's battlefield views, Chambersburg St., Gettysburg, Pa.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Mahone, William, 1826-1895, United States, Army, Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 57th (1864-1865), People, 1880-1890, Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1880-1890, Veterans, Union, 1880-1890, Veterans, Confederate, 1880-1890, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Confederate.

Major Hugh Lyon Playfair. Date/Period: 1842 - 1843. Print. Salt, from a calotype negative. Height: 95 mm (3.74 in); Width: 67 mm (2.63 in). Author: British Unknown maker.

Rifle. Above a side view, under a top view.

FAP 30-B. Original caption: FAP 30-B, looking down into the south caisson. State: Puerto Rico.

The cavalry camp on the Malieveld in The Hague, 1742, Cornelis Pronk, 1742, draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk, 1742, paper, pen, h 90 mm × w 304 mm

Large shell hole in railway bed at Vilosnes, notice large German ammunition dugouts in the background.. Photographs. 1917 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , Destruction and pillage , France, World War, 1914-1918 , Military facilities , German , France, Railroad tracks , France

Vilnius. Fair on Piotr. Stand with pavements; Zdanowscy, Edmund and Boles; Before 1939 (1930-00-00-1939-00-00);

Seville, 07/06/1952. Fire in the San Telmo palace. In the image, the state of the dome of the staircase of honor after the fire.

Fusilero, del regimiento de Granada. 1760 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain

Dutch soldiers on patrol or exercise, 1949 photograph Album magazine with seven photos in which the Dutch soldiers perform an action at a river or are on exercise. On one of the photos is an wounded Indonesian in the water: "tipsy plopper" is written on the back, on the following photo he is connected. Dated May 1949. It could be that it is an exercise and that these photos were staged. Part of the photo album 'My years in India' with photos about the military actions in the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print military training. battle, fighting in general. putting out of action by wounding. carrying the sick, wounded and dead off the battle-field Dutch East Indies, The

Sebastopol from the Mortar Battery.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Boston Massacre.. Irving, Washington (1783-1859). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Boston Massacre, 1770, United States , History , Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Photograph 20680 is a classified image from Dorr Field in Arcadia, Florida during World War One. The image shows a towed airplane target being rolled, part of military training activities conducted at the field. This image is not meant for publication, as it is for official use only.

Photographs of nurses in nursing uniform, in surgical uniform, and in civilian dress at Camp Upton, New York, 1918. 1918. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918 , Hospital, United States. Army Nurse Corps

Group of armed men for a covered wagon in South Africa, Anonymous, 1896 - 1902 photograph Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa. South Africa paper. photographic support covered wagon, hooded wagon. battle, fighting in general (+ irregular troops) South Africa

Co. B & E, cook shed. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Pennsylvania, National Guard, Infantry Regiment, 18th

Charge of the Penna. Reserves. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg (Pa.), Soldiers' National Cemetery (Gettysburg, Pa.)

The Grand Review. Civil War Photograph Collection . Military parades & ceremonies, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Commemoration, Washington (D.C.) , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

"Pressed steel drums after an explosion at Proving Div., Lakehurst Proving Grounds, Lakehurst, New Jersey. The drums contained 65 grams of T.N.T. with a paper plug filled N.C. For official use only."

Co. A, 18th Regiment (i.e. Regiment), looking west. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography.

Vereenigde Provincien der Nederlanden. s.n. 1670 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Pipe , Ordnance industry, Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Huts built by Germans in the Bois de Chaume, no. one top left photograph camouflaged with moss ; Concrete machine gun nest, with large dugout forty ft. below.. Photographs. 1917 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , Military facilities , France

Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Guns on a ship, Unknown, 1860 - 1890 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print firearms: cannon. ships (in general)

Group of four Civil War soldier leaning on a white fence. Anderson

Cpl. Abbott is seen in the photograph handling a 55 MM trench mortar #2 at Ft. de la Bonnelle in Langres, France. The photo was taken on May 20, 1918, and released by the A.E.F. censor on January 7, 1919. Cpl. Abbott's service number is 335584.

Edward Duncan, 1803-1882, British, Sailors Raising a Boom, undated. Pen and brown ink, graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Regiment Infanterie N.6 (R.N.VI). 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Lieutenant Colonel James M. Green of Co. F, 48th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform / M.H. Kimball, photographer, 477 Broadway, New York.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Green, James M, approximately 1830-1863, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Camel Gun. Hugh Owen (British, 1808 - 1897)

Grand Duché de Luxembourg, oenue batterie d'artillerie, 1841 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Luxembourg

Hospital scene. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of stereographs and other early photographs . Military medicine, 1860-1870, War casualties, Virginia, Fort Monroe, 1860-1870, Zouaves, New York (State), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Virginia, Fort Monroe.

Sketch of a battlefield.

Ynfanteria de Linea. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Spain, Infantry , Spanish

War album 18, picture 4716c.

Hot Moment off Sicily. This image depicts a conception of Axis attacks on invasion craft in Sicily. Artwork by Hunter Wood.

Mitrailleuse "Gartner", 2-long 11mm caliber. .

Copper engraving and etching by Georg Pencz depicting a military advance toward Carthage, showing soldiers, cavalry, and landscape elements in battle composition.

Aerial picture of railhead at Conflans, notice how plain the trenches and trucks in the foreground show up by not being camouflaged.. Photographs. 1917 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , France

Room with cannon amidst blown reproductions of engravings; Herman Willem Daendels 1762 - 1818..

Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, MA from east 10,000 ft. , Magazines Military buildings, Naval Ammunition Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Illustration of Periscope field glasses used in trench warfare for observing the enemy. From The Illustrated War News 1915.

Tele recording of the ITL.Kanzel-BAVHA. 4x 80cm focal length Stpkt: Small Sleine. 25 / 2,1917. .

Coles Island battery. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Artillery (Weaponry), Confederate, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Batteries (Weaponry), South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Charleston (S.C.), History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, South Carolina, Charleston.

Civil War veterans at United Confederate Veterans reunion, Washington, D.C.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1900-1910, Veterans, Confederate, Washington (D.C.), 1900-1910, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Confederate.

Major General Sir George Buller, K.C.B.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Fastening, field fastening, gun position

Gravestone , Tombs & sepulchral monuments. Photographs of the First Naval District

Vereenigde Province de Nederland, Infanterie Regiment No.6 van Welderen 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

A photograph showing Lt. H. P. Kingmore, Sig. R. C. during activities at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. The image captures a plane executing the loop-the-loop maneuver high in the air. The photograph was taken in May 1918 and censored by the M.I.B. Censor, being released on June 12, 1918.

Study, Fortress Monroe, Virginia, mural , Artillery Weaponry, Military facilities. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

The cavalry camp on the Malieveld in The Hague, 1742; the tent of the Committed Boards. Draughtsman: Cornelis Pronk. Dating: 29-May-1742. Measurements: h 83 mm × w 320 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

7' B.L. mortar and carriage showing firing platform , Mortars Ordnance. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Description: W.A.B Usfleet. 12 Aug 1913. asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Photographs depicting nurse and Lieutenant at the ruins of Cloth Hall in Ypres, Belgium. 1919. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918, War damage , Belgium

Quarter deck and part of starboard battery of U. S. S. Pawnee taken at Charleston Harbor S. C.. The war for the Union, photographic history. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Ruined dock Saw mill Camp behind trees Battery on hill. Evansport Batteries, between 1860 and 1865, drawing on brown paper pencil and Chinese white, 5.6 x 35.6 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Leaners of the LSt.4 / 10 on the Rudnigsattel (1962) background of the northwestern summit Kote 2222 of the Rosskofl. .

Colonel Jarrett Norfleet Harrell of Co. F, 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment in uniform with sword. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , FAmbrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , pp/liljconfed. Harrell, Jarrett Norfleet, 1824-1892, Confederate States of America, Army, North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

Photographs depicting ruins of Staden , Belgium, trenches. 1918. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918, War damage , Belgium

"Photograph of military helmet and body armor tests conducted at the 1st Corps School in Condrecourt, France. The image shows various types of helmets and visors being tested using 45 caliber pistols, service rifles, hand grenades, and a Hotchkiss Machine Gun at different distances. The purpose and results of each test are specified."

Torpedo room.Roof bb side at Torp.Mag .. Kockums AB (depicted name), shark (depicted name)

Hell Breaks Off Europe's Beaches. This image depicts Allied vessels under fire from the German Luftwaffe during the invasion of Europe, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist Robert James Tucker.

Lieutenant Colonel Edgar Addison Kimball of 9th New York Infantry Regiment in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Kimball, Edgar Addison, 1822-1863, United States, Army, New York Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1863), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Zouaves, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Description: Flacq, Sans Souci S E Location: Flacq, Mauritius Date: January 1945

Winter 1915-1916 Whitney Estate , Messenger, Curtis, 1816-1899, Messenger, Harry Dick. Messenger Collection

Wartime Coast Guard. A montage of photographs showing wartime activities of the United States Coast Guard, which operates under the U.S. Navy in wartime, and under the Department of the Treasury during peacetime. Photos here show Coast Guard-manned invasion craft in the Atlantic and Pacific, convoy and escort duty, 83-foot rescue craft, submarine warfare, Greenland patrol to protect the far North from infiltration by the enemy, horse and dog beach patrol, Coast Guard-manned supply ships, LSTs, LCIs, and transports.

Reactor , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Man on a horse with the help of the reins turning the horse's head; Bending The Head And Neck. .

Vertical View at 10,000 Feet, Naval Air Station, Squantum, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

No man's land trenches; broken farm wagon, only tool left on the farm. 1919. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918, War damage , Belgium

Fredericksburg, VA. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va, 1862, Military reconnaissance, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg , United States, Virginia, Rappahannock River

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions 1940 The Netherlands - A to Q. Groningen 1945 (series HL). Placard of military authority "Historical Monument". 1945. The Netherlands

Fastening, field fastening, gun position

Thunder cover with oil insulation.

One of the guns that had to be dug out, Fort McAllister. The Robin G. Stanford Collection, Digitized 2015 Funding from Center for Civil War Photography. Arms & armament, Confederate, Georgia, Savannah, 1860-1870 , Forts & fortifications, Confederate, Georgia, Savannah, 1860-1870 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Georgia, Savannah.

France, 1575-1650. Henry III, Henry IV, Louis XIII. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Infanterie Regiment van Burmania. R. no. 13. 1753 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Netherlands, Military uniforms , Netherlands

Fastening, field fastening, gun position

Coast Guardsman Stands Vigilant Watch Aboard a Coast Guard-manned Assault Transport. Lookout at Dawn. As the sun rises far out in the Pacific, a Coast Guardsman stands vigilant watch aboard a Coast Guard-manned assault transport.

World War I, The Tribune Graphic, caption of illustration reads: 'Victory', July 28, 1918.

A soldier operates a flame projector apparatus during World War I. The apparatus, numbered AU, was issued by the Chemical Warfare Service. This photograph was taken by an MECD photographer on April 2, 1919.

Area Near Hingham, MA ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

War damage, May 1940, Anonymous, 1940 photograph Album magazine with five photos of war damage to buildings in the Netherlands after the invasion of the Germans in May 1940. Photos of presumably a cafe called De Zwaan, a church and a bunker with inscription 'II/Fallschirm-Jäger-RGT.1', at the Bridge over the Waal near Moerdijk. Part of the photo album of the Wehrmacht 1938-1941. Netherlands photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print (military) attack. occupation ~ war. devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare) Netherlands. Moerdijk

Germany, Frankischer Kreis, 1688-1788. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Germany

Fort Hell : in front of Petersburg. Quarters of men in Fort Sedgwick, generally known as Fort Hell, May, 1865.. 1865. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865, Petersburg (Va.) , History , Siege, 1864-1865

"Sections A and B, lanyards 3 and 4 'fore and aft', heave ho" Inside a German Zeppelin on a bombing run, WWI

Smokejumpers: Training - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Military from De Kriegsmarine in the office, 1940 - 1943 photograph Album magazine with a photo of a soldier from the Kriegsmarine in white uniform, sitting behind a desk in the office. Part of a small album from the Kriegsmarine in the Netherlands. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service. occupation ~ war. office (~ administration) Netherlands

Location: Borneo Date: 26 April 1921 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

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