Historic Battle Scenes

Vivid illustrations of major battles from various conflicts, highlighting soldiers in combat and significant military actions.

The Battle of the Alma on September 20, 1854 by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1854 / Great Britain / Colour lithograph / History / 92,3x119,3
The Battle of the Alma on September 20, 1854 by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1854 / Great Britain / Colour lithograph / History / 92,3x119,3
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Gen. Andrew Jackson on horseback commanding US troops in Battle of New Orleans. British troops in redcoats, march into American fire from a fortified line on Jan. 8, 1815. The British were defeated, and lost two Generals, Edward Pakenham and Samuel Gibbs. British ship in background transported the soldiers (BSLOC_2017_6_7)
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Illustration of street fighting in a Belgian town as English soldiers advance towards German positions. Dated 1914
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Battle of Saint-Privat. - 18 August 1870. (IT)
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The Battle of Colenso, Natal, South Africa during the Second Boer War. The Dublin Fusiliers attempt to ford the Tugela river. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900
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The Battle of Bentonville, NC - Major General Mower, commanding First Division, Seventeenth Corps, fleeing the Confederate Left, half a mile from Bentonville, March 20, 1865. USA Civil War
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Averyanov, Alexander Yuriyevich (*1950) Private Collection 1995 Oil on canvas Modern Russia History
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American Civil War 1861-1865: Battle of Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863 which ended Lee's invasion of the North. Union troops, bayonets fixed, charging Confederate guns. Heaviest casualties than in any other in the war. Field Artillery
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The American Civil war - The Battle of Kenesaw Mountain in 1864. It was the biggest frontal assault launch, started by the Union, against the Confederate army.
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Pictures from the German-French War 1870./The three battles before Metz./nr.6.(i)
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'Battle of Waterloo', 18 June 1815, (19th century). Artist: Unknown
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Anglo-Spanish War 1727-1729: Siege of Gibraltar by Spain from 11 February 1727. Siege lifted on 12 June. Engraving after the painting by Copley. Engraving c1850.
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Napoleon on the Battlefield of Eylau. Date/Period: 1807. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 104.9 cm (41.2 in); Width: 145.1 cm (57.1 in). Author: Antoine-Jean Gros.
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Historia de España. Insurrección en Madrid contra la monarquía de Isabel II sofocada por el gobierno liberal del general O'Donnell en junio de 1866, y que fue conocida como la sublevación del Cuartel de San Gil.
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Engraving of Washington Crossing the Delaware
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The Battle of Lexington, 19 April 1775, Oil on canvas by William Barns Wollen, 1910.
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Rough Riders, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, during the Spanish-American War, 1898
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Battle of Lookout Mountain - November 24th, 1863 USA Civil War
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Washington Crossing the Delaware - Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 5th, 1776 1857-71 Currier & Ives American Scene from the American Revolution. George Washington stands in boat crossing the icy river. Eight soldiers accompany Washington in the boat, some rowing, one pushing ice out of the way, one holding the American flag aloft.. Washington Crossing the Delaware - Evening Previous to the Battle of Trenton, December 5th, 1776 660988
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1890s 1898 CENTERFOLD FROM JUDGE MAGAZINE AN ANGRY UNCLE SAM DEMANDS TERMS OF PEACE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR POLITICAL CARTOON - kh13543 NAW001 HARS LEADERSHIP POWERFUL PRIDE OPPORTUNITY AUTHORITY POLITICS CONCEPTUAL STARS AND STRIPES OLD GLORY PANORAMIC CENTERFOLD CUBA JUDGE MAGAZINE KI RED WHITE AND BLUE SOLUTIONS TERMS CARTOONIST OLD FASHIONED PUERTO RICO SABER UNCLE SAM
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Battle of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts USA 1775, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..
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Norway and Sweden, 1865. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Norway, Sweden
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Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram, 5-6 July 1809. Decisive French victory under Napoleon over the Austrians under Archduke Charles led to Armistice of Zniam. Popular French hand-coloured woodcut.
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Death of Captain James Cook at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, in 1779
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The Battle of Washington inAmerica. Artist: Unknown
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Political thermometer / to reassure shy spirits. / V'la all our fugitives of February 24th. (IT)
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Battle of Allatoona Pass, October 5, 1864 during Atlanta Campaign of the USA Civil War
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wounded female soldier, oil on canvas, Sanmiguel, Menorca Military Museum, old barracks of Cala Corb, central square of Es Castell, built by the British in 1771, Menorca, balearic islands, Spain.
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Battle of Rivoli. (IT)
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The Life of a Fireman III, Currier & Ives, 1854.
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US Civil War. Battle of Baton Rouge, August 4, 1862. Currier & Ives lithograph shows fighting in Magnolia Cemetery with the city in the distance. When the Union commander, Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams, was killed, Col. Thomas Cahill lead a retreat to the river for protection from Union gunboats. The small battle ended when the Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. John Breckinridge withdrew (BSLOC_2018_8_89)
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Battle of Corinth, Miss. Oct. 4th 1862. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0444. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss, 1862.
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French colonial army conquer Mascara in Algeria, 1835. The town was destroyed by the French
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A sailor blows a defiant blast on a funnel like a trumpeter. A stand-off between British sailors armed with oars and cudgels and Brazilian cavalry cadets with sabres drawn in a plaza in Rio de Janeiro, Napoleonic Wars, circa 1807. Jack's Trump of Defiance.. Handcoloured lithograph by George Cruikshank from Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, by An Old Sailor (Matthew H. Barker), published by James Robins, London, 1826.
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The War at Sea - Naval Battle Between Union and Confederate Naval Forces during the American Civil War
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Washington, Crossing the Delaware-On the Evening of Dec. 25th 1776, previous to the Battle of Trenton. Artist: After John Cameron (American (born Scotland), ca. 1828, active New York 1848-62). Dimensions: Image: 8 15/16 × 12 3/8 in. (22.7 × 31.5 cm)Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 1/8 in. (30.1 × 38.4 cm). Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857-1907). Sitter: George Washington (American, 1732-1799). Date: 1876.Scene from the American Revolution. George Washington at left on horseback points to the river as the troops embark across the river in rowboats. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: After John Cameron.
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Riverview Military Academy, Poughkeepsie, New York, circa 1900
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Army of the Cumberland--Roll of honor / Strobridge, Middleton & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.. Copyright by W.R. Fee. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.
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ART 18TH CENTURY. AMERICA. DEBRET, Jean-Baptiste (1768-1848). "EMBARQUE EN PRAIA GRANDE". Undated. Imperial Museum. Petropolis. Brazil.
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Virtue and Yorston New York American History Engraving