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Historic Battles and Military Engagements

Illustrations depicting significant historic battles, including skirmishes from the Civil War and various European conflicts, showcasing soldiers in combat and military maneuvers.

In the wake of the Revolution, brigands - 'chauffeurs' and 'garrotteurs' - terrorise farmers and travelers in the countryside : the government deploys troops against them. Date: circa 1798

1860s MAY 5 1862 UNION GENERAL McCLELLAN ON HORSEBACK ARRIVING AT WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA USA

Landing at Jacmel Date: 1865

War of Roussillon, also called War of the Pyrenees or War of the Convention, (1793-1795). Degradation of the officers and soldiers of Montroig. The Count of the Union, Luis Fermin de Carvajal, irritated by the conduct of the troops who had been ordered to take the mountain of Montroig, revoked all officers and soldiers their military badges and insignia, imposing life punishments, because of their negligence and terror, which transmitted to the rest of the troops who had gathered in excess to take the mountain. The command was in the hands of Brigadier Taranco. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

The Battle of Lajas - Antonio Maceo's forces sustaining an attack of the Spanish column commanded by General Suarez Valdes

Race of the pioneers of the Prussian army with homemade vehicles, Berlin, Germany, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

The Road from Balaclava to Sevastopol During Wet Weather (Crimean War) Artist Unknown

Chteau d'Hougoumont farmhouse, near Waterloo, Belgium, where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815.

12/31/1896. Philippine War.

Presentation of Ashantee medals

Sedan. Battle of Sedan 1870

Defeat of French cavalry, imperial infantries capture enemy artilleries. Orley, Bernart van (Netherlandish (before 1600) - Flanders, ca.1492-1542) (designed after) painter c. 1530 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Ownership History: Italy, Campania, Napoli, Naples, Museo nazionale di Capodimonte. 3 soldiers in armor, with lances raised, pursue soldier on white horse (center, foreground); mass progression of soldiers on foot & horseback, many hold lances & muskets (L & center, middle ground & background); group of soldiers on horseback (R, middle ground) (BRD) motif of large circles alternating with small circles, squares with flowers in corners Casali, Arazzi della battaglia di Pavia (1993), 20-27, no. 2 Naples (Castel Sant'Elmo), I tesori dei d'Avalos (1995), 190-197, no. 101 Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry (1999), 98,99, 101 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238054-0238056, 0238058, 0238060; other panels in series, (floral borders) 0238031-0238053, 0238057, 023805

THE ASHANTEE WAR

Garibaldi's men cross the Volturno on makeshift bridge of barrels and planks. Date: 1860

Egipto. Desembarco de marineros y soldados ingleses después del bombardeo de la armada británica en 1882. Grabado de 1882.

Chartist Agitation, the Police Force on Bonner's Fields, 1848, (1900). Artist: Unknown

By the evening of the first day, the insurgents are in control of large parts of Paris.

Boathouse at Putney: the Cambridge crew going out for practice, 1868. The annual boat race between rowers from Oxford and Cambridge Universities takes place on the River Thames in London, between Putney Bridge and Mortlake. The teams compete over a 4.2-mile (6.8 km) course. Members of both crews are traditionally known as blues, with Cambridge in light blue and Oxford in dark blue. 'Past Chiswick the Oxonians were rowing forty strokes, and the Cambridge thirty-eight, as before. The latter made a gallant struggle up to Barnes Bridge, but without effect, as the dark blues drew farther away, and

Victims of the 1808 repression in Madrid. Engraving. Madrid, National library. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Battle of Rovereto, 4 September 1796, Italian Campaign, First Coalition War, armed confrontation between the French Army of Italy under General Napoleon Bonaparte and the troops of Austria under the command of Paul von Davidovic, Italy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The Civil War In America; New York Firemen Zouaves Turning Out To Support Pickets Between Alexandria and Fairfax Courthouse, Virginia, 22 June, 1861

Franco-Prussian War. 1870-1871. Conflict between the Second French Empire and the German states of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussian. Longeville Battle. Engraving by A. Daudenarez. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1870. Colored.

Agustina Raimunda María Saragossa i Domènech, aka Agustina de Aragón, 1786 - 1857. Spanish heroine in the siege of Zaragoza, 1808, during the Spanish war of Independence. Seen here firing a cannon a

'Execution of Lord Ferrers at Tyburn', 1760, (c1876). Creator: Unknown.

General von Budritzki and the 2nd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards Regiment at the entrance to Le Bourget, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Elephant Steeplechase at Rangoon, 1858. The British entertaining themselves in Burma. 'The officers of the garrison at Rangoon wound up their 'Monsoon Meeting' with two pony steeplechases and an elephant steeplechase, which were to have come off on the anniversary of the birthday of our most gracious Queen, but the state of the weather caused the postponement to the 25th May..."H. M. 68th Steeplechase Course, open to all Elephants, steered by Mahouts, and ridden by Officers, the winning Mahout to receive 5 rs rupees. from the stakes, and the rider the balance, and a 'piece of plate' fro

'In Cronje's Laager after Surrender', 1900 . Artist: Unknown.

Illustration showing the British naval hero, Horatio Nelson (later, Lord Nelson), leading a boarding party to take an american privateer (Pirate), vessel. 1777

Death of Albert (1819-1861), Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, 14 December 1861. Artist: Unknown

The battle of Raymond / sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis.. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 337 (1863 June 13), p. 372. Soldiers, Union, Mississippi, 1860-1870, Campaigns & battles, Mississippi, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

Italy. Modena, 1835-1849. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

Japanese field battery in action, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Artist: Unknown

Resumption of the city of Frankfurt by the Prussians, Austrian and Hessois (Germany) and massacre of the French. November 28, 1792. Print Nº179, P.556 of the Paris Revolutions Journal of 8-15 December 1792. (Title Title)

'Landing Troops at the Khedive's Palace at Alexandria after the Bombardment', 1882, (c1882-1885). Artist: Unknown.

Battle of Hohenlinden, 3 December 1800. French under General Jean Moreau victorious agaist Austria under Archduke John. Copperplate engraving.

The Battle of Bull's Run / lith. Fr... A. Pfott.. American cartoon print filing series , Exhibited: "With Malice Toward None : The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2009. Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va, 1861, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Review of the volunteer troops in Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan's Island, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in the presence of Mrs. Pickens and Miss Pickens, the wife and daughter of the governor of South Carolina / from a sketch by our special artist now in Charleston.. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Feb. 23, pp. 216-217, Mrs. Pickens is Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens, third wife of Gov. Pickens of S.C.; identification based on date of event depicted (M. Keech, Feb. 1996), Reference copy in LOT 4420-G. Military inspections, South Carolina, Sullivan's Island, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

Confederate soldiers under Beauregard rally before winning a decisive victory over the Union army under McDowell.

France, 1870 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Cincinatti firemen rushing to a blaze.

Battle of Shiloh , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Stanley's canoes starting from Vinya Njara. Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) was the first European explorer of one of the most inhospitable regions of equatorial Africa - the region surrounding the Congo river. Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB, born John Rowlands (28 January 1841 ñ 10 May 1904), was a Welsh journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone

Exchanged Union prisoners celebrate aboard the 'Eliza Hancock', Nov. 18, 1864. These men were among the healthiest survivors of Andersonville prison in Georgia. Harper's Weekly illustration after a documentary drawing by William Waud (BSLOC_2019_2_9)

This illustration dates to 1887 and shows cowboys in the "New west" on the range with their herd.

A review is held on the occasion of a visit by royal dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught. Date: 1882

Battle of Shiloh , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862. Louis Prang & Company Collection

The 11th North German infantry battalion near Woerth, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Tearing down a wooden bridge by the guard pioneer battalion, historical illustration circa 1893

David B. Gulick, The Hanging of the Conspirators in the Prison Yard of the Old Penitentiary, July 7, 1865, wood engraving on paper.

Slaves arriving at a station on the Underground Railroad, early 1800s

Abyssinian Expedition of 1868, British troops at the waterhole in Zulla, Zula, Ethiopia, Abyssinia, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an or...

One of many victims of the Terreur Blanche (White Terror) of the Bourbon Restauration, Ney, one of Napoleon's marshals, is executed by firing squad.

USA. Abiline, Texas, Cowboys branding cattle. Engraving, by Paul Frenzeny(1840-1902) and Jules Tavernier (1844-1889).

Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback / Lith. by E. Boell.. Grant, Ulysses S, (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885, Military service, Generals, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

The Devil's Den Gettysburg. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Vincent, Strong, Military service, Gettysburg Campaign, 1863, Soldiers, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Devil's Den (Gettysburg, Pa.), 1860-1870, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg , V Corps, 1st Division, 3rd Brigade.

Action of the Bulgarians after repelling the Serbian attack on the entrenchment at Slivnitsa he Battle of Slivnitsa, also known as the Battle of Slivn...

The Ashantee War: invalids embarking at Cape Coast Castle.

At Lexington, Massachusetts, minutemen resist the British marching to seize stores at Concord. This battle was the opening of the War of Independence.

Attack by the Russians on the Austrians in northern Bukovina, ranging from the Pruth river to north of the Dniester river. Eastern Front World War One December 27th 1915

Gallant charge of United States cavalry. Gallant charge of Lieutenant Tompkins of the second cavalry, at Fairfax Court House, Va., on the morning of June 1, 1861 | Library of Congress

The Arkansas Traveler - Designed by one of the Natives and dedicated to Colonel S C Faulkner

MADRID. CUARTE DE SAN FRANCISCO EL GRANDE. DEPOSITO CENTRAL DE QUINTOS. GRABADO COLOREADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , SIGLO XIX. MADRID PINTADO.

Ertuğrul Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard / Abdullah Frères, Phot, Constantinople

Engraving showing the grand review of the Union army before President Johnson, that took place in Washington following the end of the American Civil War, 1865. Date: 1865

The mode of flogging Slaves, as described in Bickells "West Indies as they are.". 1829. Illustrations, Prints, Reproductions. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Slavery , United States, Slaves , Social conditions, Slave trade , United States, Slavery,West Indies, Flagellation, Slaves,Abuse of

Merry Christmas by H. Charles McBarron,, 20th century art

An execution, In , Caesar Wenzel Messenhauser on November , Josef d, Lanzedelly Lanzedelli, Lancedelli -, publisher

Hooking a Salmon.

The meeting of Roloff and Cespedes, (1871), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

In November 1879, Jesse James was shot in the head by George Shepard, in retaliation for Jesse's earlier involvement in the murder and robbery of his nephew, Ike Flannery.

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