Historic Battles and Military Leadership

Illustrations of significant battles and military leaders, featuring scenes from the American Revolution and Civil War in vivid detail.

1800s 1860s MAY 1864 UNION TROOPS FIGHT BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS SPOTSYLVANIA VIRGINIA

Attacking the Redcoats on their return to Boston - Battle of Concord - American Revolution, 1775

España. Tercera guerra carlista. Presentación de carlistas a indulto en el cuartel de Alsasua. Grabado de 1876.

Commander-In-Chief and Staff (1799-1802) , Ogden, Henry Alexander (1856-1936/American)

The battle of Petersburg Virginia, April 2nd 1865, USA Civil War

General George Washington (left) with his army at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the winter of 1777-1778, from the Valley Forge Historical Society

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia May 8 to 18 1864 in USA Civil War

Spain. Third Carlist War (1872-1876). Presentation of Carlists to pardon at the headquarters in Alsasua (Navarra). Engraving by Jose Luis Pellicer Montseny. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 8 March, 1876.

Civil War Battle.

1800s 1860s MAY 1864 UNION TROOPS FIGHT BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS SPOTSYLVANIA VIRGINIA

Brooklyn, New York -- August 27, 1776Colonel Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, a hero of the Revolutionary War and father of Robert E. Lee, once commented that during the war "the state of Delaware furnished one regiment only; and certainly no regiment in the army surpassed it in soldiership." At the Battle of Long Island, the actions of the Delaware Regiment kept the American defeat from becoming a disaster. Fighting alongside the 1st Maryland Regiment, the soldiers from Delaware may well have prevented the capture of the majority of Washington's army - an event that might have ended the colonial rebellion. Organized in January 1776 by Colonel John Haslet, the Delaware Regiment was noted as the best uniformed and equipped regiment of the Continental Army. Delaware's blue jackets with red facings and white waistcoats and breeches would later become the uniform for all the Continental troops. During the Battle of Long Island, the Delaware and Maryland troops were positioned on the ri

War of Independence of the United States of America. British General Cornwallis (1738-1805) surrender after Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781. American army defeated the British. General Cornwallis surrendered his troops. Pleading illness, Cornwallis did not attend the surrender ceremony, but his second-in-command, General Charles OÕHara, carried CornwallisÕ sword to the American and French commanders. Engraving by Vernier. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amrique in 1837. Spanish edition, printed in Barcelona, 1850.

Digitally restored vintage Revolutionary War print showing the surrender of British troops to General George Washington and the Continental Army. It reads, Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia, October 19, 1781.

Before execution by hanging, painted image

Attack on Chapultepec during the Mexican War

Washington Visiting Rochambeau at French Embassy Henry Alexander Ogden (1856-1936 American)

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Valley Forge. Pennsylvania. Continental Army's camp in winter, 1777-1778. Engraving. Colored.

François de Charette (François Athanase Charette de La Contrie) (1763-1796). French military officer, General of the Catholic and Royal Army of Vendee. He was condemned to death and executed on 29 March 1796 at Place Viarme in Nantes. In front of the firing squad he refused to be blindfolded and commended himself to God. Death of Charette. Drawing by H. Renaud. Engraving by Barbant. History.

The Battle of Chattanooga (The Union Troops Under General U.S. Grant are Defeating the Confederates) Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907/American)

Cavalry - Infantry - Artillery, U.S. Army

18th century Royal Navy captain and officers on board their ship. Illustration; 1890

Battle of Lake George (Glen Falls Ins. Co.) still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Revolution, 1775-1783, Campaigns & battles , New York (State)

Infantry: Continental Army, 1779-1783, IV / H.A. Ogden ; lith. by G.H. Buek & Co., N.Y. | Library of Congress

General George Washington Standing with Group of Soldiers Looking at Flags Captured from the British during Battle of Trenton, 1776, Lithograph by Hayes Litho Co from a Painting by Percy Moran, 1914

Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812

Capture of guns by Highlanders before Cawnpore, India, Asia, 1857 Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Battle of Atlanta Death of Gen James B McPherson July 22d 1864

Erster Schlesischer Krieg, 1740-1742, Die Schlacht von Mollwitz wurde am 10. April 1741 von Preußen und Österreich ausgetragen, preußische Infanterie ...

The Battle of Lexington April 19 1775. First shots of the American War of Independence. From a print published 1903 by John H. Daniels and Sons Boston.

American Revolution. Popular print depicts the Surrender British at Yorktown, Virginia, Oct. 19, 1781. Lord Cornwallis was not at the ceremony, but his sword was carried by adjutant, Gen. Charles O'Hara, who was required to surrender it to an officer of his own rank, Washington's adjutant, Gen. Benjamin Lincoln (BSLOC_2019_3_189)

Apache Before the Indian Agency Frederic Remington (1861-1909/American)

The morning detail of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers going to work on the Hilton Head Fortifications, circa 1861

The Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 31 1862.

Nelson Receiving the Surrender of the 'San Nicolas' 14 February 1797 Richard Westall (1765-1836 British)

Digitally restored vintage War of 1812 print features General Andrew Jackson leading his troops at the Battle of New Orleans.

The Battle of Chattanooga was a battle of the American Civil War, which took place from November 23 to 25, 1863, between the Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Braxton Bragg near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Digital reproduction from a 19th-century original. .

US Civil War. General Lee and Grant with their staffs, meet near Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 10, 1865, the morning following the surrender. For 30 minutes, they discussed the transition to peace, and the cessation of all hostilities. The formal surrender ceremony would follow on April 12th. Lithographic reproduction of a painting by Otto Boetticher (BSLOC_2018_10_50)

Surrender of Col. Rall at the Battle of Trenton, December 1776, from a Painting by Alonzo Chappel, Engraving Printed by Henry J. Johnson Publisher, NY, 1879

First Battle of Bull Run, (First Manassas), July 21, 1861. Col. Michael Corcoran, leading a charge on Confederate batteries. Later in the battle, Corcoran was taken prisoner. 69th Regiment of the New York State Militia fought in a brigade commanded by Col. William Sherman (BSLOC_2018_6_130)

Bunker Hill (Fight At Rail Fence) by John Ward Dunsmore, 1775, 1856-1945

Washington At Valley Forge By E. Percy Moran. C. 1911.

Washington Fortifying Dorchester Heights, Frank T. Merrill (American)

General George Custer negotiating a truce with Native Americans. Native American Wars, United States, 19th century.

Announcing Great Decision by Hy Hintermeister, 1897-1972

Battle of Chattanooga--Gen. Thomas' charge near Orchard Knob, Nov. 24' 1863

Bridget Devans fights beside her husband throughout the American Civil War. Date: 1860's

Napoleonic Wars, the war in the mountain county of Glatz or County of Kladsko, 1807, historical painting

Federico Gravina (1756-1806). Spanish admiral during the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. He died as a result of the wounds suffered during the Battle of Trafalgar (21 Ictober 1805). Death of Gravina. Chromolithography. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Carlos Mendoza, pseudonym of the Spanish military man, doctor and historian Alfredo Opisso y Viñas.

The British surrender their arms to the American army at Yorktown; prominent figures shown include Washington, Lafayette and Cornwallis

Captain Nelson in the Agamemnon engaging the Ca Ira

Indian Mutiny 1857-1859, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the Great War of Independence: blowing up of the Cashmere Gate, Delhi. Shot through arm and leg, Lieutenant Salkeld hands aslow match to Corporal Burgess who was mortally wounded just after lighting charge. Engraving.

ASALTO DE CASACAS ROJAS PARA DESTRUIR LA CASA BLANCA (WASHINGTON) - GRABADO SIGLO XIX.

Abercrombie's Expedition to Ticonderoga Frederick Coffay Yohn (1875-1933 American)

Captain Ulysses S. Grant commanding soldiers at the fortress of Chapultepec in Mexico City, Sept. 12-13, 1846 (BSLOC_2018_10_15)

Citizens shot for reading Mazzini Journals. 1860

The Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, fought between Great Britain and the United States

To the grand Army of the Republic this print of our old commander General U.S. Grant is respectfully dedicated

Major Sprague and the Indians, c1895. Artist: Unknown

General George Washington standing with a group of soldiers looking at the flags captured from the British during the battle of Trenton in 1776. By Percy Moran 1862-1935. dated 1914

France (1815). Napoleon returning from the Elba Island on 5th March 1815. Litography.

Battle of Ft. Donelson, Civil War - USA

African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, 1866, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Jan Willem Pieneman (1779-1853). Dutch painter. The Battle of Waterloo, 1824. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Netherlands.

Frederick II (1712 - 1786) Prussian royal and military leader who was King of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786.

Utrecht masquerade of 1876 (fourth plate); XLVIII. Lustrum der Utrechtsche Hoogeschool. Entry from Hertog Karel Den Stouten to Zutfen, IV August MCCCCLXXIII. Costumed procession of Heeren students, held in Utrecht den 27 June 1876.fourth part of the procession. Part of A Series of Seven Plates Plus Title Print and Explanation of the Coated Procession Organized by the Students of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences for the Celebration of the 48th Lustrum on 27 June 1876. The Procession Suggests Karel in Zutphen in Zutphen on 4 August 1473.

Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849-1916), general francés durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Grabado de 1923. Author: FERDINAND ROYBET.

Stonewall Jackson at Bull Run, 1861 USA Civil War

'Napoleon on Board H.M.S. Bellerophon, July, 1815', (1896). Creator: Unknown.

The Capitulation of Blucher at Ratkau on 7 November 1806, Germany, Napoleonic Wars, historical painting

Battle of Tippecanoe, Gen. Harrison was Attacked by Tecum'she, Nov. 7th 1811, The Indians were Routed with Great Slaughter, Chromolithograph, Kurz & Allison, 1889

Ulm, October 20, 1805, Austrian General Karl Mack and his staff surrendering to Napoleon, by Charles Thevenin (1764-1838), 1815. Detail. Napoleonic Wars, Germany, 19th century.

The wounded being treated below deck during the Battle of the Nile in 1798, print. French Revolutionary Wars, Egypt, 18th century.

General Grant, Ulysses S. Grant (27 April 1822-23 July 1885), and his generals, painting by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a historic original.

Boer Soldiers, November 1899, illustration from the Petit Journal, Paris. Second Boer War, South Africa, 19th century.

1770s MONTAGE OF VARIOUS AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SPIRIT OF 76 IN THE CENTER

JULY 6 1807 NAPOLEON I RECEIVING QUEEN LUISE OF PRUSSIA AT TILSIT BY NICOLAS GOSSE

Molly PITCHER (Mary Hays Macauley), 1753-1832 shown during the Battle of Monmouth, 28 June 1778, where she notoriously took over the cannon manned by her fallen husband.

Engraving of a painting titled 'Raising the Flag'. The patriotic print is dedicated to the 'Defenders of the Union'. Engraved by Louis N. Rosenthal. Dated 1864

Napoleon in 1806 - Edouard Detaille

US Civil War. Battle of Antietam, also called Battle of Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. Popular print by Currier & Ives for a audience with Southern sympathies, describes 'the great rebel army&fought with desperate determination and courage'. Tactically the battle was close to a draw, with the Union claiming victory because General Robert E. Lee left the field, anticipating the arrival of Federal reinforcements (BSLOC_2018_7_156)

Enlisted Men by Henry Alexander Ogden, (1856-1936)

Police officers dispersing the strike of employees of Streetcar in New York, March 4, 1886. Colored engraving.

The March to Valley Forge, 1777, during the American Revolution

Arrest of the Corsican bandit Antoine Bella Corscia by French Gendarmes. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 16 July 1892.

Scene from the Ten Days' Campaign against the Belgian Revolt, August 1831. Dating: 1831 - 1835. Measurements: h 56 cm × w 71 cm; d 5.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Wouter Verschuur (1812-1874).

George Washington Forces the Surrender of Yorktown 1861 Eugene Hess (1824-1862) German Maximilaneum Foundation Munich, Germany

Major General John C. Fremont, in his prairie costume / M. Nevin. | Library of Congress

WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE ART BY EMANUEL LEUTZE DECEMBER 25 1776 TROOPS IN BOATS SURPRISE THE ENEMY IN TRENTON

American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence) 1775-1783: Washington appointed commander-in-chief by the Continental Congress, delegates from the Thirteen Counties that became the government of the United States. June 1775. Lithograph 1876.

First Franco-Hova War 1883-1886: Presentation of the flag to the French Expeditionary Force. War ended with the Treaty of Tamatave, January 1886. France Colonisation Malagassy Madagascar Chromolithograph Trade Card

The Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 31st, 1862, USA Civil War

Washington, appointed Commander in Chief | Library of Congress

U.S. Army and Cavalry officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building / A. Tholey.. Signed lower left of image: A. Tholey, Title devised, Inscribed in black ink below image as indicators of the officers: O.O. Howard, Phil. Kearny, Geo. H. Thomas, A.E. Burnside, W.S. Hancock, Winfield Scott, Geo. B. McClellan, W.S. Rosecrans, Jos. Hooker, Lew Wallace, Ben F. Butler, Geo. A. Custer, John A. Logan, Inscribed, and partially erased, vertically right margin: Make plate 4 1/2 x 6 1/? .., Signed A. Tholey, probably the artist Augustus Tholey, Gift, John R. Chapin, 1902 (DLC/PP-A41531.19). Howard, O. O, (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909, Military service, Kearny, Philip, 1815-1862, Military service, Thomas, George Henry, 1824-1881, Military service, Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881, Military service, Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886, Military service, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, Military service, McClellan, George B, (George Brinton), 1826-1885, Military service, Rosecrans, William S, (William

Italy. Modena, 1850-1859. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

1st Meeting Of Washington & Lafayette, Philadelphia, 8-3-1777 Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American)

True sons of freedom, African American soldiers fighting German soldiers in World War I, and head and shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln above, text reads: 'Colored men, the first Americans who planted our flag on the firing line' and 'Liberty and freedom shall not perish - Abraham Lincoln', by Chas. Gustrine, circa 1918.

Southern Netherlands, Galle, Cornelis (I), Pompa funebris optimi potentissimiq. principis Alberti pii, Funeral of Archduke Albrecht, 1622, Le Penon des Armes, Le Guidon des Armes, Funeral procession of Archduke Albert (plate XLVIII), Participants in the funeral procession with two large banners. Plate XLVIII in the series of the funeral of Archduke Albert of Austria in Brussels on 12 March 1622., print, prent, nieuwsprent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 246 mm, width 375 mm, Zuid-Nederlands, 1576 - 1650-03-29, print maker, printmaker, 1623 - 1623, first quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etsen

The Continental Army was established in 1775, after the outbreak of the American Revolution, by the Continental Congress. Valley Forge in southeastern Pennsylvania was the site of the main camp from December 1777 to June 1778 and the troops suffered through a severe winter. George Washington was the commander in chief. He is shown here at Valley Forge in this 1902 illustration.

Presents to Colombus, (16th century), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

'The Funeral Cortege of Queen Victoria followed by King Edward VII', 1901 (c1902). Artist: Unknown.

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