Historic Military Camps and Battlefields

A collection of historic images showcasing military camps, battlefields, and soldiers from various wars, including the Civil War and World War I, featuring tents, railways, and landscapes.

Artillery camp near Petersburg lines 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

View on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862 1862 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish. View on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862 259604

Photo collection First World War. Group of soldiers follow a railway line at the height of a roadblock with barbed wire. November 21, 1918

Tent camp of farmers at Mafeking, Jan van Hoepen, 1899 - 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Mafeking paper. photographic support. cardboard (military) camp with tents Mafeking

Artillery camp near Petersburg lines 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Camp near City Point, Virginia 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Fort Ellsworth, near Alexandria, Virginia. No. B542, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Alexandria.

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia. No. B596, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Drewrys Bluff.

Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, 6th Corps, Brandy Station, Virginia 1861-65 Timothy H. O'Sullivan American, born Ireland. Quartermaster and Ambulance Camp, 6th Corps, Brandy Station, Virginia 268027

Position of the Custom House Battery. Date/Period: 1858. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 238 mm (9.37 in); Width: 306 mm (12.04 in). Author: Felice Beato.

Company standing in the field in France.Part of a French Amateur Photographer Album With Recordings of Family, Soldiers, Industry, Landscapes and Sights in France.

Interior of Fort Wagner, in April, 1865 | Library of Congress

Camp of Construction Corps, U. S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia 1861-65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Camp of Construction Corps, U. S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia 268110

View from the parapet of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), S.C., with Charleston in the distance. Taken April 14, '65, on the occasion of the raising of the old flag, Vintage photography

Fort Brady i.e. Fort Carroll. No. 587, Title from item. Corrected title from published source, Information derived from LOT 11486-G, no. 15, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities.

Shad Fishermen Hauling the Net with a Capstan at Gloucester, New Jersey. Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)

General Hospital at Point of Rocks, Virginia. No. B86, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Horse stable with SAPIs in Krueg Seumpo. Military and caregivers posing with the burden animals (Javanese-Dutch cattle either SAPIs) and cars for the horse stable in the Bivouac in Krueg Seumpo. Stacked photo in an album with 107 photos about the construction of the Gajoegweg on North Sumatra between Bireuen and Takenuen between 1903-1914.

Cavalry Maneuvers, Camp de Chalons. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Fortifications at Manassas.

Convalescent camp, near Alexandria, Virginia. No. 230, No. 61 is another print of the same negative cropped differently and without the printed caption information below the image, Notes from a duplicate photograph: Miss Amy Bradley of Sanitary Commission helped nurse here, Title from item. Military hospitals, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Ambulances, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Carriages & coaches, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies.

Appomattox River, Broadway Landing, Virginia 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia.

Confederate fort at Manassas, Virginia August 1862. No. 4097, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Manassas.

Beach in Ampenan with soldiers during the Lombok expedition 1894, Christiaan Johan Neeb (attributed to), in or after 1894 photograph This photo is part of an album. Ampenan photographic support albumen print beach. the company, the unit, the troop ~ military service Ampenan. Dutch East Indies, The

The British Headquarters.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Artillery Encampment, Camp de Chlons. Gustave Le Gray; French, 1820-1884. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 27.1 × 36.2 cm (image/paper); 52.8 × 63.8 cm (album page). Albumen print, from the album "Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons". Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Rgts.-rod d / 14.inftr.reg.in position. (2.10.1915.).

A Confederate redoubt, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Army unit of farmers on horseback pulls the river to Ladysmith; Boer Commando near Ladysmith 1899. Part of album with 191 photos of a trip to and through South Africa.

Maneuvers, Camp de Chlons Made 1857 France. Albumen print, from the album Souvenirs du Camp de Chlons . Gustave Le Gray

Savage Station, Va., June 27, 1862. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Felice Beato, Angle of North Taku Fort at Which the French Entered, August 21, 1860, 1860 Angle of North Taku Fort at Which the French Entered, August 21, 1860

Missionary Ridge. No. 610, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Missionary Ridge (Tenn. and Ga.), 1860-1870.

Fort Lyon, on James or Potomac River 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Oxen pull Creusot-cannon over the Klip River in South Africa, Anonymous, 1899-1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). South Africa paper. photographic support. cardboard ox. firearms: cannon. river South Africa

Regimenting reserve of the Infantry Regiment Nr..7, Major Gradl. High mountain compound in the forest Wygoda. .

Ruins of the Citadel of Antwerp after the siege, 1832, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1833 print View of ruins of the citadel of Antwerp after the siege. In the foreground some soldiers. Front right water. With legend 1-18. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, November 30 - December 23, 1832. Paris paper. siege, position war. devastated, ruined place or city (~ warfare). city-view in general; 'veduta'. the soldier; the soldier's life Citadel of Antwerp (19th century)

Sallyport, Fort Totten. Defenses of Washington 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

print; Colonel William Willoughby Hooper (British, 1837 - 1912); India; 1873

Headquarters Field Officer of the Trenches, Second Parallel. Haas & Peale (American, active 1846 - 1867)

Interior of the Redan - Russian Battery; James Robertson (English, 1813 - 1888); after September 8, 1855; Salted paper print; 22.2 x 30.1 cm (8 3,4 x 11 7,8 in.)

Interior of Fort Carroll, July 1865. Title transcribed from item, Other copies identified as Fort Brady processed as LOT 11486 and LOT 4336, In: United States military rail road photographic album, page 98. Forts & fortifications, Union, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, Cannons, Washington (D.C.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union.

Inspection of Troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Virginia. Wood and Gibson; American, active 19th century. Date: 1862. Dimensions: 17.3 x 22.4 cm (image/paper); 31.2 x 44.9 cm (album page). Albumen print, pl. 15 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866). Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Military shooting site.

French camp in Sebastopol during the Crimean War, James Robertson (attributed to), 1854 - 1855 photograph Cream photographic support. cardboard salted paper print trenches Sebastopol

Sammy House, Showing the Bodies of Sepoys Killed in Action. Date/Period: 1858. Print. Albumen silver. Height: 257 mm (10.11 in); Width: 314 mm (12.36 in). Author: Felice Beato.

Position of the Custom House Battery. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, James River, Virginia. No. 4094, Title from item, Hand written on verso: Miller I, 276, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Commissary Depot at Cedar Level, Virginia August, 1864 , "Hard Tack and Salt Hoss," Cedar Level, Virginia, August, 1864. No. 182, Title from item, Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner..by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Hopewell.

Cap in the warehouse of Segeti, May 1916..

Armed Constabulary in Battle Formation, Waihi near Normanby, 1879 copy prints, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints

Captain Coopers sic Battery - 1 Pennsylvania B. sic in front of P.. Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896)

Gen. Thomas, Wagon Headquarters (Field Pharmacy) 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front. The Last House in Courcelette. German Artillery Shelling The House. September 1916. Courcelette, France

Aceh, soldiers at bridge over the Kroeng tjet at Lamjong. .

The 'Shebang,' or Quarters, U.S. Sanitary Commission, Brandy Station, November 1863. Albumen print, created around 1865. 19 x 25 cm. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Confederate Fortifications around Atlanta, Georgia, photo by George N. Barnard, 1864

Chattanooga, Tenn. View of Army camp. Title from item, Reproduction of image from unnamed source. Inscribed below image: Vol. 75 opp p. 3708. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

The picture shows the remains of a bunker plant in reinforced concrete that was camouflaged.At the entrance behind the sign "Tyne Cottage" is a lonely soldier. The picture shows the remains of a bunker plant in reinforced concrete that was camouflaged.At the entrance behind the sign "Tyne Cottage" is a lonely soldier.

Confederate entrenchments near junction of old and new Court House Roads. No. 5037, No. "107.", Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs with general caption: Battlefield of the "Wilderness", Hand written on mount: Confederate entrenchments near "Bloody Angle". See Miller, vol. 3, p. 57, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

Captured guns at Richmond ready for transportation to Washington, May, 1865. Title from item, Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 64. Artillery (Weaponry), Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, Caissons (Vehicles), Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage.

Anchor Park, Charlestown Navy Yard , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.

Camp of 30th Pennsylvania Infantry. No. B226, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Headquarters, Christian Commission in the field, Germantown / negative by J. Gardner, positive by A. Gardner.. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 2, no. 53, Copyright by A. Gardner, Title from item, Similar image in LOT 4161-C. United States Christian Commission, Facilities, Pennsylvania, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military life, Union, Community service, Pennsylvania, 1860-1870, Tents, Pennsylvania, 1860-1870.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The Salonica front. One of the many large dug-outs that were in course of construction by the German engineers for the use of the Bulgars. They have now, however, been taken by the Serbs.. 1914-1918}. Griekenland, Saloniki

Crow's Nest battery and lookout in front of Petersburg, Virginia. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, Plateau on Hart's Hill over which the Irish Brigade charged the Boers entrenched on distant crest, Colenso, SA, View of a plain in South Africa where fighting took place during the Second Boer War, recto - printed, stereograph, stereophoto, photographs, Works and Studios Sun Sculpture trade mark Arlington NJ Littleton NH Washington DC, 191, height 88 mm, width 178 mm, photographer, 1901 - 1901, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print

Defense of Paris: Bastion 49.

Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Virginia) Camp 1st. Conn Artilery sic, Colonel R.O. Tyler. Title from item, Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia, Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C, 2011. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Forts & fortifications, Virginia, Arlington, 1860-1870, Military camps, Union, Virginia, Arlington, 1860-1870, Bell tents, Virginia, Arlington, 1860-1870, Batteries (Weaponry), Virginia, Arlington, 1860-1870, Cannons, Virginia, Arlington, 1860-1870.

Prussian battery, Siege of Paris, 1870-1871. Artist: Paul Roux

Sailor's Battery. James Robertson (English, 1813 - 1888)

Siege train at Yorktown Landing, Virginia. No. B121, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia.

U.S. frigates Constitution and Santee at Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. No. B158, Title from item, Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 6, p. 65", Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Maryland, Annapolis.

Army of the James, pontoon bridges across James River at Deep Bottom and Varina. No. B960, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Deep Bottom.

British prisoners of war in South Africa. Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa.

Photo collection First World War. Soldiers of the Dutch army hold a competition with great public interest. 1914-1918}. The Netherlands

Guard Mount, Head-Quarters Army of the Potomac Made 1864 United States. Albumen print, pl. 55 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II (1866) . Timothy O'Sullivan

Chevaux de frise in front of Confederate fortifications, Petersburg, Virginia. Civil War Photographs (Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eton collection). United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg.

James Robertson, Gun Battery, 1855 1856 Gun Battery

Photo collection First World War. Destroyed buildings. 1914-1918}

Photo collection First World War. Canadian War Records Photograph. Railway in the Ypres Salient. 1914-1918}. Belgium, Ypres

View of earthworks along U.S. Military Railroad, Petersburg lines 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Pontoon bridge at Broadway Landing, Appomattox River, Virginia. No. B244, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Appomattox River.

Army of the James, pontoon bridges across James River at Deep Bottom and Varina | Library of Congress

Transport location in the section of the fourth K.U.K. Army.

. Indian workers for a main building, possible from a company, links a flagpole with the Dutch flag. Part of the green photo album with pictures of Java, from the possession of pharmacist Woodpecker-Grab, returning to the Netherlands from Batavia in 1865.

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: Aceh, KliL military posts and operations. Military mail. In the foreground a river river. Running scaffolding. Aceh, Atjeh, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Set of damage near a pavilion. Damage caused on the road to Pierrefitte by the explosion of the double-crown fort transformed into a deposit of ammunition, Saint-Denis (93), March 04, 1916 Anonymous. Set of damage near a pavilion. Damage caused on the road to Pierrefitte by the explosion of the double-crown fort transformed into a deposit of ammunition, Saint-Denis (93), March 04, 1916. Drawing with gelatin bromide of silver. March 4, 1916-04 March 1916.

Army Wagon and Forge, City Point, Virginia 1861-65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Army Wagon and Forge, City Point, Virginia 268066

Siege of Yorktown. Federal Battery No. 1 near Farnhold's house, mounting one 200 pdr. and ten 100 pdr. rifled guns. No. 94, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Yorktown.

US Civil War. Second Battle of Fredericksburg, (Second Battle of Marye's Heights), May 3, 1863, was part of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Union pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River (BSLOC_2018_8_114)

Pvt. A. Cady Brown and soldier 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Visit of Queen Emma and Princess Wilhelmina to the Army Place near Oldebroek, Jacques Daniël Rijk, 1891 cabinet photograph Oldebroek paper. cardboard albumen print historical persons - BB - woman. queen Oldebroek

Photo collection First World War. Military column in mountainous area. 1914-1918}

The picture shows soldiers with bicycles trained on an obstacle course.Next to the obstacle path and on the roof of the underlying building, a larger amount of spectators appear .. The picture shows soldiers with bicycles that are trained on an obstacle course.Next to the obstacle path and on the roof of the underlying building, a larger amount of spectators appear.

A distant battle | Library of Congress

Description: Perak Armed Police - In Line. In "Review Order." Location: Perak, Malaya Date: 1880-1890 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Battlefield of Gaines' Mill, Va. | Library of Congress

Cavalry Exercises, Camp de Chalons. Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820 - 1884)

Jericho Mill, North Anna River, Virginia. No. 4197, Title from item, Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. II, pl. 65, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, North Anna River.

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