Historic Military Portraits

A collection of 19th-century military portraits featuring various soldiers in vintage uniforms, showcasing different styles and poses against neutral backgrounds.

Captain Frederick Waugh Smith of General Staff, Confederate States Infantry Regiment and 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion in uniform with sword / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. | Library of Congress

Major Greaves 70 Reg., circa 1860, maker unknown.

Portrait of a (presumably) Dutch soldier, standing with a helmet on a piastal. Part of album with cartes-de-visite and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform.

Flier with the photograph reproduction of Niyazi Bey. unknown, graphic artist

Major General Irvin McDowell of Aide-de-Camp U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment, in uniform with sword, circa 1863

Capt. J. M. Lathrop , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Captain Frederick Waugh Smith of General Staff, Confederate States Infantry Regiment and 43rd Virginia Cavalry Battalion in uniform with sword / Alex. Gardner, photographer to the Army of the Potomac, 511 Seventh Street and 332 Pennsylvania Av. | Library of Congress

Private Richard Yeadon of Co. B, 17th South Carolina Cavalry Battalion in uniform with cane. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Yeadon, Richard, 1802-1870, Confederate States of America, Army, South Carolina Cavalry Battalion, 19th, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

Unidentified chasseur of the 18th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 62nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment or 83rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, in Union uniform with shako hat. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Hats, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Man in uniform c. 1890, visiting format, carte de visite, photograph fixed on cardboard, format from c. 6 x 9 cm, from c. 1860 the carte de visite became very popular and contributed significantly to the spread of photography, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known

Second Lieutenant Alvan Augustus Evans of Co. I, 8th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and 2nd Massachusetts Sharpshooters Company in uniform / J.W. Moulton.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Evans, Alvan Augustus, 1840-1910, United States, Army, Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861), People, United States, Army, Massachusetts Sharpshooters Company, 2nd (1861-1864), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Portrait of a man in uniform, Anonymous, 1850-1899.

Unidentified soldier in Union frock coat with musket and attached sword bayonet. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Truly yours, Ben Dennis , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with saber. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Chaplain Woodbury , Chaplains, Military personnel, Woodbury, Augustus, 1825-1895, Carte de Visite Collection

Man in uniform c. 1890, visiting format, carte de visite, photograph fixed on cardboard, format from c. 6 x 9 cm, from c. 1860 the carte de visite became very popular and contributed significantly to the spread of photography, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, original date not known

Lt. Col. J. Dwyer 14th Reg., circa 1866, maker unknown.

Man in uniform, 1880s, Dunedin, by Coxhead Brothers.

Union soldier, standing; Mathew B. Brady (American, about 1823 - 1896); 1861 - 1864; Albumen silver print

Portrait of an unknown French soldier, sitting. Part of a French amateur photographer album with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France.

Lieutenant Commander Thomas McKean Buchanan of U.S. Navy in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Buchanan, Thomas McKean, 1802-1863, United States, Navy, People, 1860-1870, Sailors, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Confederate soldier standing with sword to hilt, holding cap; Edward Jacobs (American, born England, 1813 - 1892); 1862 - 1864; Albumen silver print

Capt. Buel C. Carter , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

General Sir J Burgoyne, Bart G.C.B. Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, plate 38 from the album Photographs Taken in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton

Gen. John H. H. Ward 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov (1870 13 April 1918) general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and the ensuing Russian Civil War. He is today best remembered for the Kornilov Affair, an unsuccessful endeavour in August/September 1917 that purported to strengthen Alexander Kerensky's Provisional Government, but which led to Kerensky eventually having Kornilov arrested and charged with attempting a coup d'état

Prague, Fiedler, H., Portrait of a standing man in military uniform with sword, verso - printed, This photo is part of an album., photograph, foto, carte-de-visite, album sheet, photos, PRAHA, VÁCL. NÁM., cis 24 nové, Atelier H. Fiedler, PRAG, WENZELS-PLATZ, No 24 NEU., height 87 mm, width 53 mm, Czech, photographer, 1860 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print

Unidentified Confederate soldier, standing. Samuel A. Cooley (American, active 1860s)

Surg. S. C. Hartwell , Physicians, Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Lt. F.P. Leonard 65th, circa 1860, maker unknown.

Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat and forage cap with bayoneted musket. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Portrait of a soldier. .

Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with overcoat. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Confederate States of America, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

J. W. Godman () , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861. No. 927, Title from item, Mounted with four other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. New York (State), Militia, Regiment, 7th, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Washington (D.C.).

Portrait of a standing soldier, Franz Segl, 1860 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Salzburg photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms

Duke Ernst von Sachsen-Coburg, Haase , Co, Photographer

British Lieutenant Colonel Seymour, Fusilier Guards, Full-Length Standing Portrait, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Portrait of a (presumably) French soldier, standing in a uniform jacket with tresses, Eugène Darnay, c. 1870 - c. 1900 Photograph. visit card Part of album with cartes-de-visiting and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform. Melun cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print warfare; military affairs. division of armed forces. (military) uniforms. studio requisites ~ photographer Melun

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with bayoneted musket and revolver. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, Handguns, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Unidentified bearded British soldier with sword under his left arm, standing. Thomas Rodger (Scottish, 1832 - 1883)

Portrait of Hendrik Bouman; Studio portrait of man in uniform at Dressoir.Studio Portrait of man in uniform at Dresser

A portrait of Baron Edelsheim Gynlen, a general of the cavalry, captured by Carl Pietzner on albumin paper in visite format, showing military attire and rank.

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform with saber and revolver. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, Handguns, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Capt. Alex W. Acheson, late 65th Regiment & Military Train, circa 1860, maker unknown.

Pte. R. Wallace, circa 1900, by William Francis Gordon.

Union Officer 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Lieutenant Arthur H. Perkins of Co. I, 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment in uniform / E.D. Currier, Franklin Falls, N.H.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Perkins, Arthur H, 1844-1936, United States, Army, New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

St. Clair, Lt.-Col.C.W., circa 1860, maker unknown.

Nathaniel B. Shurtleff Jr. , Military officers, Shurtleff, Nathaniel B., 1838-1862. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Unidentified soldier in Union sack coat with holstered revolver and bayoneted musket. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , Exhibited: "The Last Full Measure : Civil War Photographs from the Liljenquist Family Collection" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011, pp/liljunion. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Handguns, 1860-1870, Rifles, 1860-1870, Bayonets, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Portrait of Alessandro Asinari di San Marzano (1830-1906), Italian politician and fighter during the Wars of Independence and the War in Abyssinia.

Portrait of Abraham Pompe in military uniform, c. 1860 - 1884 Photograph. visit card Breda cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print historical persons. studio requisites ~ photographer Breda

Gen. David E. Twiggs 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Buffalo Soldier, 25th Infantry, Full-Length Portrait in Uniform Holding Hat, Fort Custer, Montana, USA, by Orlando Scott Goff, William A. Gladstone Collection of African American Photographs, 1880's

PortraT van Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld in uniform, Anonymous, 1860 - 1876 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms

Private T.H. Trosper, an African American World War I soldier from Missouri, ca. 1915, real photo postcard

Gen. Philip Kearny 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Lt. Tragett copy prints, black-and-white prints

Gen. William Stough 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

''Des Braves; Le sous-lieutenant Nungesser', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Capt. J. A. Perkins , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Portrait of Frederik Willem I van Hessen -Kassel in Uniform, Anonymous, 1850 - 1875 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. aristocracy; 'Aristocratia' (Ripa). (military) uniforms

Colonel Henry S. Lansing, 17th New York. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Portret van Charles Beresford, William & Daniel Downey, c. 1880 - in or before 1890 photomechanical print London paper commander-in-chief, admiral

Lt. Col. W. W. Bullock , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

7th New York State Militia, Camp Cameron, D.C., 1861 | Library of Congress

Portrait of a German soldier with Punthelm (Pickelhaube), Leopold Haase & Co., in or after 1864 - 1900 Photograph. visit card Part of album with cartes-de-visiting and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform. Germany cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print warfare; military affairs. division of armed forces. (military) uniforms. helmet. beard Germany

Portret van Louis Richard, H. Compagnon, 1904 Photograph. visit card Saint-Mihiel baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print adult man. (military) uniforms. historical persons

Man in military costume. Anonymous photography. Albumin paper draw. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123098-16

Col. Colville, 43rd Regt., circa 1900, by William Francis Gordon.

Lieutenant H. A. Clery, wounded Pipiriki, July 1865 cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white prints, studio portraits

Captain James William Boyd (1822-1866), Confederate States of America Military Officer, who was Alleged in a Conspiracy Theory to have been Killed in Place of John Wilkes Booth, the Assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Full-Length Portrait, early 1860's

2d Rhode Island Infantry | Library of Congress

Unidentified soldier in Union sergeant's uniform with Hardee hat and sash with non-commissioned officer's sword. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Man in uniform of Austro-Hungarian Infantry. Jakob Höflinger, photographer (Swiss, 1819 - 1898) about 1853-1857 A portrait of a man wearing a military uniform. He has a sash over one shoulder and is wearing the cap of the Austro-Hungarian infantry. A long coat is draped over his shoulder.

Unidentified military man with moustache wearing a cap, a pin on his lapel. Unknown

Portrait of an Indonesian soldier, Woodbury & Page, 1857 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Java photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms

Confederate soldier, standing; American; 1862-1865; Albumen silver print

Unidentified young soldier in Union sack coat, forage cap, and white gaiters with sword. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Portrait of a (presumably) French soldier, standing with saber in hand, L. Cairol, c. 1870 - c. 1900 Photograph. visit card Part of album with cartes-de-visiting and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform. Oran cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print warfare; military affairs. division of armed forces. (military) uniforms. studio requisites ~ photographer. hacking and thrusting weapons (with NAME) Oran

Captain Jones of the Colonial Forces, circa 1890, maker unknown.

Gen. Phil Kearney

A.T.A. Torbert. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Portrait of R.A. Jackson, born 1812, Lieutenant General in Utrecht, died 1902. Knee piece from the front, standing, in uniform.

British Colonel Vico, Three-Quarter Length Portrait Standing in Uniform with Hand on Sword, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Portrait of a (presumably) French soldier, standing in three -quarters with cap, Peronet, c. 1870 - c. 1900 Photograph. visit card Part of album with cartes-de-visiting and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform. Chambéry cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print warfare; military affairs. division of armed forces. (military) uniforms. trousers, breeches. head-gear: cap Chambéry

Dr. H. F. Robertson, 40th Regt., circa 1900, by William Francis Gordon.

Portrait of a young man in uniform at a column, Jan Goedeljee, 1860 - 1905 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Leiden cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms. pedestal of a piece of sculpture (perhaps in the form of a herm)

Major Eustace Crawley, 1911. Creator: Unknown.

Colonel F.H. Armstrong A.S. Corps cabinet photographs, black-and-white prints

Grillenburg. Hunting Lock - King -fr.-August-von Saxony

Portrait of a soldier, studio shot

William Frederick "Pop" Schriver, Catcher, Philadelphia, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 1887 Issued by Goodwin & Company The "Old Judge" series of baseball cards (N172) was issued by Goodwin & Company from 1887 to 1890 to promote Old Judge Cigarettes.. William Frederick "Pop" Schriver, Catcher, Philadelphia, from the Old Judge series (N172) for Old Judge Cigarettes 402649

Rev. James A. Curley (S.J.) 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

General A. Von Steinwehr. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Captain Palmer. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 , Title from Civil War caption books. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Lieutenant Francis Brownell of Co. A, 11th New York Infantry Regiment, the Fire Zouaves, 1861. At his feet on the floor, is the Confederate flag removed from the Marshall House Inn, Alexandria, VA on May 24, 1861. He avenged the death of his Colonel, Elmer Ellsworth, who was killed after lowering the flag (BSLOC_2018_6_91)

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