Historical Battle Scenes

Dramatic illustrations depicting various battles from the 19th century, featuring soldiers, weapons, and intense action in historical settings.

'The Young Guard in the Churchyard of Essling', 1896, (1902). Artist: Gordon Frederick Browne.

The United States gunboat INDIANOLA (Ironclad) running the blockade at Vicksburg Feb. 13, 1863 | Library of Congress

1800S, 1860S August 31 1861 First Battle Of Bull Run New York Regiment Firing On Alabama Troops American Civil War

Engraving showing the scene as the Royal Navy sailors, of the British Arctic Expedition, attempt to charm some of the female inhabitants of Greenland, 1875. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS 'Alert' and HMS 'Discovery', to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new 'furthest North' record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island were charted and much scientific

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Volunteers' camp on the heights of Constantinople. Engraving. "La Guerra de Oriente" (The Russo-Turkish War). Volume I. 1877.

Negroes driven south by the Rebel officers. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 Nov. 8, pp. 712-713. Slavery, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African-Americans.

British soldiers with bicycles and rapid-fire guns, historical illustration, ca. 1893

Burial of General Vernhet de Laumiere, siege of Puebla, French intervention in Mexico, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1058, Volume XLI, June 6, 1863.

Boerkriget.

The shooters from the Puster Valley, South Tyrol, on the way with a coach to the third German Federal Shooting Festival, shooting festival 1868, Vienna, Austria/the shooters from the Puster Valley, South Tyrol, on the way with a coach to The third German Federal Shooting Festival, shooting festival in 1868, Vienna, Austria, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original original from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequent collab orizes

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Francotiradores. Grabado. Original por Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1835-1885). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

Prussian siege battery No.3 in Park Rainen near Paris, Franco-German War 1870/71, woodcut, France, Europe

Captain Cook landing on the island of Mallicolo amid a crowd of welcoming inhabitants. Engraving by J. Basire after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO GREAT YARMOUTH

Battery D, Fifth US Artillery, at Frazier's Farm, USA Civil War

The reality of German occupation is summed up in this image of the Ffranco-Prussian war, where German soldiers control the movements of French labourers. Date: 1871

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Emperor of France (1804-1815). On 26 February 1815 Napoleon fled from the island of Elba, starting the period known as Hundred Days. In 1814 he was confined to the island because the Congress of Vienna decided to restore the Bourbon monarchy in France. Napoleon's return from Elba. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Engraving. Volume V. 1855.

Firing minute guns in the long walk, Windsor Park, on the occasion of the funeral of Prince Albert, late husband of Queen Victoria. Date: 28 December 1861

Cottonburning and the lack of cotton exports during the Civil war in America had a significant impact on British trade at this time. Date: 1862

Hamilton draws a pistol and fires at Victoria as she drives in a carriage Date: 1849

The Battle of Vera Cruz (Mexican-American War) H. Billings

General Wadsworths division in action in the Wilderness, near the spot where the General was killed during USA Civil War, 1864

Rearing the Fire Cross for the Assembly of the Highland Clans, before the battle of Pinkie, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

The war in Virginia Lieutenant General Grant in a council of war at Massaponax Church, 1864

Sir Garnet Wolseley surrounded by British and native soliders and bearers receives news from the front in the war against the Ashanti. The second Ashanti War fought between,1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast. Date: 14 March 1874

The New Uniforms of the Mobile National Guard and Army, 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century pattern, exact original date unknown, Europe

India. Salida de soldados cipayos para una expedición inglesa en Abisinia. Grabado de 1867.

Image showing the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, and his party retreating across the Pedee River, North Carolina, at the fall of the Southern Confederacy, 1865. Date: 1889

Crimean War: turkish ambulance men collecting the wounded from the battlefield. Wood engraving.

Attacked by Walruses - An immense animal made its way to the boat, and tried to get its tusks over the side. A member of the Hayes Expedition of 1861 fired into its mouth and killed it

Chasing a blockade runner during the American Civil War

Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) ca. 1798 Johann Gotthard Muller German. Battle of Bunker Hill (June 17, 1775) 388573

Historia de Argentina. Siglo XIX. Combate del Tala entre tropas del general Lavalle y partidarios del dictador Rosas, 6 agosto 1840. Author: FORTUNY FRANCISCO.

'Shell from the Naval Brigade Dispersing Boers from Behind the Seven Sisters Kopjes, During the Action of 7th March at Le Gallais Kopje, near Osfontein', 1900. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV", by Louis Creswicke. T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900

The War in Denmark: collecting the Prussian and the Danish dead after the battle of April 18 - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. View of '...a part of the field where the Prussian and Danish dead are being collected and laid out in ghastly rows...a typical illustration of this cruel and unprovoked war'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

An infantry attack in woods at Argonne front- soldiers running during a battle in World War I.

Resistance from the houses in Malate - Volunteers from the First California in conflict with the resistance during the Spanish American War

Bagneux, December 30, 1870 Auguste Lan�on (1836-1885). Bagneux, December 30, 1870. Engraving.

The field post is attacked by Franctireurs, Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown

The battlefield at Sedan, France, 1st September 1870, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign, Europe

Pleasontons Cavalry deployed as skirmishers. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Pleasonton, Alfred, 1824-1897, Military service, Troop movements, Union, 1860-1870, Cavalry, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States

events Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 1871 Siege of Paris 19.9.1870 - 28.1.1871 Bois de Boulougne deprived of timber contemporary wood engraving,

The last act of the drama of secession | Library of Congress

Camel team, Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: Unknown

GENERAL JOHN STARK ANTES DE LA BATALLA DE BENNINGTON - 16-8-1777.

Egypt war by Anonymous painter, woodcut, Private Collection

William Bligh (1754-1817) English naval officer and his 18 companions cast adrift in the longboat by Fletcher Christian and the 'Bounty' mutineers on 28 April 1789. With few supplies and no charts, after 4,000 miles and great privations, landed on Timor 14 June 1789.

The war on the Mississippi River - night expedition to island no. 10 ... / from a sketch by our special artist, Mr. H. Lovie. | Library of Congress

Winter Memory from the Paris Days of 1870, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, Europe

events War of the Second Coalition 1798 - 1802 Egyptian Expedition Battle of the Pyramids 21.7.1798 after copper engraving by Dequevauviliers,

Photographic Copy of a Drawing of an Execution by Charles Wirgman. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

Print depicting the 3rd Dragoon Guards attack rioters in Bristol, following public anger over the defeat of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords

The British and native soldiers advancing on Kumasi (Coomassie). The second Ashanti War fought between,1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast. Date: 28 March 1874

The Baden troops in combat in Montbeliard, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign

Killing of John Wilkes Booth in Port Royal, April 26, 1865, United States of America, 19th century.

Prince Francis II Rakoczi's escape. Hungarian War of Independence 1703-1711, Hungary, 18th century.

Battle of Shiloh by Thure de Thulstrup. The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theatre of the American Civil War, fought April 67, 1862, in south-western Tennessee

Battle of Heliopolis, Egypt, 20 March 1800. Artist: Anon

Olszynka Grochowska. Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), painter

Serious rioting breaks out again in Warsaw : the Russians fire on the demonstrators - six are killed and up to 100 wounded. Date: 1904

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park London: general view, 1864. '...the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair, but his Royal Highness took an active part in it as commander of his own brigade. This circumstance, with the general popularity of the young couple, as well as the growing interest that is felt in the volunteer movement drew together a...large multitude of all ranks and classes of the people...The engraving shows the Prince future King Edward VII with his immediate companions as they...passed in front of the seats reserved for spectators... As soon as

Battle of Chapins Farm Virginia 1864, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

Washing ore in a river, California. United States of America, drawing by Gustave Adolphe Chassevent (1818 - 1901) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871: Prussian artillery battery bombarding besieged Paris, January 1871. The Prussians are suffering casualties from incoming fire. France

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) Scottish soldier. General leading successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria), Egypt, 21 March 1801. Abercromby mortally wounded in the hour of victory. Engraving.

Camp Corcoran on Arlington Heights, Virginia near Washington - The Sixty-Ninth Regiment, NY digging trenches and erecting breastworks

GRABADO GUERRA CARLISTA (ACCION EN EL ARALAR). Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN.

Acting Brigadier General Charles Ash Windham (known as the Hero of the Redan) entering the Russian redan at the Battle of the Great Redan during the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War, September 1855. Black and White Illustration

Captain James Cook FRS 1728 1779 British explorer, navigator, cartographer, captain Royal Navy. Sea horses on ice west coast north America

The storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, France, French Revolution, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, Europ...

BATALLA DE VALLS O BATALLA DEL PUENTE DEL GOI EL 25 DE FEBRERO DE 1809 - REDING HERIDO DE MUERTE - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE.

General Meade and his staff / from a photograph by Brady.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 July 23, p. 469. Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870.

Queen Victoria reviewing her troops, Aldershot, 1856, (c1920). Artist: Unknown

President Lincoln and Genl. Scott Reviewing 3 years regiment on Penn Ave. 1861. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Public appearances, Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866, Public appearances, White House (Washington, D.C.), 1860-1870, Military parades & ceremonies, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Recruiting & enlistment, United States, District of Columbia, Washington (D.C.)

USA. Hunting of Buffalo. The American West. A bufallo hunter's camp in Kansas. Engraving, 1877. The Graphic.

Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a rebel rifle pit near Yorktown , Soldiers, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865

Engraving showing the firing of a rocket, by the volunteer life brigade, to a steam-ship being wrecked on rocks. If the rocket-line reached the ship and it's crew were able to secure the end of the line, then the 'breeches-buoy' could be employed to rescue the ship's crew. Date: 1884

Russian troops encamped near Czestochowa

The Battle at the Ruins of Heliopolis on 20 March 1800, Greece, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

The Campaign in Georgia--Geary's division digging the guns out of a rebel battery before Resaca, on the night of May 15, 1864 | Library of Congress

Embarkation of exchanged Union prisoners at Aiken's Landing, February 21, 1865 / sketched by J.R. Hamilton. | Library of Congress

The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, also known as the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee 1862, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, Record date not stated..

Victorious bombardment of Port Royal, S.C. Nov. 7th. 1861, by the Union fleet, commanded by Commodore Samuel Dupont. In the foreground is Fort Walker, still garrisoned by Confederates under fire from Union ships. Union ships sailed in an eclipse, each firing on Forts Walker and Beauregard as they steamed past for three hours. When firing ceased, the guns of Fort Walker silent, for its garrison had evacuated. (BSLOC_2018_6_183)

The Thirty-Second Indiana Regiment (Colonel Willich) building pontoons in Kentucky / sketched by Mr. H. Mosler.. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5 (1861 Dec. 14), p. 791. Pontoon bridges, Kentucky, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Spanish American War. The all Black 9th and 10th Cavalry known as "The Buffalo Soldies" storming the Spanish Battle of Guasimas.

La beguda dels segadors. The snack of the reapers painting by Juan Pinós Palà (1862-1910) Spanish 19th Century painter, Spain. Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Workbubs.ur Adelsköld's sketchbook. Photo of drawing. 1855-05-05

A French navy unit during a raid on an Algerian village, 1840, Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (1848-1912), engraving. Colonial wars, Algeria, 19th century.

1800S 1860S View Of The Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon In Philadelphia By War'S End In 1865 Over 900,000 Soldiers Had Been Fed And Welcomed

An apache defiance Date: 1890

Wood engraving illustrating Chicago Police action after the Haymarket Bombing, on May 4, 1886. Lower image shows police charging and firing at 'rioters' on May 4th, in Haymarket Square, Chicago. While most are fleeing, a few of the striking workers turn to fire back at the police. At top are portraits of 7 police killed in the violence (BSLOC_2018_2_107)

One quarter of a million Belgian refugees pour into neutral Holland in the face of the German invasion ; others flood southwards into France, some escape to England.

'The Battle of Sommesous', 1914, (1926).Artist: Sidney Adamson

Engraving showing the troops of the 44th Gurkha Light Infantry, of the British Army, leaving Shillong, Assam Frontier, for an expedition to Manipur, 1891. Date: 9 May 1891

Balboa, Spanish explorer and conquistador, first European to set eyes on the Pacific or Pacific Ocean in 1513, historical illustration from 1881

events Second Schleswig War 1864 Battle of Dybbol 18.4.1864 Prince Frederick Charles and Crown Prince Frederick William meet on the captured redoubts wood engraving after drawing by Hermann Lueders 19th century,

The true defenders of the Constitution / drawn by Mr. James Walker. | Library of Congress

The Egyptian artillery in 1882. Anglo-Egyptian War, Egypt, 19th century.

The Great Plague of 1665, (c1850). Artist: Unknown

The fall of Reynolds. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Reynolds, John Fulton, 1820-1863, Death & burial, Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa, 1863, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, United States, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg

Illustration showing General Boulbaki's French army at Travers in the Canton of Neufchatel, Switzerland, during the Franco-Prussian War. Boulbaki's beaten and starving French troops were forced into Switzerland by Prussian armies under Werder and Manteuffel. The French troops were cut off from their supply lines and were forced to eat bark from trees. Boulbaki tried unsuccessfully to kill himself. Date: 1871

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