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Historical Military Artillery Scenes

Images depict 19th-century military artillery scenes, including soldiers with guns and historic camps, emphasizing the mood of military life.

Left sec. 20th Indiana Battery, Chattanooga, Tenn. / I. H. Bonsall, photographer.. Title from item, Purchase; Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:117), Vender : Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. United States, Army, Indiana Light Artillery Battery, 20th (1862-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1860-1870, Cannons, Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
Left sec. 20th Indiana Battery, Chattanooga, Tenn. / I. H. Bonsall, photographer.. Title from item, Purchase; Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc.; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:117), Vender : Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. United States, Army, Indiana Light Artillery Battery, 20th (1862-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1860-1870, Cannons, Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.
162 assets in this story
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Prague taking. / November 1741 (IT)
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Army Forge Scene, in Front of Petersburg Made 1864 United States. Albumen print, pl. 77 from the album Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II (1866) . David Knox
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No. 189. Upper Wharf, Belle Plain. Laid by Engineer Corps.. A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)
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Group of 7th New York Infantry 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs
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Description: The New Residency, Zomba. Sept 1899. Location: Zomba Date: September 1899 Description: Peaks nos. 1&2. Cedar Forests at Foot, 7000 ft. Mlanje. Location: Mlanje Description: Company of Sikhs & Native Troops. Zomba. Sept 1899 Location: Zomba Date: September 1899 Description: Officers of the armed forces. Zomba, 1899 Location: Zomba Date: 1899 africa
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Plymouth Tercentenary celebration, antique cannon presented as a gift of the British government, memorial mounted on Burial Hill, front view , Anniversaries, Monuments & memorials. Plymouth Tercentenary Photographs
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Lt. General Sir John Campbell. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)
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Culpeper, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. positive by A. Gardner. , General post office, Army of the Potomac. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons, c1866, v. 1, no. 48 49, Copyright by A. Gardner, Title from item, Alternate title from: Title of associated caption text which precedes the photograph in the album, and better describes the image, See also: LOT 4171. Post offices, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, Tents, Virginia, Brandy Station, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Union, Virginia.
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First landing of Americans in Japan, under Commodore M.C. Perry at Gore-Hama July 14th 1853 / W. Heine del. ; E. Brown Jr. direxit. ; lith. of Sarony & Co. N.Y. | Library of Congress
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The smoking, desolate tomb of St. Pierre's 30,000 inhabitants - slain by a blast of Mont Pelée's poisonous breath - Martinique, W.I. , Volcanic eruptions, Disasters, Death, Pelée, Mount Martinique, Eruption, 1902
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United States Arsenal , Armories, Illustrations, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational
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Goupil & Cie, Photographic reproduction of painting by Couturier: une alerte (Guerre de 1870-1871), photograph, photo, photos, height mm, width mm, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher, 1879 - 1882, fourth quarter 19th century, Woodburytypie
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Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs
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The 27 7bre François Lodewyk armed with the tricolor flag receives fire from the Dutchman
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Russian Warships in the Cossack Bay, Balaklava, Fenton, Roger (1819-1869)
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Army Forge Scene, in Front of Petersburg.
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The landing of Chinese prisoners at Wei-Hai-Wei, 1895 photomechanical print Shandongjapan paper collotype prisoner of war (after the battle). transfer, deportation ~ prisoner of war
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South Africa, Underwood and Underwood, On the great march, Lord Roberts and Staff ascending the North Bank of the Zand River, Frederick Sleigh Roberts with his staff on horseback in South Africa, recto - handwritten, stereograph, stereophoto, photographs, Works and Studios Sun Sculpture trade mark Arlington NJ Littleton NH Washington DC, recto - printed, 195, height 88 mm, width 178 mm, photographer, 1901 - 1901, photographic paper, photo paper, cardboard, albumen print, albumine print
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The Chinese men-of-war replying to the attack of the Japanese siege-guns on a hill to the W. of Peishantsuy, W. of the W. entrance to Wei-Hai-Wei harbour. .
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Source de Wady Hasbany.. Illustrations, Prints, Photographs. 1874. Dorot Jewish Division. Rivers , Middle East
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Encampment of the 71st Regiment Made 1855 England. Salted paper print, from the album Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea (1856) . Roger Fenton
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Sad evidence of the Siege of Ladysmith - Cemetery in Neutral ground near Pieter's Hill, South Africa..
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Soldiers patrolling in front of a fort.
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print; Colonel William Willoughby Hooper (British, 1837 - 1912); India; 1873
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Round Top, : Noted for the desperate struggle which took place near its base. Views from the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863.. 1861 - 1871. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865
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THE WAR IN EGYPT
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Mills at Richmond, Virginia 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs
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View of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, S.C., taken from the sand bar. Fort Sumter is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. , Vintage photography
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A bit of the trenches. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.
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Battalions Kazerne No.3, Carel Gustaaf Hisgen, 1893 photograph Photo, yellow brown, on cardboard, with above title and below description. Inscription; M.O.: Battaljons barracks No 3. Amersfoort cardboard. paper Netherlands
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French army's heavy artillery piece on railway in 1917.
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Outside of the buried field hospital of the citadel of Antwerp, 1832, Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1833 print The outside of the buried field hospital of the Citadel of Antwerp. On the left a regiment soldiers. Part of the series of 24 prints about the siege of the Citadel of Antwerp, November 30 - December 23, 1832. Paris paper medical aid and nursing of the sick and wounded in a field-hospital. the soldier; the soldier's life Citadel of Antwerp (19th century). Antwerp
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Boiling drinking water for the Japanese army , Water, Military cookery, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
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Podbipięta with Półjanem at Konstantynów - illustration for the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz `With Fire and Sword`. Sheet VI from the album. Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), draughtsman, cartoonist, Trzemeski, Edward (1843-1905), creator of photographic print
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US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. Union army smith forge shapes horseshoe on the Union Petersburg front. The army used cavalry and artillery horses in battle, and draft horses and mules for transport. Federal forces used about 1 million such animals over the course of the war. Photo by Davis Knox (BSLOC_2018_9_140)
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In the wilderness of Shur. A small encampment of Bedawin, probably of the Terabin tribe, whose territory extends as far as Gaza.. Woodward, John Douglas (1846-1924). Prints, Illustrations. 1881 - 1884. Dorot Jewish Division. Tents , Egypt, Bedouins, Deserts , Egypt
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THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY'S EXPEDITION TO MASHONALAND
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drawing reproduction:Grottger, Artur (1837-1867)-reproduction, Grottger, Artur (1837-1867). Polonia, Carte de Visite, Painting, Polish painting, January Uprising (1863-1864)
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Phari, Dalton, DT, 1st Camp Telegraph Office Phari 1906, Tent camp of the first British telegraph office at Phari, Part of Photo album with 24 photographs of the journey of army telegraphist DT Dalton through Tibet., photograph, foto, foto's, height 80 mm, height, 137 mm, photographer, 1906 - 1906, photographic paper, daylight gelatin silver print
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Underwood and Underwood, Umbulwana (Boer position) from east end of Help-maker (British) - Siege of Ladysmith, SA, photograph, foto, stereograph, stereofoto, foto's, height 75 mm, width 150 mm, photographer, 1901 - 1901, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, cardboard, photography
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Department of the Revitors of the Seine in Port-to-L'Englais (Vitry-sur Seine) to clear and defend the flock taken in the ice. (December 1870). (IT)
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Photo production of a drawing, representing the home of a station many in Lukolela; Lukolela - L'Habitation du Chef de la Station. .
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Deserted Camps, 3rd May, Fredericksburg, Va. 1863.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) May 3, 1863 Inscription: Printed title.
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Turkish Ottoman Obelisk/Memorial at Al-Kut, Iraq - built prior to the re-occupation by British Forces during the Mesopotamian Campaign in September 1915 (during World War One). Two British Officers stand before the monument, which also seems to have seen use as a gun position! Date: circa 1916
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Camp scene 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs
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Kutchi (Gipsy) Village and Encampment near Dakka. John Burke (Irish, about 1843 - 1900)
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Indian Encampment. William Notman (Canadian, born Scotland, 1826 - 1891)
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Germans in S.W. Belgium
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(French - Aqaba , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Campement des forces arabes du royaume du Hedjaz dans une palmeraie au bord du golfe).
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Wszyscy Święci w MNK Zajkowski, Andrzej (1851 1914), Kotarbiński, Wilhelm (1849 1921)
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Skirmishing near the 'monasteries in the air,' Northern Greece , Monasteries, Cliffs, Campaigns & battles, Greco-Turkish War, 1897
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Between the Agyhll and Asma Deres - building dugouts from captured Turkish gun emplacements. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.
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Commissary Department, Stoneman's Switch. May 1863.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) May 1863 Inscription: Printed title.
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Lord Roberts (Frederick Sleigh Roberts) (3rd from left) and British soldiers enter crown city, Anonymous, 1901 stereograph Kroonstadpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print troop movements, transportation Kroonstad
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United States Military Academy at West Point, Looking North ca. 1828 Attributed to George Catlin. United States Military Academy at West Point, Looking North 15020
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India: the tombstone of Brigadier General Nicholson in a cemetery near Delhi. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.
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The Mine in the Chattar Manzil Exploded by the Enemy at the First Attack of General Henry Havelock. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)
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German railway troops - Production of a cutGerman railway troops. Production of a cut
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A well at Jasur, Egypt, guarded by British troops, probably during the First World War. Date: early 20th century
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Schouwen-Duiveland, Mögle, Carl Emil, Sea defense in progress at Borrendamme, Schouwen, Two men constructing sea defense at Borrendamme on Schouwen-Duiveland, recto - embossed, This photo is part of an album., photograph, photo, album sheet, photos, CE MÖGLE, PHOTOGRAPHER, ROTTERDAM, height 167 mm, width 227 mm, German, 1857-09-08 - 1934-08-19, photographer, 1883 - 1900, cardboard, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print
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Gen. James S. Wadsworth and Staff of Five 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs
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18 Mars 1871 / Civil Wars / (Paris) / 28 Never 1871 / Redout de Brimborion / No. 33 (you)