Historical Military Battles

Artistic portrayals of significant historical battles, including scenes from the Peninsular War and the American Civil War, featuring soldiers and military strategies.

Peninsular War. Battle of Bailen. First victory of the Spanish army led by General Castaños (July 19, 1808). Surrender of General Dupont. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume X, 1881.

Peninsular War. Battle of Bailen. First victory of the Spanish army led by General Castaños (July 19, 1808). Surrender of General Dupont. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume X, 1881.

The Civil War. The battle of Gettysburg, Pursuit of Lee's army. Marching through the rain. Oil painting by Edwin Forbes. 1870-1890.

Pursuit of Lee's army. Scene on the road near Gettysburg - marching through the rain - USA Civil War

Siege of Atlanta.. Thulstrup, Thure de (1848-1930). Proofs, Cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Campaigns & battles, Cannons, Horse artillery, United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Hussars on Maneuver. Dating: c. 1880 - c. 1923. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 9.6 cm × w 22.8 cm × t 0.9 cm; d 4.1 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: George Hendrik Breitner (mentioned on object).

Image reproduction: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), before departure; Z: "Tygodnik Ilustrowany", 1878 (I) 44; Tygodnik Ilustrowany (Warsaw; magazine; 1859-1939), 1878 (1878-00-00-1878-00-00);

Horsemen on horses in a heath landscape, Artillery , print maker: Theodorus Henricus Kerstel, (mentioned on object), Jacob Hendrik Geerlings, (mentioned on object), 1869 - 1904, paper, h 206 mm - w 240 mm

The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush). Frederic Remington; American, 1861-1909. Date: 1890. Dimensions: 87.3 × 123.1 cm (34 3/8 × 48 1/2 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: New York. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Frederic Remington.

Battle scene. Wintorowski, Leonard (1886-1927), painter

Shrub knights, robber knights wait in the 19th century for a car that they can plunder, or toll, 1880, historical woodcut, Germany, Europe

Polish Hussars Parading in Front of King John III Sobieski Kossak, Wojciech (1856 1942)

American Civil War 1861-1865: Battle of Chattanooga during a series of manoeuvres and battles in October and November 1863, between Confederates under Braxton Bragg and Union under Ulysses Grant. Print c1880.

Bavaria, Bavarian Army, Commanding General on the Manoeuvre Field, Germany, ca 1900, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century ori...

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Thirty Years War. German 17th cent. engraving.

Congressional Reconstruction (also called Radical Republican Reconstruction) divided the Deep south into five military districts governed by former Union military commanders in 1867. On horseback: Major General Daniel Sickles, Major General John Pope, Major General George Thomas, General Ulysses Grant, Brevet Major General John Schofield, Major General Philip Sheridan, and Brevet Major General Edward Ord. Digitally restored images from Harper's Weekly, April 6, 1867 (BSLOC_2019_6_9)

Excerpt from the Leipziger Illustrated Zeitung No, of April , page , An Austrian-Hungarian Ulanenpatrouille is at Novi Bresko Nordöstl, from Krakow through a Cossack department, After, Carl von Dombrowski -, Water-Colourist

Italy - 19th century, Third War of Independence- Charge of the Genoa Cavalry at Custoza, 24 June 1866. Painted by Giuseppe Gabani (1846-1899). (Detail)

The late 1800s caption for this illustration reads: Cuban Filibusters on the March. Today, the term filibuster refers to the obstruction of legislative process through long speeches and other delay tactics. For most of the 19th century, however, filibusters were men who engaged in unsanctioned warfare in foreign countriesand a number of their campaigns were planned and set sail from New Orleans. The three most prominent filibusters of that era were Narciso López and John Quitman in Cuba and William Walker in Baja California, Sonora, Costa Rica and lastly Nicaragua. The term returned to Ame

Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891, British, An Indoor Military Riding School With an Instructor Teaching Recruits to Trot, undated. Pen, in brown ink: on medium, smooth, beige, wove paper, mounted on very thick, smooth, cream, wove card paper.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF SIR CHARLES NAPIER

THE WAR IN EGYPT

This 1899 illustration shows : Battle of Buena Vista. On February 23, 1847, more than 15,000 Mexican troops charged General Zachary Taylor's small command of soldiers. Using heavy artillery, the general's 5,000 men turned back the Mexican army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. By nightfall, the Mexican army retreated, ending the Battle of Buena Vista that was fought near Monterrey in northern Mexico. The American war with Mexico was not for independence or for political reasons but to obtain more land. General Taylor was just the man to fight that sort of war.

The first meeting of Skrzetuski with Chmielnicki, illustration to the saying of Henryk Sienkiewicz's "Fire and Sword"; Piotrowski, Antoni (1853-1924); 1901 (1901-00-00-1901-00-00);Chmielnicki, Bohdan Zenobi (Ca 1595-1657)-iconography, Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846-1916). With Fire and Sword, Skrzetuski, Jan (lit.), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, 17th century (history), 17th century (costume.), Riders, nocturns, Poland (culture), projects illustration, wounded, wounded soldiers, Polish drawings, purchase (provenance)

Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, The Leicestershire Hunt - A Struggle for the Start, undated. Watercolor, graphite, and gouache, with pen, in brown ink, black ink, and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, beige, wove card paper.

After the victory, Prince Alexandre visiting the Serbian batteries of Slivnitsa, 1885, engraving. Serbian-Bulgarian War, Bulgaria, 19th century.

Delivery, sell traders of the chased fox; "o, W Nałierz (1849-1888); 1886 (1886-00-00-1886-00-00);Chynowski, Józef (Ca 1833-1915) - collections, Society of Zachęta Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - Collection

Hussar regiment riders having breakfast on horseback in full gallop, 1880 / Reiter des Husarenregiments frühstücken zu Pferde im vollen Galopp, 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

The Scouts by William Tylee Ranney, (1813-1857)

A reconnaissance in force with General French's cavalry near Colesberg, South Africa, during the second Boer war. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900.

The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava by Hayes, Michael Angelo (1820-1877) / Private Collection / 1854 / Great Britain / Watercolour on paper / History / 31,2x40,4

Battle of Chattanooga, was an American Civil War battle fought between Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant and the Confederate Tennessee Army under General Braxton Bragg at Chattanooga, Tennessee from 23 to 25 November 1863, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period

Skirmish on the road. Pawliszak, Wacław (1866-1905), painter

Dragons squadron charge, Illustration, October 1914, France, Europe

Prince Eugene and Crown Prince Frederick, 1734, (1936). Creator: Unknown.

Cubans conveying their wounded to the hospital at El Cuzco during the Cuban War of Independence

French Horse Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard in Combat with the Russian Cossacks by Finert (Finart), Noel Dieudonne (1797-1852) / Private Collection / c. 1830 / France / Colour lithograph / Genre,History / 6,4x8,8

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785-1851, British, The Night Riders of Nacton: Preparing to Start. Ipswich, the Watering Place behind the Barracks, undated. Watercolor and gouache on medium, moderately textured brown laid paper mounted to thick, card.

Cavalry charging. Kossak, Wojciech (1856-1942), painter

Commander; Z: "Kłosy", 1886, No. 1106, p. 168; Chełmoński, Józef (1849-1914), Kłosy (Warsaw; magazine; 1865-1890); 1886 (1886-00-00-1886-00-00);

Illustration for The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) French writer, France. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Armistice of Villafranca, July 11, 1859, meeting between Napoleon III and Francesco Giuseppe, print. Second War of Independence, Italy, 19th century.

Napoleon's Grande Armee catching sight of Moscow, 1812 (late 19th century). Artist: Unknown

"BOLIVAR Y SANTANDER ATRAVESANDO LA SABANA EN DIRECCION A BOGOTA. EL EJERCITO LIBERTADOR DESPUES DEL TRIUNFO". S. XIX. En primer término los generales Bolívar (1783-1830) y Santander (1792-1890) después de la BATALLA DE BOYACA (7 de agosto de 1819). Detalle del óleo sobre lienzo, 65,5x116 cm. de Francisco de Paula ALVAREZ. Museo Nacional. Colombia.

James Pattison Cockburn, 1778-1847, British, Calvary Resting, undated. Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper.

Delft, Molenbroek, JH, Rotterdam, Nijgh, H., Netherlands, IJzerdraat, Willem Bernardus, Fourth Lustrum of the Royal Academy of Delft - Ao. 1862 - Costumed Procession, Delft procession of 1862, fourth group, verso - stamped, Fourth group: riders on horseback, numbered 43-53. Part of the series of eight plates of the costumed procession held by the students of the Royal Academy of Delft on the fourth lustrum on 8 June 1862, plus subscription list and membership list. The procession represents the embassy of the Sultan of Aceh to Prince Maurits and the States on September 4, 1602., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 270 mm, width 670 mm, 1835-10-31 - 1907-02-17, print maker, printmaker, 1862 - 1862, paper, papier, chromolithografie, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, printer, drukker

Life on the Prairie, The Trapper's Defense, Fire Fight Fire.

US Civil War. Memorial poster, 'Grant from West Point to Appomattox', by Thure de Thulstrup, 1885. Detail of Ulysses Grant at the Battle of Shiloh (aka Battle of Pittsburg Landing) in 1862 (BSLOC_2018_10_43)

Garnet Wolseley's British troops advancing towards Abu Hamed in June 1885. Colonial wars, Sudan, 19th century.

Cowboys having a gun duel

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM Union General George McClellan defeats Lee, but is removed from command for not following up his victory sufficiently aggressively

The First Continental Rhode Island Infantry march out between 1782 and 1796. Pictured in this 1899 paintings are the commander in chief, staff officer, colonel, private, and troops. This was the time of the American revolution (1775-1783).

Josef Wladimirowitsch Gurko, 1828 to 1901, a general of the Russian army, historical wood engraving, ca. 1880, digitally restored reproduction of a 19...

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Death of Major Ferguson at King's Mountain.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. South Carolina , History , Revolution, 1775-1783 , Campaigns, Ferguson, Patrick, 1744-1780, King's Mountain, Battle of, S.C., 1780

General Robert E. Lee at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, Henry Alexander Ogden, Artist, Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1900

German officers of hussars "Umberto I " attend the exercises of our officers Cavalry School of Tor di Quinto

Guerra Franco-Prusiana (1870-1871). Yendo a la ambulancia. Grabado a partir de un original de Angel Louis Janet-Lange (1815-1872). En Campagne, por Jules Richard. Obra editada en París en 1885. Biblioteca Histórico Militar de Barcelona. Cataluña. España.

GUERRA DE AFRICA 1859-1860. REINADO DE ISABEL II. GENERALES QUE INTERVINIERON: GARCIA , LATORRE , RIOS , ROS DE OLANO ,O'DONNELL , GASET, ZABALA , ECHAGUE , PRIM.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a French military and political leader who became the emperor of France.

c.1917 Hawaiian Pa´u riders parade on horseback down the road

Cowboys robbing a building

General Garibaldi visiting the King in the gardens of the Quirinale, 1879, from Italian Illustration. Italy, 19th century.

1912. text. 1911 - 1913. General Research Division. Art , Poland

Saxony, Saxon Army, Guard Rider, Falling with Horse, Military Doctor, Hospital Attendant and Veterinarian Reaching the Square, Germany, c. 1900, Histo...

American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Colonists drive a cart with powder for the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775. Engraving by Howard Pyle in Harper's Magazine, 1886.

Garibaldi in Dijon, 1871, by Sebastiano de Albertis (1828-1897), 1877, oil on canvas. Franco-Prussian War, Italy, 19th century.

Sebastiano De Albertis (1828-1897), Cavalleggeri (light cavalry), 1890, oil on wood, 15x27 cm.

A patrol of French dragoons attacking the German dragoons, August 1914, by Georges Bund, watercolour. World War I, France, 20th century.

Pursuit of the flying rebels from Yorktown Sunday morning. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Cavalry, 1860-1870, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Troop movements, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Yorktown

Lost horsemen. In search of a road, 1862 ca. November, drawing on brown paper pencil and Chinese white, 10.2 x 9.3 cm. (sheet), 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Battle of Chattanooga / Thulstrup ; Fac-simile print by L. Prang & Co.. Military personnel, Union, Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1860-1870, Campaigns & battles, Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1860-1870, Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn, 1863, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

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Custer's Last Stand, General George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876, lithograph published 1899

Confederate uniforms during the American Civil War 1861 to 1865. Artist Davis

The Hold Up. After a work by American artist Charles Marion Russell, 1864-1926. A US Mail coach is held up by outlaws.

Olivier Pichat (1825-1912). "Henry Houssaye (1848-1911), historian and criticism, in uniform of mobile officer", 1871. Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 33374-2 On horseback, critic, writer, war of 1870-1871, French historian, military, uniform mobile officer, oil on canvas

This images the flight of Charles the Bold after the Battle of Morat by E Burnand. TheBattle of Morat(orBattle of Murten) was a battle in theBurgundian Wars(1474-77) that was fought on 22 June 1476 betweenCharles the Bold, theDuke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army atMorat/Murten, about 18 miles fromBern. The result was a crushing defeat for the Burgundians at the hands of the Swiss. EugèneBurnand(30 August 1850 - 4 February 1921) was a prolific Swiss painter and illustrator from Moudon, Switzerland. Born of prosperous parents who taught him to appreciate art and the countrys

Anglo-Zulu War. Fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Engraving by Marguerite. La Ilustracion Iberica, 1898. Colored.

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Conflict between Ottoman Empire and Eastern Orthodox Coalition. Matchin. Russian troops. Engraving, The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877.

Custer receiving the flag of truce--Appomatox sic--1865. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876, Military service, Sims, R. M, Military service, Appomattox Campaign, 1865, Cavalry, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Surrenders, Confederate, United States, Virginia, Appomattox

This illustration from World War I shows the Russian cavalry retreating after defeat by Germans.

Hussars in battle Ivanec ', Ivan (1893 1946)

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). A General of the Russian division met an official of one of their regiments, accompanied by a few soldiers due to the casualties on the battle of Shaho river. Engraving in "La Ilustracion Artistica". Colored.

Italy, Minor States, 1796-1798. 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Italy

'Lipan-Warrior', c1857. Creator: Sarony & Co.

The fight on the Praterstern on October , Unknown

The disaster in St, Petersburg, Colonel Dvorketsky leads the wounded tsar after the assassination attempt to the winter palace, Rewrping of the wounded Tsar Alexander II after the assassination attempt from over country and sea, Allgemeine illustrated newspaper, Unknown

Union soldiers, after storming Confederate defences, find dummy defenders and wooden cannon.

'Lepers begging on the road to Morocco holding out bowls so coins could be dropped in and the donor not contaminated. They were banned from the city and confined to a village outside the walls. Engraving, 1887.'

France, Colonies, 1896 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Portrait of Rough Riders 1898. A portrait of US Rough Riders in action in Cuba. Rough Riders was the name given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish-American War. Unknown

Winter promenade of North American artillery horses, historical woodcut, circa 1870

1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren-Regiment König Albert Nr. 18, Hussars of Germany, Military uniforms of Germany, Military use of horses, Paintings in Saxony, 1907, Landkreis Meißen, Großenhain, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Husaren, Regiment König Albert Nr. 18

France, 1812 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Cavalrymen Passing Through a Stream, Being Mustered by a Trumpeter, John Augustus Atkinson, 1775-1831, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (22.5 x 36.2 cm), cart, genre subject, horses (animals), river, soldiers, stream, trumpeter, uniforms

Artwork: "Air Force C-54 at Quito Mission, Ecuador - 1956" Artist: H. Recksiegel. Country: Unknown

PLANNING A RAID, 1907, photograph by Edward Curtis. The photo depicts ten Native Americans, wearing feather headdresses on horseback on a hill (BSLOC_2019_9_21)

Vilhelm Rosenstand (1838-1915), from outposts, 1864, 1896

Cowboys riding horses on prairie

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