Historical Military Battles

Depictions of notable historical battles from various periods, featuring soldiers, weaponry, and military formations in black and white style.

First Battle of Bull Run - July 21, 1861 Artist Unknown

1860s JULY 1863 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Balaclava, The Thin Red Line, 1881, (1888). Artist: Unknown

Crimean War 1855, the Russian army attacks a French battery, woodcut, England

Attack and capture of the island of Lobau, vintage engraving. Attack and capture of the island of Lobau, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656439

THE END OF THE SEASON, 1846, OFF TO PARIS: LANDING AT BOULOGNE

End of the American Civil War; The Last Days Of The Confederate Government, Mr. Jefferson Davis Signing Acts Of Government By The Roadside, 22 July, 1865

First Battle of Bull Run - July 21, 1861 Artist Unknown

Illustration depicting a steam ploughing demonstration at Uppingham. Dated 19th Century

Schleswig-Holstein War - Danish Artillery and Infantry, 1850. Danish soldiers on the battlefield during the First Schleswig War. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Firing the Tower Guns for the Great Victory in the Crimea, 1854. Cannons are fired in the Tower of London to celebrate the Russian defeat in the Crimean War. '"The Tower Guns" were fired from the new Saluting Battery, between the Chapel and the Waterloo Barracks...At six o'clock on Monday morning the inhabitants of London were aroused from their slumbers to find that the happy news of victory was not all a dream. From the Tower at the east end, and from St. James's-park at the west, the cannons' roar announced the joyful fact that success had attended our arms...At the corner of ever

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

The Windsor Steeplechase, 1869. 'The Windsor Grand Military and Open Steeplechase meetings were held on Monday and Tuesday week; but the miserable weather on the first of these two days caused a very small attendance. The Military Sweepstakes was won by Captain Harford, riding his own bay mare, Protectress; and he also rode the winner of the Guards' Cup, this horse being Tinderbox, belonging to Captain the Hon. C. White. Pleasant weather on the Tuesday compensated the visitors to Windsor for the misery they had been forced to endure on the opening day of the meeting. The match between Balder a

SURVEYING PARTY FROM H.M.S. NASSAU ATTACKED BY NATIVES OF TERRA DEL FUEGO, 1867

The Battle of Antietam - The burning of Mr. Mumma's House and Barns - USA Civil War

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Shelling of a Confederate Camp on the Potomac by Lieutenant Tompkins of the First Rhode Island battery. USA Civil War

Her Majesty laying the Foundation-Stone of the New Military Hospital at Hamble, near Southampton, 1856. Ceremony at the Royal Victoria Hospital: '...the commanding Engineer presented to her Majesty Queen Victoria the plans of the building. Her Majesty having signified her approval of them, they were placed in the copper box prepared for the purpose, together with the coins, medals, and cross, and the vellum document recording the event. The Queen tried the stone with the plummet and level, and tapped it in the usual form, taking counsel with Lord Panmure as to the correct and truly masonic m

The British headquarters, with British officers and native soldiers, at the Battle of Amoaful. 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

SEPTEMBER 1814 BRIGADIER GENERAL ALEX MACOMB WITH HIS AMERICAN TROOP DURING BATTLE OF PLATTSBURG NY LAKE CHAMPLAIN WAR OF 1812

Glanmire Diggings, the scene of the recent rush.Cabb & Co followed the gold rushes. January 22, 1934.

The Revolution in Sicily - Sicilian skirmishers attacking the advanced posts of the Neapolitans on the left flank at Melazzo - from a sketch by our special artist, 1860. 'The road, which at first sight seemed to be the most difficult point, proved easier than the rest, for there, at any rate, one could see the adversary and his movements. The only tactics possible under these circumstances were to push on the road...and, on the other hand, to make a bold push through the cover, unmindful of losses, to gain the rear of the enemy's position on the road. The heavy losses which such an unequal fig

festivity Fishermen Joust on the river Weisse Elster near Leipzig Germany wood engraving 1860,

War of Roussillon, also called War of the Pyrenees or War of the Convention, (1793-1795). Conflict between the Spain of Charles IV and the First French Republic. Feat of captain Manuel Jose Pineda (January 1795). After the reorganisation of the Spanish troops by General Urrutia, Captain Pineda was ordered to surprise a reserve artillery park of the French army, in the Pla del Coto, located between Bellegarde and Figueras, with a contingent of Catalan volunteers and 200 somatenes, he reached the rear of the French army, attacking it with bayonets. Captain Pineda died in the battle. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolucion de Espana by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

1800S 1860S Illustration Fall In For Soup Line Of Unions Soldiers Waiting To Fill Soup Cups Wagons Tents Encampment On Surrounding Hillsides

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A pen and ink line drawing of balloon reconnaissance at the Royal review at Aldershot, this was the first balloon flight there.

"A Village Wedding-train", by Nicholas Swertchkof, in the International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting. 'Everything bearing the name of characterised as Russian should at the present time be of interest, not only as belonging to our late and not unworthy enemies, though now, and we hope long to remain, our fast friends, but as relating to a people among whom one of the most remarkable revolutions recorded in history is taking place - a revolution which, though hitherto comparatively silent, threatens imminently, according to the best informed, to burst in to the most terri

The Civil War in America: a portion of the abandoned Confederate works and camp at Centreville - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. 'A toIerably good notion of the strength of the Confederate works at Centreville may be obtained from our Engraving...It shows two of the redoubts, with the connecting links of rifle-pits and covered ways which extend along the crests of hills for an immense distance, making the position seemingly impregnable with good troops to hold it. The fortifications at Manassas are nothing in comparison with these. Centreville heights is the place which has held the

Engraving showing the trial of a fire extinguisher designed for boats, called a 'Pyroleter', on board a barge in the River Thames at Greenhithe, 1875. Date: 12 June 1875

Illustration depicting navvies working on the Liverpool-Manchester Railway across Chat Moss Bog. Dated 19th century

The Rebels exchanging their rags for US Army overcoats at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1862 during the American Civil War

Kansas : a skirmish between government and pro-slavery activists - engaging the settlers. Date: 13-14 September 1856

1800S 1860S July 1 1862 Battle Malvern Hill Last Of The Seven Days Battles Of The Peninsular Cmapaign Robert E Lee Commanded Confederates Mcclellan Union

The Bristol Reform Riots 30th October 1831. Scene in Queen's Square. The 1831 reform riots took place after the Second Reform Bill was defeated in Parliament in October 1831. Civil disturbances occurred in a number of English towns and cities. In Bristol there were three days of rioting and a significant portion of the city centre was burnt. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

During the American Revolution (1775-1783), the Battle (pictured here) of Princeton, New Jersey, was fought on January 3, 1777.

'The siege of Wola', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".

French Revolutionary Wars. French offensive on the Rhine, 1796. The main body of the French army of General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) crossed the Rhine on 10 June at Neuwied to join the army of General Kléber (1753-1800). Crossing the Rhine at Neuwied. Engraving by Quesnel. History. Author: Désiré Mathieu Quesnel (1843-1915). French engraver.

The Volunteer Review: the first halt, at Sutton, Friday morning, 1871. British Army military manoeuvres. 'On Good Friday morning, the 1st Middlesex Artillery Volunteers started from Wellington Barracks, horsing two batteries, one of six-pounder smooth bores, commanded by Captain G. Hunt, the other of twelve-pounder howitzers, commanded by Captain Barnett, both under the orders of Colonel Shakespear, their newly-appointed chief. The appearance of this crack corps was very satisfactory, the men looking smart and soldier-like as they sat their saddles and limber-boxes. They marched across Clapham

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO FRANCE, THE FRENCH GUIDES

The Jorullo volcano, El Jorullo, in Mexico in 1870 / Der Vulkan Jorullo, El Jorullo, in Mexiko im Jahre 1870, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Battle of Cortez with the Mexicans, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

Men from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, Kent, compete in a running race which takes them over obstacles such as this pool into which some are diving. Date: 1867

THE WAR IN THE EAST, LANDING TURKISH TROOPS FROM ALEPPO AT TREBIZONDE

'British Soldiers Cutting a Dam Constructed by Arabi at Mahuta', c1882. Artist: Unknown.

Landing of troops on Roanoke Island North Carolina 1862. Artist William Momberger

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.

The doctor Gustav Hermann observed the dead in the battlefield, Chad. Central Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey from Borno to Baguirmi 1872 by Dr. Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834 - 1885) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Scenes of Army Life during the American Civil War - Dealing out liquor to the soldiers in the trenches - 1864

War in the Vendee, 1793-1796. Uprising in the Vendee region of France during the French Revolution. Engraving. Insurgent peasants.

Montigny mitrailleuse, rapid fire gun, 1870. Artist: Joseph Montigny

Illustrations of the War in Denmark: fight between the Danes and the Austrians at Veile on the 8th of March, 1864. '...the Austrian infantry regiment of Hesse was sent...across the frozen swamp above the town, to gain the bridge over a little river called the Veile Aa...The Danes fell back, leaving the town, and then took their stand on the steep wooded heights where their artillery was posted, on the north side of Veile. There are a few poor houses at the end of the town, close under the hill, which is the place shown in our Artist's sketch. Along the top of this hill, where the smoke of musk

In 1609, Henry Hudson offers liquor to the Indians on the North River, now known as the Hudson River. From a 19th century illustration.

archaeologists at a camp near Sizopoli, (Sozopoli) in Halkidiki in Greece 1860

The retreat of the Duke of Belle-Isle. leader of the French during the Siege of Prague in 1742. a prolonged blockade of the Bohemian capital during the War of the Austrian Succession. digital reproduction of a historical original

"The forlorn hope" - volunteer storming party, consisting of portions of the 7th Michigan and 19th Massachusetts, crossing the Rappahannock in advance of the Grand Army, to drive off the Rebel riflemen, who were firing upon the Union pontoniers, Wednesday, December 10 / from a sketch by our special artist, Henri Lovie.. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 Dec. 27, pp. 216-217. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Troop movements, Union, Virginia, Rappahannock River, 1860-1870.

Chancellorsville. Illus. in: Robert E. Lee / by John Esten Cooke. New York : G.W. Dillingham Co, p. 244. Lee, Robert E, (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, Military service, Chancellorsville Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va, 1863, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles.

The Siege of Petersburg - Battle of Ream's Station - The attempt of the enemy to regain the Weldon Railroad on the evening of August 25, 1864. USA Civil War

The War in Virginia--officers and men of Meade's army discovering unburied Union dead on the battlefield of Bull Run / from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes.. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 Nov. 14, p. 120. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Union, Battlefields, Virginia, 1860-1870.

A wagon train crosssing to the western United States camped at night. After a 19th century illustration by Albert Bobbett.

Gunfight between Fenian 'moonlighters' and the police, at Mill, near Cork Date: 1881

Artellerie Schießplatz, Übungsplatz, Manövergelände in Tegel, Berlin, um 1870, Deutschland, Illustration, Historisch, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt 1f-4999900

África. Tropas francesas desembarcan en Argelia en 1830.

Guard swimming exercises, cavalry in a river crossing near Potsdam, 1891, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of depiction unknown, historical, soldiers in a boat with horses swimming in a river in a lively scene

Freiston Shore Races, 1844. Horse racing on the sandy beach of Freiston in Lincolnshire. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.

Battle of Talavera, Spain, 27-28 July 1809 (c1857).Artist: DJ Pound

1800s OPENING OF THE ERIE CANAL 1825 NEW YORK

Colonel Burnsides brigade at Bull Run, First and Second Rhode Island, and Seventy-First New York Regiments, with their Artillery, Attacking the Rebel Batteries at Bull Run. Sketched on the spot by A. Waud, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Rebel prisoners and battle flags captured at Chancellorsville, being taken to the rear by cavalry and infantry guards / E. Forbes.. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va, 1863, Prisoners of war, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners, United States, Virginia, Chancellorsville

Strasbourg fire during the bombardment on the night of 25 August, France, Franco-German campaign 1870, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date unknown, Europe

THE ASHANTEE WAR

The capture of Kujashevaz by the Turks on 5 August 1876, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Soldiers in the Golden Bremm, is an area designation in the Franco-German border area near Saarbruecken on 7 August, German-French War 1870/71, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Illustration of looting of a food train during the February 1917 Russian Revolution.

Brazza, Pierre-Paul Savorgnan de (1852-1905). French explorer and navigator of Italian origin. Brazza delivering to King Makoko the protectorate treaty ratified by the French Government. The nineteenth century engraving.

ENTIERRO AJUSTICIADOS.1809. PADRE GALLIFA. B.U.B.

The North Atlantic Telegraph - The Telegraph Expedition Company camping in Labrador, Canada 1860. 'The projected telegraph is to be laid into Hamilton's Inlet, latitude 54 deg. 30 min. N. The inlet is about 30 miles wide, and extends westward 140 miles. When Colonel Shaffner was examining the fitness of this place for the submerging of the telegraph, he anchored his ship at Brig Harbour, situated on the northern side, where there were a number of vessels, and some two hundred people engaged in fishing. From this place he went from time to time to examine the many islands and arms of the sea.

Siege of Atlanta / Thulstrup ; fac-simile print by L. Prang & Co.. Copyright by L. Prang & Co, Boston. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Military personnel, Georgia, Atlanta, 1860-1870, Atlanta Campaign, 1864.

Expedition to Port Royal - Government buildings erected on Hilton Head, SC by the Federal forces under General Sherman 1861-1862 Commisary Quarters, Camps of the Eighth Maine, Third New Hampshire, Forty-Seventh and Forty-Eighth New York Regiments, etc. USA Civil War

Battle of Bull Run

Boat Attack at the Sulineh Mouth of the Danube, 1854. Crimean War: the Royal Navy destroys a Romanian town under Russian control. 'The Russian batteries at the entrance of the Sulineh river had already been destroyed, under the skilful directions of Captain Parker, and thus this chief opposition to the navigation of the river was removed...Captain Parker then turned the boat round, and, as she retreated, fired his rifle with the greatest coolness at the enemy, who were now pouring in a galling and heavy fire on all our boats...He leaped from his galley, crying, "We must storm; follow me

Army of the Potomac - Burning of the Weldon Railroad Bridge, over the River Nottaway, December 8, 1864

A BUCK-HUNTING EXCURSION IN SOUTH AFRICA: A GROUP OF BEATERS

Collecting the remains of Union soldiers for reinterment in national cemeteries / photographed by A. Gardner, Washington, D.C. ; S. Fox. | Library of Congress

PASO DEL BRUCH PARA TOMAR MONTSERRAT EN EL AÑO 1808 - GUERRA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

7th New York Heavy Arty. in Barlows charge nr. Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd 1864. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Barlow, Francis C, (Francis Channing), 1834-1896, Military service, United States, Army, New York Heavy Artillery Regiment, 7th (1862-1865) , Cold Harbor, Battle of, Va, 1864, Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Military standards, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, United States, Virginia, Cold Harbor

Stay of the courtly society in the summer of 1869 in Fontainebleau, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown, Europe

The Macedonians of Alexander the Great crossing the Jaxartes or Syr Darya river, at The Battle of Jaxartes, 329 BC. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Scene at the late reconnaisance at Morton Ford -(night). Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Warren, G. K, (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882, Military service, Humphreys, A. A, (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883, Military service, Morton's Ford, Battle of, Va, 1864, Dwellings, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, Military reconnaissance, Union, 1860-1870, Night, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military tactics, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Morton's Ford

Engraving showing some of the crew of the yacht 'Fox' opening the cairn of Point Victory, 1859. This cairn contained records left by Captains Crozier and Fitzjames. The 'Fox', commanded by Captain F.L. McClintock, went to the Arctic region in search of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition,

On the glacis of Toul after the surrender, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign

Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648, Swedish Intervention 1630 - 1635, the Swedish Army crossing the Rhine river near Oppenheim, 21.12.1631, horse-drawn Swedish artillery, military, gun, cannon, fieldpiece, soldiers, Erdfelden, Palatinate, Germany, 19th century, historic, historical, people.

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION MEETING ON WIMBLEDON COMMON, SHOOTING FOR THE QUEEN'S PRIZE ON WEDNESDAY WEEK, JULY 20, 1861

An interesting encounter with a local resident... Date: 1857

SHIPPING ARTILLERY HORSES, AT CALAIS, FOR THE FRENCH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO THE BALTIC, 1854

Frauen bei der Ernte von Hopfen, um 1840, Elsaß, Frankreich, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Robbery of a postal wagen by the French, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

The Volunteer Review at Portsmouth: the sortie from Hilsea Lines, 1868. Illustration of '...the mimic battle, which was one of the most interesting affairs of its kind...From each division, as it advanced to form a junction, strong pickets were thrown out, advancing and feeling their way until they occupied the line of the railway - those from the first division in advance of Wymering and Paulsgrove, and those from the second division passing through Cosham. Before the pickets had taken up their allotted positions, the junction between the two advancing divisions of the enemy was effected, and

THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN

Butchering and dressing cattle for distribution to the Federal Army during the USA Civil War

Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Shaler, Alexander, 1827-1911, Military service, United States, Army, Pennsylvania Light Artillery Regiment, 1st, Mine Run Campaign, Va, 1863, Troop movements, Union, 1860-1870, Dwellings, 1860-1870, Bridges, 1860-1870, Military camps, Union, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, United States, Virginia, Germanna Ford , VI Corps.

1800S 1860S November 1863 Battle Of Lookout Mountain Part Of Chattanooga Campaign A Union Victory

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