Historical Military Figures

Historic photographs of prominent Civil War officers in uniform, representing their roles and contributions to military history from the 19th century.

Gen'l. Burnside / E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 501 Broadway, N.Y. | Library of Congress

Portrait of a (presumably) Dutch soldier, standing in riding pants and boots, Pieter Voet, c. 1860 - c. 1890 Photograph. visit card Part of album with cartes-de-visiting and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform. Haarlem cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print warfare; military affairs. division of armed forces. (military) uniforms. studio requisites ~ photographer. boots Haarlem

Paul Odelin, lieutenant de Mobiles, photograph, foto, foto's, height mm, width mm, photographer, 1865 - 1875, third quarter 19th century, albumen print, albumendruk

Gen. Julius H. Stahel 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Strange, Major, circa 1860, maker unknown.

Gen. Charles D. Jameson 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Général de Lamoricière. Richard, photographer (French, active Nantes, France 1860s) about 1865 Portrait of Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general. He has a long mustache and short-clipped beard. His arms are crossed over his chest. He is wearing a military jacket with epaulettes, multiple medals, and a sash. (Recto, mount) lower left, black letterpress: "RICHARD PHOT."; lower right, black letterpress: "NANTES"; (Verso, mount) center, black ink: "No 1104"; center, black maker's imprint: "Richard/PEINTRE-PHOTOGRAPHE/HAUT-GRADE'RUE/8 Rue Beau-Soleil, 1/NANTES"; lower center, black ink: "Gral de Lamoricière"; (Recto, album page) lower center, below image, black ink on white paper label: "E/43 space Général de Lamoricière.";

Emperor of Germany 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Lieut. Hidden , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

William Joseph Hardee () , Military officers, Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873, Carte de Visite Collection

Unidentified Union soldier, standing. Charles DeForest Fredricks (American, 1823 - 1894)

Lieut. Hidden , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

T. G. Stevenson/Colonel , Military officers, Stevenson, Thomas Greely, 1836-1864, Carte de Visite Collection

Lieut. William B. Cushing, Navy 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Man in military dress , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Assistant Surgeon Grove S. Beardsley of U.S. Navy in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Beardsley, Grove S, 1838-1906, United States, Navy, People, 1860-1870, Sailors, Union, 1860-1870, Physicians, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Com. Hollins , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform / Hugo Bartels' Photograph Gallery, No. 262 Penna. Ave. bet. 12th & 13th Sts., Washington, D.C.. Title devised by Library staff. United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Man in military dress, sitting with hat on head , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Major Frank Rolfe , Military officers, Carte de Visite Collection

Military Man. Unknown, photographer 1840s-early 1850s Portrait of a man with a beard wearing a military uniform. He is seated, with his legs crossed, and holding a sword in one hand. (Recto, mount) upper right, in pencil: "55";

General Abner Doubleday , Military officers, Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893, Carte de Visite Collection

Portrait of a standing man with mustache in uniform, dupont (photo studio), 1876 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Brussels photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms. moustache

Unknown superior conductor.

Admiral David D. Porter 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Maj. G. W. Ford 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Lt. Colonel Vico. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

Brigadier General Martindale / From photographic negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery.. Title from item. Martindale, J. H, (John Henry), 1815-1881, Military officers, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Boylston Adams , Military officers, Adams, Zabdiel B. Zabdiel Boylston, Carte de Visite Collection

Portret van Ignace Hoff, anonymous, 1872 photograph This photo is part of an album. France paper officer. historical persons France

Gen. Samuel L. Zulick 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Untitled (Portrait of man in uniform) postcards

... Stringham, New York / E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 501 Broadway, New York. Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct, Title from item, Printed on verso: from photographic negative from Brady's National Portrait Gallery, In album: Cartes de visite portraits of U.S. Army officers, children, and others, p. 28, front. Stringham, Silas, 1797-1876, Military service, Military uniforms, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel.

Col. Clarke B. Lagon 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Portrait of Adam Krasiński (1870-1909) in the uniform of his great-grandfather, Wincenty Krasiński, colonel of the 1st Polish Light Cavalry Regiment of the Imperial Guard. Golcz, Jadwiga (1866-1936), photographer

Viennese types, No, Security guard, Adolf F, Czihak , publishing house, Otto Schmidt -, photographer

Gen. David A. Russell 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Brigadier-General Roger W. Hanson of 2nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment in uniform / Bendann Brothers' Galleries of Photography, 205 Balto. St. | Library of Congress

Portrait of a man with mustache in uniform, Raimond Josz, 1871 - 1877 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Bergen (Belgium) photographic support. cardboard. celluloid (cellulosic) albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms. beard

Gen. C. Carroll Tevis 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Gen. Abner Doubleday 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Unidentified soldier in Union sergeant's uniform. Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Lieutenant Rodney Riddle, 70th Regiment, circa 1900, by William Francis Gordon.

H.B. Hidden. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Unidentified soldier of the 43rd Illinois Infantry Regiment in uniform with sword. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Army, Illinois Infantry Regiment, 43rd (1861-1865), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, Daggers & swords, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Howard, Navy 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Portrait of a man in uniform, J.W. Wentzel, 1890 - 1898 photograph. cabinet photograph This photo is part of an album. Amersfoort cardboard. photographic support historical persons. (military) uniforms

Major William Lanius Porter of Co. B, 20th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Co. B, 24th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Co. D, 56th Ohio Infantry Regiment and U.S. Volunteers Adjutant General Department in uniform. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Porter, William Lanius, 1842-1868, United States, Army, Ohio Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865), People, United States, Army, Ohio Infantry Regiment, 24th (1861-1865), People, United States, Army, Ohio Infantry Regiment, 56th (1861-1866), People, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Portrait of young man wearing Civil War Uniform

Maj. Gen. Samuel A. Curtis 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Capt. Robert J. Cowdin , Military officers. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Captain John Randolph Tucker of the Confederate States Navy and Confederate States Prov Navy in uniform / Quinby & Co., photographic artists, Charleston, S.C. | Library of Congress

Portrait young man in uniform. .

Portrait of a man in uniform, Eugène Maurice, 1887 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard. celluloid (cellulosic) albumen print historical persons. adult man. (military) uniforms

A Peeler or Police Officer circa 1845. The Police Act 1829 of Parliament introduced by Sir Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police of London; replacing the system of watchmen. The police were called peelers

Studio Portrait of Zill al-Sultan, One of 274 Vintage Photographs Studio Portrait of Zill al-Sultan, One of 274 Vintage Photographs, late 19th-early 20th century. Albumen silver photograph, 9 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (24.8 x 15.9 cm). The gentleman photographed here is Zill al-Sultan (1850-1919), the governor of Isfahan and the brother of Muzaffar al-Din Shah. Sevruguins portraits often show the subjects posed as for a painting, dressed in characteristic attire. Attributes such as the elaborate, feathered helmet, hilted sword, and uniform studded with medals and the Imperial Order of the Lion and Sun underline the sitters military identity and high status. The photographers signature can be found to the right of the photograph in Cyrillic script. Arts of the Islamic World late 19th-early 20th century

Daniel Stanniford , Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

General von Gondrecourt, Franck , photo studio

Unidentified officer in Confederate uniform / Chs. R. Rees & Co., photographic artists, Richmond, Va. | Library of Congress

Civil War soldier standing, holding a cap; Charles DeForest Fredricks (American, 1823 - 1894); 1862; Albumen silver print

Portrait of General Artr Grgei Le G, print maker: Alexandre Collette, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Krauser, (mentioned on object), printer: François Louis Cattier, (mentioned on object), printer: Paris, publisher: Paris, publisher: London, c. 1849, paper, h 540 mm - w 379 mm

Dr. Jas. P. Prince , Physicians, Military personnel, Carte de Visite Collection

Portrait of Albrecht of Austria -Teschen in Uniform, Anonymous, 1860 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. cardboard. photographic support albumen print historical persons. aristocracy; 'Aristocratia' (Ripa). (military) uniforms

Walker, Dr. S., N.Z.C., circa 1860, maker unknown.

Portrait of an unknown military, Antoon Bauduin (Possibly), 1862 - 1866 photograph Japan paper albumen print historical persons not known by name Japan

Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform | Library of Congress

Portrait of a man with mustache in uniform, Auguste Despret, 1870 - 1880 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. Nivelles photographic support. cardboard albumen print historical persons. (military) uniforms. moustache

The general chased

Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 - February 20, 1893) was an American military officer who was the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Schenkenberg, Otto of.

Lieutenant Gayner i.e., Gaynor, 47th Regiment, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

General Hiram L. Brown 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Albion M. Dudley , Military officers, Dudley, Albion M. Albion Manley, 1845-1899, Carte de Visite Collection

Major T.J. Edwards, late 14th Reg., circa 1860, maker unknown.

Portrait of two (presumably) Turkish soldiers, standing at a table with fez. Part of album with cartes-de-visite and cabinet photos of soldiers in uniform.

Unidentified soldier in Union uniform / Churchill & Denison, no. 522 Broadway, Albany, N.Y. | Library of Congress

Portrait of a man. George Kendall Warren, photographer (American, 1834 - 1884) 1868 Portrait of a man dressed in a cadet uniform. He faces the left area of the image.

Colonel Montfort Sydney Stokes of 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment in uniform with sword. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Stokes, Montfort Sydney, 1810-1862, Confederate States of America, Army, North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Confederate, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Confederate, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Confederate.

African American soldier in Civil War Union Zouave uniform, during the US Civil War, c. 1863-65 (BSLOC_2018_6_196)

Franz Graf Gyulai, from Maros-Nemeth and Nádaska, Field tool master, owner of the k, Lines Infantry Regiments No , Vinzenz Katzler -, lithographic, after, Josef Kriehuber -, Artist, Joseph Stoufs, Printer

Pauline Cushman in military-style costume. Ambrotype/Tintype photograph filing series , Was AP 896. Cushman, Pauline, 1833-1893, Performances, Actresses, 1880-1890, Spies, 1880-1890.

Lieut. Cyrus S. Roberts 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

2nd Lieutenant Valentine Koehler, Union officer in the 32nd Indiana Regiment, full-length portrait, standing, facing front / T.M. Schleier's Cartes de Visite Photograph Gallery, Nashville, Tenn.. Title devised by Library staff, In: Adolph Metzner photograph album ., no. 51, Color laser copy reference surrogate, showing front and back of photo, filed with finding aids for LOT 8751 in P&P Reading Room. Koehler, Valentine, Military service, United States, Army, Indiana Infantry Regiment, 32nd (1861-1865), People, UnifForms, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military officers, Union.

Captain of the Artillery Karpov II, 1863, 1884, S.-Peterburg, Publisher, Fototipiia V. Shteina i S. Lapteva, Pervyi kadetskii korpus (Russia), History Questionable

Portrait of a man in the uniform of the fire brigade, c. 1875 - c. 1910 photograph Part of leporelloalbum with 28 photos of Amsterdam and the surrounding area. paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print (military) uniforms. firemen. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe. helmet

Great Britain, colonies (3) 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, Great Britain

Participant in the Makart Festival , group metal industry, Josef Löwy -, photographer, publisher

Lord Kitchener als junger Offizier der Royal Engineers. Feldmarschall Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1. Earl Kitchener, 1850 bis 1916. Britischer Feldmarschall. Aus Feldmarschall Lord Kitchener, sein Leben und Werk für das Empire, erschienen 1916., digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Vorlage coloriert aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

British General Sir James Simpson, Three-Quarter Length Portrait, Leaning against Wall, Crimean War, Crimea, Ukraine, by Roger Fenton, 1855

Gen. Lewis Cass Hunt 19th Century Mathew Brady, Quartermaster, and Other Civil War Photographs

Meade, George Gordon .

Unidentified Civil War officer. Unknown maker, American

Engraving of Captain Sir John Franklin in his Royal Navy uniform, pictured shortly before departing on his 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, commanded by Sir John Franklin, disappeared from view late in 1845 and none of the men were ever seen again. In fact the ships made it to the King William Island regi

Captain John Taylor Marshall, Second Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays), 1847-1873, maker unknown. Gift of Mrs A.G. Marshall, 1938.

Portrait of a man in British military uniform; about 1865; Albumen silver print

EL JEFE CARLISTA GENERAL GOMEZ - GRABADO S XIX. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-GRABADOS. MADRID. SPAIN. GOMEZ DAMAS MIGUEL.

Lieutenant General Sir William J. Codrington K.C.B., Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Lt. General Sir Richard England, K.C.B.. Roger Fenton (English, 1819 - 1869)

A young emperor in the uniform of the First Regiment of Foot Guards.

Unidentified Civil War veteran in Grand Army of the Republic uniform with medals / A.W. Cook, 729 Broad St., E. Weymouth.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljvet. Grand Army of the Republic, People, 1900-1910, United States, Army, People, 1880-1910, Veterans, Union, 1880-1910, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Veterans, Union.

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