military camps

Encampments: A military encampment with a tent flying a flag.

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Prospect of Saratogha [i.e. Saratoga], 1757, taken from the saw mill 1...

Transfer; Map Division.

A plan of the encampment of the detachment from the little Meadows

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A map of the country between Will's Creek & Monongahela River shewing ...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

A map of the country on the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers : shewing the si...

Survey of that part of the Indian country through which Colonel Bouquet marched in 1764 Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The encampment in Hyde Park MDCCLXXX / P. Sandby fecit.

Print shows tents beneath large trees on the right and in the background, with soldiers and citizens clustered in small groups; at the far right is a drinking establishment with a sign that states "Pooles Inti... More

The encampment on the Black-Heath MDCCLXXX / P. Sandby fecit.

Print showing camp followers resting near windmill, with tents of a military encampment on the plains, with fields and trees in the background.

View of Gibraltar, showing the positions of the Spanish fleet and the ...

Information from book record: Fore-edge painting of a view of Gibraltar, showing the positions of the Spanish fleet and the relief of the garrison by the English fleet on 12 April, 1781. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The encampment in St. James's Park MDCCLXXX

Print shows soldiers relaxing in tents and talking on horseback, with women and children and dogs in the foreground, and a view of Westminster Abbey in the background.

The encampment in the museum garden MDCCLXXX / N' P. Sandby f.

Print showing men, women, and children on the lawn in the museum garden, building on the left, and the tents of a military encampment, on the right.

Encampment at West Point - Public domain scan / drawing

Drawing shows tents pitched on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York. Initialed in pencil. Philadelphia Print Shop Inventory, no. 590 (DLC/PP-1995:141.590). Forms part of: John Rubens ... More

Luigi Mayer - Mount Tabor, Israel

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Camp Wayne. Pennsylvania volunteer encampment on the Paoli battle grou...

Print shows soldiers marching in formation during a military review and training at Camp Wayne on the Battle of Paoli battlefield in Chester County, Pennsylvania; also shows the 1817 monument commemorating the ... More

The encampment at Dadur with the entrance to the Bolan Pass

Illustration shows Indian civilians and their animals, who traveled with the Army of the Indus en route to Afghanistan, at the army encampment near the entrance to the Bolān Pass, Pakistan. Lithograph by Louis ... More

The town of Roree and the fortress of Bukker, on the Indus

Illustration shows Indian civilians and their animals, who traveled with the Army of the Indus en route to Afghanistan, on the banks of the Indus River at the army encampment near Bukkur Fort and the town of Ro... More

Bala Hissar and city of Kabul, with the British cantonments from the "...

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The "Bullock's Hump" and military cantonments, Kandahar

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Panorama of cadets encampment, West Point, N. Y.

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The camp of the 1st Division, looking north towards the camp of the 2n...

Print shows a distant view of bell tents at British military camps, as well as hospital tents, soldiers and a wagon hauling supplies toward the camps, the skeletal remains of an animal on the roadside, and men ... More

Looking towards Mackenzie's Heights, tents of the 33rd Regiment in the...

Photograph showing vast plain with encampments of tents, wagons, equipment, and military personnel, some on horseback. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s... More

Camp of the naval brigade, before Sebastopol / W. Simpson del. ; E. Wa...

Print shows bell tents at a British military camp and "Mr. Maxse, Naval Aide-de-Camp," on horseback with Captn. Burnet, Captn. Peel, Captn. Lushington, and Captn. Moorsom and other men from the naval brigade in... More

Cavalry camp, looking towards Kadikoi - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Pho...

View of encampment showing bell tents, huts, soldiers, and horses. Title transcribed from item. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Roger Fenton, ph... More

French left attack, Kamiesch in the distance - tents of Sir John Campb...

Plains before Sevastopolʹ, with Sir John Campbell's marquis tent in the foreground. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944... More

Looking towards St. George's Monastery, tents of the 4th Division in t...

Military encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Cri... More

Major Burton & officers of the 5th Dragoon Guards - Roger Fenton's Cri...

Adolphus Burton and twelve officers at camp; the men are wearing several uniform styles. "Major Burton, Dr. Cattell, Llieutenant Montgomery, Lieutenant Hampton, Lieutenant Ferguson, Major Inglis, Captain Godman... More

Camp of the 5th Dragoons Guards

View of camp with tents, huts, and horses, looking toward the village of Kadikoi.

The camp of the second division, looking east January 1855 / W. Simpso...

Print shows men on a roadway, horses tethered on the right, and a distant view of the tents of the 2nd Division during winter.

Camp of the 3rd Division, French tents in the distance

Photograph showing military encampment. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General Garrett's quarters & tents of the 4th Division - Roger Fenton'...

General Garrett's encampment with bell tents and huts. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton... More

Distant view of Lord Raglan's head quarters before Sebastopol / W. Sim...

Print shows several British military camps, an ambulance, a distant view of Lord Raglan's headquarters (just left of center), and, in the foreground, a dead horse. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedic... More

Charge of the heavy cavalry brigade, 25th Octr. 1854 / W. Simpson del....

Print shows the Enniskillen Dragoons and the 5th Dragoon Guards engaging the Russian cavalry in the midst of the camp of the light cavalry brigade which is being plundered by the Russian troops during the battl... More

Camp of the 4th Dragoon Guards near Karyni - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

Men and horses standing among tent encampment with building; mountains in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Captain Webb's hut, 4th Dragoon Guards

Captain John MacDonnell Webb standing in the doorway of his hut looking at Colonel Hodge (standing in profile), Mrs. Rogers, Webb's servant with a horse, and several others; also shows three bell tents next to ... More

Rio San Pedro - second crossing of Devil's Rivers J.D.S

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Devil's River valley with a military camp in the middle ground on the left, with the river visible in the background, and with mountains on the right and beyond the river. A... More

View of Balaklava from the top of Guard's Hill - Roger Fenton's Crimea...

View of Balaklava harbor with tent encampments in the foreground, ships in the harbor and, on a hill in the background, ruins of the old Genoese castle. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Georg... More

The old Genoese Castle at Balaklava, from above the castle pier

View of ships in Balaklava harbor and hill with castle or fort ruins, conical tents, buildings, and animals. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crim... More

[Military camp], Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph - Roger Fenton's ...

View of camp on hillside with conical tents, horses, buildings, and soldiers; church(?) and hills in the distance. Title devised by cataloger. Photo possibly printed from damaged negative; loss to image. "302" ... More

[Kamara Heights in the distance, artillery waggons in the foreground]

View of plateau of Sevastopolʹ showing rows of caissons, with tents on the plains in the background. Title from 1855 exhibition catalog. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Purchase; ... More

Quarantine cemetery and church, with French battery no. 50 / W. Simpso...

Print shows a church and cemetery, and French soldiers at a battery on the left. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 31.

Massachusetts Encampment, Concord, September 7, 8, and 9, 1859

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[An officer and a woman sitting in a tent]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.607) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camp of R.I. Regiment - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Inscribed upper left: head quarters. Inscribed lower left: deep piazzas all round two upper stories. Formerly Waud no. C-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1088) Forms p... More

[Officers on horseback watching infantry drills in distance]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.379) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Soldiers in their tents in army camp

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-13. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.778) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Two sketches of horse outside tent]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.828) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Untitled (Army camp). Museum of New Zealand collection

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[Two sketches of tent interior] during American Civil War

Title devised. Inscribed with color indicators. Formerly Waud no. B-63. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.828) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Our Tent - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-32. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.797) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Army camp] - Public domain scan / drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-10. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.775) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Signal station - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed upper right: 4 Formerly Waud no. C-76. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1003) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Rhode Island camp ground - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Formerly Waud no. C-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1088) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Moving headquarters - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed upper right. Sketch pad pages stenciled upper right: 48, 50. Formerly Waud no. B-20. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.785) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Soldiers preparing for battle]

May be the battle of Charles City Road. Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-46. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.811) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bull Pen - Hd. qtrs A of P. - Public domain drawing

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.314) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

In the Rebel intrenchments [sic], Confederate States of America

Possibly Petersburg. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-29. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.794) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

A Rebel general startled in his camp by the beautiful and unexpected d...

Illustrations show (top) a Confederate general startled by apparitions of Northern soldiers in the sky above his camp; (bottom) contrasting views of Union soldiers depicted by "...the artist of the Mobile Adver... More

Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, September 9,...

Swearing in of Capt. Smith's artillery boys at Camp Smith

Photograph shows Union artillery regiment camp tents and a group of soldiers in the distance, Camp Smith, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photographs possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purch... More

A bivouac fire on the Potomac - A group of people sitting around a cam...

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Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861 - A black and white photo of a group of p...

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

Annapolis Junction, on the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio...

Two trains, soldiers and tents. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 June 1, p. 39.

Camp Meigs - Lithograph, public domain, Library of Congress

Bird's-eye view of Camp Meigs and troops on parade, keyed with locations of officers.

General Bragg's camp, as seen from Fort Pickens / / drawn by an office...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 June 15, p. 373. Public domain photograph of a locomotive, train car, railroad trucks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hancock's headquarters 1861 - Public domain weapon drawing

Photograph shows a caisson and cannon in the foreground with a military camp and house that served as the headquarters of a person named Hancock, probably General Winfield Scott Hancock, probably at Camp Griffi... More

In front of the princes tent, C. de Paris and Colonel Astor

Title inscribed vertically right margin. Formerly Waud no. C-89. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1016) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Union soldiers in front of tents, probably at Camp Griffin, Langley, ...

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Company Street, Battery D, 1st U.S. Arty., Camp Seymour, Beaufort, S. ...

Photograph shows soldiers on lawn surrounded by camp facilities. ; hand-lettered on mount. Gift of; Mrs. James DeWolf Perry; 1932; (DLC/PP-1932:0099).

Camp of the 7 Me. V. Rgt., Patterson Park, Baltimore, Md. Colonel Mars...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the camp of the 7th Maine Volunteer Regiment at Patterson Park in Baltimore, Maryland; shows troops marching in formation, many bell tents, and soldiers tending campfires. 12 U.... More

Camp Cameron, Georgetown, D.C., the encampment of the Seventh Regiment...

Illustrations show a view of Camp Cameron and soldiers and citizens attending an outdoor church service. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, (1861 May 25), p. 324.

[Second Vermont Camp Griffin 1861] during American Civil War

Photograph shows train of horse-drawn covered wagons on a foraging expedition with the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Houghto... More

Letter from Tilton C. Reynolds to Juliana Smith Reynolds, September 18...

[Unidentified soldier in Union uniform standing with Napoleon cannon i...

Case: Leather; scroll design. Uncertain if Union or Confederate. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). Pub... More

[Unidentified soldier in Union cavalry uniform, on horse, with cavalry...

Case: Berg, no. 1-193. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). Purchased from: Vin Caponi, Jr., Malverne, N.Y. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress... More

[Military camp with Union soldiers, horses, and tents, probably at Cam...

In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and album compiled by Larkin Goldsmith Mead], page 77. Photograph probably by G. H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album a... More

First Bivouac [...] ford? of 7th regiment at Columbia Springs on Genl ...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.527) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camp Second Vt. Camp Griffin 1861

Photograph shows the camp of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment with row of soldiers in front of tents and trusses of a roof in the background at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Photograph probably by G. H. Hou... More

Camp of the Massachusetts second compy., light artillery at Stewart's ...

Print shows two scenes: upper scene - soldiers in camp with several horses, wagons, and cannons; lower scene - soldiers riding on horsebacks. 24 U.S. Copyright Office. Associated name on shelflist card: Sachse ... More

Headquarters Army of Potomac - Brandy Station, April 1864--Camp of Tel...

Men seated outside tents in woods. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 353.

[Camp of 4th Vermont Infantry Regiment at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virgi...

Attribution of G.H. Houghton as photographer from "A very fine appearance" : the Vermont Civil War photographs of George Houghton / Donald H. Wickman. Barre : Vermont Historical Society, c2010, page 14. Title d... More

[Civil War envelope showing soldier standing at attention in camp with...

Addressed to Mr. Bingiman, T. Bullen[?], Florida, Henry Co., Ohio; bears 3 cent stamp; postmarked in Columbus[?], January 31. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127) pp/liljmem

Headquarters and barracks of Colonel Morgan's Regt.

Photograph shows Union soldiers engaged in a training exercise or inspection, Fort Prentiss, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on mount. Additional inscriptions on mount include: "commencement of t... More

[Encampment of 8th New York Volunteers]

Title devised. Inscribed below image: 8th N.Y.V. bridge to Stahls [sic] tent. Formerly Waud no. B-4. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.769) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

General Fremont's camp near Jefferson City, Missouri / Sketched by Ale...

Illus. from: Harper's weekly, 1861. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plan of "Cantonment Sprague" near Washington D.C. : occupied by 1st Re...

Shows temporary military encampment grounds and internal facilities near Bladensburg (Prince George's County, Md.) during the American Civil War. Also shows individual trees pictorially, building locations, and... More

General August Willich's headquarters, Camp Nevin, Kentucky

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.63" upper left corner of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): II-39. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congres... More

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 2562. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reception of Col Wood--by the 14th Brooklyn Regt.--(after his return f...

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.373) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camps of U.S. troops around Washington City, from S. to W. / Lith. by ...

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Brady's incidents of the war. (Fort Richardson Virginia) Camp 1st. Con...

Photograph shows Union soldiers with cannons in an artillery bunker at Fort Richardson, Arlington, Virginia. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M.B. Brady, in the Clerks Office of the Dis... More

[Fort Burnham, formerly Confederate Fort Harrison, James River, Virgin...

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View of the camps of the Army of the Potomac, on Bolivar Heights, near...

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Camp of General Alexander McDowell McCook near Stevenson, Alabama, sum...

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): Headquarter in the field camp of Gen. McDowell McCook near Stevenson, Alabama, Summer 1862. "N.42" upper left corner of sheet. C... More

Sketches with the army - our camp at Harrisburg, Pa

Drawing shows a Civil War scene with soldiers encamped before the Hills Capitol building at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, showing tents among the trees and an American flag on a pole above the surrounding landscape... More

Harrisons landing - Public domain scan / drawing

Tents, and cannons covered with cloth. Title inscribed right margin. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.678) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Back view of Romney Hamilton Co. NC

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below title, from left to right: First Virgini[a] Camp; The Seventh Virginia Detachment of the Third and Fourth Va. Camp; Hospital; E[a]st V... More

Camp at Cumberland with a view of the Pamunkey River full of gunboats ...

Signed lower right: Alf. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 7, 1862, p. 360-361. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.755) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Virginia, November 1862 / Alex....

White soldier sitting facing young black servant, who is holding bottle and cake(?), with two other soldiers sitting and one standing in front of two tents. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the ... More

Gen McClellan's HQ Army of the Potomac, Pleasant Valley, Md.

Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below image: Gen. Inglass[sic] H.Q.; Signal corp, "McC. Head Qu[arters]. Formerly Waud no. C-130. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1057) Forms part of: Morgan coll... More

Quarters of Emmons & Handerson, Hilton Head, S.C.

Photograph shows officers George W. Emmons and Henry C. Handerson, sitting in front of a tent at the camp of the 3rd New Hampshire Infantry.

Camp of 110th Pennsylvania Inf'y near Falmouth, Virginia, Dec. 1862

Photograph shows soldiers around the campsite. Title on mount: 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Camp. Hand written on mount: "Horace Greeley (?)".