military life

Scene of Military Life: A General Giving Orders

Charles Parrocel (French, Paris 1688–1752 Paris) Public domain scan of 18th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scene of Military Life: A General Giving Orders

Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

An east view of Fort Royal in the Island of Guadaloupe Vue du Fort Roy...

Print showing a view of Fort Royal on the coast of the Island of Guadeloupe with soldiers relaxing in the foreground, ships at sea, and sun rising in the background. Plate numbered in lower right corner: c.4 [... More

French camp preparing to dine off horseflesh

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for hi... More

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.

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.

Voilà la plus cuite, mon Empereur!

Print shows Napoleon stopping at an evening mealtime bivouac to converse with the rank and file soldiers who offer him one of their potatoes. Déposé. Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library... More

Napoleon in the Chamber of Deputies, from the Political and Military L...

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Napoleon in Battle, from The Political and Military Life of Napoleon

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Mess time aboard ship, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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The mascot of the flagship Connecticut

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A favorite pastime, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Sailor boys writing letters, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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A ship's tailor, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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General Bosquet giving orders to his staff - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

General Pierre Bosquet standing between four officers, gesturing to the left. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: James, Crimea 1854-56 : the war with Russia from contemporary photographs. Purch... More

General Cissé, chief of the staff to General Bosquet, & aide-de-camp

Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Ismail Pacha & Mr. Thompson of the Commissariat - Roger Fenton's Crime...

Ismail Pacha (Hungarian general Kmety), and Mr. Thompson, seated on gabions; three attendants, one holding a horse, standing behind them. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House... More

Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell & Captain Hume, his aide-de-camp,...

Lieutenant General Sir John Campbell, full-length portrait, seated inside tent, facing left; Captain Hume, full-length portrait, standing outside tent, facing front. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate titl... More

Looking towards Balaclava, Turkish camp in the distance to the right

Military personnel, some on horseback, at encampment on the plateau of Sevastopolʹ. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Roger Fenton, photographer of the 1850s. Photo marked for cropping with ve... More

Ismail Pacha on horseback, with Turkish officers - Roger Fenton's Crim...

Ismail Pacha (General Kmety), full-length portrait, seated on horse, facing left, with three attendants in the foreground and one in the background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Ea... More

A Christmas dinner on the heights before Sebastopol / W. Simpson delt....

Print shows (from left) Capn. Sir Charles Russell, Bart, Capn. Charles Turner, Capn. Alexander Viscount Balgonie, Capn. Fredk. Bathurst, Capn. Burnaby, Lieut. Colonel Charles Lindsay, Col. Fredk. Wm. Hamilton, ... More

[Officer of the 57th Regiment sitting with a sword across his lap at o...

Title devised by library staff. "249" and "283" written in pencil on verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944.

Camp of the 5th Dragoons Guards

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

Captain Morgan, Rifle Corps, A.D.C. to General Bernard, on Coxcomb the...

Captain Morgan sitting on horse, holding reins, facing left. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection. Crimea 1854-56 : the ... More

Officers of the 71st Regiment - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs

Officers of the 71st Highlanders with dog, posed before conical tent with military camp in background. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. Purchase; Fra... 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.

Two Zouaves - Public domain portrait print

Two French Army Zouaves, wearing uniforms. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captain Brown, 4th Light Dragoons & servant, winter dress - Roger Fent...

Captain Brown, seated, and servant, full-length portrait, facing front, wearing winter uniforms, with tents in background. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger F... 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

Lieutenant Colonel Munro & officers of the 39th Regiment - Roger Fento...

Lieutenant Colonel William Munro and officers, dressed in uniform, posed before huts. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Officers of the 90th [i.e., 38th] Regiment (Captain Hume and Captain S...

Captains Hume and Snodgrass posed near a bell tent, with horses and groom. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photograph collection.

Lieutenant-colonel Shadforth at his hut & officers of the 57th Regimen...

Lieutenant-colonel Thomas Shadforth sitting before his hut surrounded by officers in relaxed poses. Title transcribed from verso. Purchase; Frances M. Fenton; 1944. Forms part of: Roger Fenton Crimean War photo... More

Coffee all out and no where to straggle to

Title inscribed left margin. Inscribed right margin: The Veteran Coffee boiler Now they are going to have another fight I ain't spoiling for a fight But I don't see any help for it, I've boiled coffee till I ha... More

A street contrast - Public domain print

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.19) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[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.

[Three soldiers in a rifle pit]

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

Veteran 1812 - Public domain portrait drawing

Two sketchy figures. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-95. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1022) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Driving in cows] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.589) 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.

[Officer reading a letter] - Public domain portrait drawing

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

[Drunken soldier] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.183) 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.

(Scene near Tipton, on the Missouri Prairies,) Blacksmithing in the Ar...

A group of soldiers, one relaxing in foreground, one stoking a fire, and two putting shoes on horses. Signed lower left margin: A.S. Leclerc. Title inscribed below image. Note on mat indicates that A.S. Leclerc... More

[Figure wrapped in blanket sitting on a barrel and reading]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-161. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.925) 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.

I totes for de Brig - Public domain portrait drawing

Two full length portraits of soldiers, one carrying buckets. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-60. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.987) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Well - Public domain scan / drawing

Soldier drawing water from mountain top well. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-81. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.845) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

War views -- Army of the Potomac -- the way they cook dinner in camp

Photograph shows five Union soldiers, including one African American soldier, sitting and eating in front of tents. No. 2057. Photographer's name from same photograph in New York Public Library Digital Collect... More

Chicken thieves being disciplined by General Alexander McDowell McCook...

Title on mat (source unverified): Camp Nevin Regulars, Chicken thieves being disciplined by order of Gen. McCook, March 1861. "by ord of Gen. McCook" in ink on back of sheet. Code on mat (source unverified): II... More

Confederate camp, Warrington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida, 1861

Photograph shows Company B of the 9th Mississippi in a bivouac camp. The cook is identified as Kinlock Falconer. (Information from the Image of War, 1981).

Scenes at and around Fort Pickens / sketches by officers of the garris...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1861 Dec. 14, p. 793. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General August Willich's quarters near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

Drawing shows General Willich, with his pet raccoon on his shoulder, talking with another officer near a campfire and soldiers relaxing near tents. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.50" upper le... More

[Burial of Union soldier at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia]

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 33. Title d... 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.

The twelfth regiment "laying off" in the Navy Yard barracks at Washing...

Stereograph showing soldiers from the 12th regiment relaxing in the barracks, most out of uniform and some sitting on their bunks. No. 826. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

[Confederate camp, Warrington Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida]

Photograph shows Company B of the 9th Mississippi. The cook is identified as Kinlock Falconer. (Information from the Image of War, 1981).

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.

[Letter from Cornelius V. Moore to Henry Moore]

Handwritten letter with sketch on back showing Edward Moore cooking apple fritters. Found with tintype of Sergeant Cornelius V. Moore of Company B, 100th New York Volunteers, 39th Illinois Regiment,106th New Y... 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.

Sergeant Frederick Woehler, Company A, 32nd Regiment Indiana Volunteer...

Drawing shows a full-length portrait of Sergeant Frederick Woehler seated, reading with a dog on his lap. On sheet: Col. Sergt. [...] Woehler, 32nd Regt. Ind. Vols. Co. A. killed at Shiloh. Title on mat (sourc... More

[General Alexander McCook and staff posed on porch near Washington, D....

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

"Micke and the rattlesnake", General Alexander McDowell McCook's headq...

Drawing shows camp doctors giving first aid to a soldier (possibly Private William Mucke) suffering from a rattlesnack bite. General McCook is shown standing in the background, fanning himself, in front of a t... More

The Song [...]he war / Homer, del.

Composite of seven views of Civil War life, related to song titles, showing soldiers marching, drinking and fighting in camp, woman at home, and black man seated on barrel labeled "contraband". Illus. in: Harpe... More

Camp Griffin 1861 - Public domain scan /

Photograph shows Union soldiers and men, probably photographers including G.H. or Don Houghton, in front of shed labeled "Picture Gallery" and tent at Camp Griffin, Langley, Virginia. Attribution of G.H. Hought... More

The Bivouac fire at the outposts of our army on the Potomac

Soldiers around campfire at night.

Hotel at Camp Griffin, near Chain Bridge

Photograph shows Union soldiers and civilians in front of hotel at Camp Griffin, Virginia, with horse and buggy.

The Prince de Joinville sketching "Paris" looking on, near Cumberland

Title inscribed upper right. Formerly Waud no. C-92. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1019) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

On the road between Washington & Alexandria

Composite of ten scenes related to activities of soldiers during the Civil War.

Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. [September 2, 1862]

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

Scene in camp life--mess no. of the 13th Illinois Volunteers, in their...

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Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. September 2, 1862

Twenty-four locations are indexed including "Sutter & Gunmaker, "Photograph Shop," "House for Knapsacks," and "Bowling Alley." Tents of officers and various companies are identified as are cooking houses. Avail... More

Three unidentified soldiers eating at table outside tent as an African...

Printed on recto: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purch... More

Camp punishments--too fond of whisky [sic]--scene in the Army of the M...

Soldier in barrel labeled "Too fond of whiskey; forged an order on the surgeon," with one soldier saying to him "How are you Monitor?" and another saying to him "Where's the Merrimac?" Illus. in: Harper's weekl... More

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. under the officers of t...

Drawing shows a Civil War scene with a long column of Union soldiers marching across a small bridge on a dirt road, north from Hagerstown, Maryland, toward Greencastle, Pennsylvania; several soldiers stop to fi... 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

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 (?)".

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. under the officers of t...

Drawing shows a Civil War night scene with soldiers asleep in an apple orchard with apples on the ground around them, some sleep with their rifles, three rifles stand ready at center, other soldiers stand along... More

Captain Adolph Metzner, Lieutenant Louis von Trebra and Jacob Labinsky...

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. Title on mat (source unverified): Capt. A. Metzner, Lt. Louis von Trebra & Jacob Levinsky, at Hunsville, Alabama, July 1862. Collection code assigned by former own... More

Servants at quarters of Prince de Joinville in front of Yorktown, May ...

Four men with wash tub, frying pan, etc. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Orderly! Who is this guy that's snoring so bad?" Orderly: "Your First...

Drawing of a humorous camp scene showing General August Willich peeking out from his tent to ask an orderly the identity of a snoring soldier, Camp Wood, Kentucky. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake... More

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C.

Woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, other soldiers in the background. Civil War Photographs collection. Published in: Am... More

Young lady's call on outpost, Alabama

(from back and front of sheet). Code on mat (source unverified): II-45. Forms part of the Adolph Metzner American Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress. Purchase; E. Burns Apfeld; 2014; (DLC/PP-2014... More

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. under the officers of t...

Drawing shows a Civil War night scene with many soldiers asleep on the ground in a field, campfires burn low, rifles stand ready in threes, a sentry stands guard; there is a stone wall in the middle distance, s... More

Having become a Corporal - advancement is easy, Alabama 1862

Drawing shows an officer sitting, smoking a pipe. Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. German inscription on sheet, lower right reads: Und wer's erst zum Corporal gebracht Der steht auf der Stufe zurh... More

Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland / Alex. Gardner, photographer.

Photograph showing a group of men and women, including Union army officers' family members, on the porch of a house owned by Mrs. Lee. The two officers were members of the staff of Gen. McClellan and Gen. Burns... More

[Civil War envelope showing eagle emblem in front of camp scene and ho...

Addressed to Rev. C. U. Heilman, A.B., Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Penna.; bears 3 cent stamp. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). pp/liljmem

Drummer boys off duty, playing cards in camp, winter of 1862

Group portrait of 6 men and boys; some are playing cards at a table outside of a log and tent shelter. Title from Miller, vol. 8, p. 195. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Camp of Reynolds' Battery Stewarts Place, Baltimore, Md

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the camp of Reynolds' Battery at Stewarts Place in Baltimore, Maryland; shows artillery in rows and stables, with horse artillery passing in the foreground. 27 U.S. Copyright Of... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows young African American camp servant of Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall of Field & Staff, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment, standing in front of tent with sword as Aspinwall peeks from inside the tent. N... More

[Grave of Corporal James Bryant of Co. E, 1st New York Light Artillery...

Photograph shows reproduction of drawing, probably by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, of a grave and a tree engraved "Corp. Jas. Bryant, Co. E 1st N.Y.A. died June 3rd 62." Drawing probably made by Larkin Goldsmith Mead... More

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. under the officers of t...

Drawing shows a Civil War scene on a rainy day with rows of soaking wet Union soldiers standing in formation in a muddy field with rifles lowered before them; an officer stands in the lower left foreground, rev... More

Sketches with Co. B, 8th Reg. Pennsylvania Ma. taps under the officers...

Drawing shows a Civil War night scene with pickets, drummer boy, and tents pitched among the trees; one tent, lit by a lantern from within, shows a man recoiling from an outstretched arm, perhaps that of a woma... More

The three princes, camp at Yorktown

Signed lower left: ARW. Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-86. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1013) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.