Prise de l'Isle de la Grenade gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Impéria...
Print shows a French invasion force, under the command of Admiral Charles Hector, comte D'Estaing, capturing an artillery battery abandoned by a small contingent of British soldiers on the island of Grenada in ... More
Siege du Fort S. Philippe dessiné par le Paon peintre de S.A.S. Mgr. l...
Print shows the bombardment of the fort St. Philip's Castle on the island of Minorca during the siege of the fort by French and Spanish forces; Lt. General Duc de Crillon, on horseback, watches from near an art... More
Bombardment of Vera Cruz. March 25th 1847 lith. & pub. by N. Currier
Print shows General Winfield Scott, on a white horse, giving orders to officers in an artillery battery during the bombardment of Vera Cruz. Caption continues: The bombardment commenced on the 22nd of March at... More
L'Affaire d'orient 1854. 20, Balaklava. Charge heroique des Hussards A...
Print shows a vastly outnumbered British Light Brigade cavalry engaging Russian soldiers at the artillery battery at the end of the valley during the disasterous charge of Light Brigade at Balaklava, Ukraine, d... More
Sebastopol from the rear of the English batteries / W. Simpson del. ; ...
Print shows a distant view of the English batteries and of Sevastopolʹ with British soldiers in the foreground on the road to the front. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her m... More
Highland Brigade camp, looking south / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lit...
Print shows an artillery battery with Capn. Mansfield, Major Shadwell, Lieut. Col. Stirling, Major Gordon, and Sir Colin Campbell standing near the cannons, with the camp of the Highland Brigade, showing huts a... More
A hot night in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows action in a British artillery battery with cannons firing and being loaded, and men bringing in supplies. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More
Sentinel of the Zouaves, before Sevastopol / W. Simpson del.
Print shows a soldier standing guard at a French battery with snow-covered cannons and Zouaves carrying bundles of wood to a camp in the background.
A quiet night in the batteries - a sketch in the Greenhill battery (Ma...
Print shows men and cannons in a British artillery battery, at night. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lon... More
Head of the harbour, Sebastopol / W. Simpson del. ; T. Picken lith.
Print shows bird's-eye view of the head of the harbor of Sevastopolʹ, with the mouth of the Tchernaya River in the center.
The field of Inkermann / W. Simpson delt. ; T. Picken lith.
Print shows the plains of Inkerman, ruins on the far right, a French battery on the left, and some soldiers in the foreground. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracio... More
A hot day in the batteries / W. Simpson delt. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows action in a British artillery battery, mortar fire, mortars and cannon being loaded, the removal of wounded, and in the distance, the fortifications of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the... More
Malakoff or round tower / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker lith.
Print shows view of the Russian battery at the Malakoff tower, the principal Russian fortification at Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty t... More
The new works at the siege of Sebastopol on the right attack - from th...
Print shows a mortar battery with soldiers, two mortars, gabions, and earthworks, with a distant view of Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majest... More
A quiet day in the diamond battery - portrait of a Lancaster 68 pounde...
Print shows a large Lancaster cannon in a British artillery battery. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gracious Majesty the Queen / William Simpson. First series. Lond... More
Bombardment of Ft. Sumter - A group of men standing on top of a pile o...
Photograph shows Battery Stevens, commanded by First Lieutenant James Wilson from Battery C, 1st U.S. Artillery, after the fall of Battery Wagner. Photographer and date from another copy in the Hagley Library,... More
Bombardment of Fort Sumter by the batteries of the Confederate states,...
Print shows Confederate soldiers firing cannons from an artillery battery, bombarding Fort Sumter in the distance.
The Swamp Angel Battery from drawing
Photograph of drawing shows soldiers and Parrott cannon named Swamp Angel inside battery designed by Colonel Edward Wellman Serrell of 1st New York Engineers Regiment for Morris Island, South Carolina. A group ... More
View at Fort Prentiss (The old distillary at the Point)
Photograph shows a Union battery at Fort Prentiss (renamed Fort Defiance), with guns facing the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois. Title from pencil inscription on item. Photograph possibly taken by Munn & Faul. Purc... More
Civil war glass negatives and related prints - Harris and Ewing, Washi...
An old photo of a bunch of watermelons, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. a... More
Battery on Morris Island, gun that fired over 1200 shots into Fort Sum...
Photograph shows the interior of Fort Putnam with a cannon in the foreground with soldiers in the background. No. 4971. Similar view: LC-B811-3520. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Vie... More
The new batteries erected on Morris Island for the defence of Charlest...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 March 30, p. 293.
[Three soldiers posing by a mounted cannon with a wall of sandbags beh...
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support wi... More
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
Battery, No. 4--near Yorktown, mounting 10 13-inch mortars, each weigh...
Gift; Mrs. Norman P. Mason; 1963 Oct. No. 375. 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 oth... More
View of Cumberland Gap, from the south
Print shows abandoned tents scattered across the landscape, as the army passes through the Gap; long columns of troops and wagon trains are departing, some building are being burned. Possibly represents the sud... More
Grant's transports running the batteries, Confederate States of Americ...
Soldiers at Vicksburg, 1863; Confederate gun crew in foreground. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the civil war / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden, c1894, v. 2, p. 455.
Port Royal Island - 1. Camp Saxton (Smith's plantation) - the new head...
Illustrations show (top) military camp for 1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment, Union regiment of former slaves, and escaped slaves entering the town of Mitchelville; (middle) batteries; and (bottom) iron clad... More
View of Capt. Mac's battery, Port Hudson, La.
Photograph shows Captain Albert G. Mack's Union soldiers with cannons behind breastworks. Information from: Image of War Volume IV by William C. Davis, p. 75: The 18th New York Artillery used cotton bales, shie... More
Battery of thirty-two pounders, Fredericksburgh, May 3, 1863 (Andrew J...
Photograph shows artillerymen preparing their guns with men on horseback behind them. No. 162.
First Connecticut battery, near Fredericksburgh, May 2, 1863 (Andrew J...
No. 254. Inscribed on photo: no. 15. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and sa... More
View of Capt. Bainbridge's battery, Port Hudson, LA
Photograph shows Captain Edmund C. Bainbridge's Union soldiers with cannons behind breastworks. Information from: Image of War Volume IV by William C. Davis, p. 80: Battery A, 1st U.S. Artillery. Forms part of... More
[View of Indiana artillery, Port Hudson, LA]
Photograph shows Union soldiers with cannons behind breastworks. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Ft. Brady, James River, Virginia View showing battery ready for action
Stereograph showing Union soldiers from Company C, 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery standing in a battery of Parrott guns at Fort Brady, Virginia.
The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...
Stereograph showing wrecked carriage of Blakely gun on the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3088. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in ... More
East Battery, Charleston, S.C. looking north, showing ruins of the 600...
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The ruins of the 600 lb. Blakely Gun, Frazier's Wharf, Charleston, S.C...
Stereograph showing a soldier sitting beside the ruins of the Blakely Gun carriage on the Battery. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1865. Han... More
View in water battery, James River, Virginia--Ready to fire
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South Battery, Charleston, S.C., looking N.E. Ruins of Blakely Gun in ...
Stereograph showing the ruins of a Blakely gun carriage sitting in the road in the South Battery, Charleston, S.C.
Rebel gun in front of "Fort Hell," April 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing a man positioning a Confederate cannon inside of Fort Sedgwick in Petersburg, Virginia. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a pr... More
Three gun battery on "The Battery," Charleston, S.C.--The gun in dista...
Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). No. 3068. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View on the Battery, Charleston, S.C. Remains of the large Blakely gun...
Stereograph showing two Union soldiers standing on the Battery looking at a Blakely gun that was destroyed by Confederates before the evacuation of the city.
Wreck of the large Blakely Gun, on the Battery, Charleston, S.C.
Stereograph showing remains of wrecked Blakely gun, facing the coastline. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic History. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 121. Copyright by E. & H.T. Anth... More
A battery of 155-mm. field guns in action on the western front
Picryl description: Public domain image of a stereoscopic card from Boston Public Library, free to use, no copyright restrictions photograph.
Looking up the Hudson River from West Point, N.Y.
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North from the battery, West Point
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North from West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898); title in catalog continues: from the batteries. View from United States Military Academy. Negative broken and taped to second sheet of... More
North from the battery, West Point
Title and attribution to Jackson based on similarity to photo nos. 7870-7871 in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). From United States Military Academy. Battery is part of United States Military Academy... More
[North from the battery, West Point]
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North from the battery, West Point
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Man by cannon at United States Military Academy. Negative taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 07871. Gift; Stat... More
North from West Point - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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Light battery, U.S. Military Academy West Point
Cadets on horseback and with cannons, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, class of 82. In album: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, Class of 82, Edw. Burr, p. 55.
The Water battery - Mammoth Plate Photograph
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The Water battery - Mammoth Plate Photograph
Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. R-6046, Fort Marion, near view. This title appears on jacket also. Probably used as right section of a two-part panorama with LC-D43-1459; Det. Pub. Co. no. ... More
[Battery No. 4 near Yorktown mounting ten 13 inch mortars each weighin...
Photograph shows soldiers standing at cannons. Title and date from catalog record for associated negative: LC-B811-375.
The mortar batteries at Sandy Hook, defending the approaches to New Yo...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1898 April 7, p. 220. Reproduction of painting by Charles Beecher Bunnell.
6-inch rapid fire guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "828" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021514. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mortar battery on Cay Smith, Santiago
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "803" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021520. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Mortar battery on Cay Smith, Santiago
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6-inch rapid fire guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898
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Bronze guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "81 [...]" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021516. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Bronze guns in west battery, Santiago, 1898
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Round Top from Haslett's battery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033141. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Battery firing, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011914. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[North from Siege Battery, Hudson River, N.Y.]
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[Fort Marion, water battery, St. Augustine, Fla.]
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Fort Marion, water battery, St. Augustine, Fla.
Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013287. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Battery firing, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan
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North from Siege Battery, Hudson River, N.Y.
Title from jacket. Part of United States Military Academy. "2648 A" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033990. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Round Top from Haslett's battery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]
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Knox Battery, U.S. Military Academy
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Knox Battery, U.S. Military Academy
"WHJ 348" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency available on videodisc frame 1A- 29588. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013408. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Pastoda Battery, between Cabanas and El Morro, Havana, Cuba
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Pastoda Battery, between Cabanas and El Morro, Havana, Cuba
Stones on ground: Republica de Cuba, May 02, de ... Also available as photographic print in LOT 9319 with copy negative LC-USZ62-55519 (b&w film neg.). "188" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017672. Gift... More
Siege battery drill, sponging after firing, United States Military Aca...
"2675" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018697. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Battery of "Osaka babies", Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
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Siege Battery drill, sponging before loading, United States Military A...
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018692. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Inspection of battalion, United States Military Academy, West Point, N...
"2661" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018690. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Inspection of battalion, [United States Military Academy], West Point,...
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Up the Hudson from Siege Battery, West Point, N.Y
Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30372. Part of United States Military Academy. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018677. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Siege Battery drill, sponging before loading, [United States Military ...
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Up the Hudson from Siege Battery, West Point, N.Y.
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Siege battery drill, ready for loading, United States Military Academy...
"2669" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018691. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Siege battery drill, aiming [United States Military Academy], West Poi...
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Siege battery drill, firing, [United States Military Academy], West Po...
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Siege battery drill, firing, United States Military Academy, West Poin...
"2674" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018696. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Siege battery drill, ready for loading, [United States Military Academ...
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East Battery and Yacht Club, Charleston, S.C.
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To the dynamite gun was given the honor of leading the ball
(DLC/PP-1935:0006). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "A Defeat and a Victory" by Frederick Funston, Scribner's, 48:743 (Dec. 1910).
Fort Adams, Battery Bankhead, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, ...
Survey number: HABS RI-347-H National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000014
Fort Adams, Battery Talbot, Brenton Point, Newport, Newport County, RI
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Explanation of a view of the siege of Antwerp exhibiting at the Panora...
Print shows a panorama of the seige in two panels with earth works, artillery batteries, and French soldiers in the foreground, and various buildings in the background. Buildings and French guns and soldiers ar... More
The interior of the Redan taken from its left face, looking towards th...
Interior view of the of the Redan showing battery during the occupation by British forces after the Russians abandoned Sevastopolʹ in September 1855. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate 20. Déposé Paris, Goupil ... More
Bastion du Mat, from the central bastion / W. Simpson del. ; E. Walker...
View of the Bastion du Mât, a French redoubt at the far left of the British lines, showing a portion of the battery, French soldiers and Zouaves, and a network of trenches. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Plate f... More
View of Cumberland Gap, from the south / Middleton, Strobridge & Co., ...
Print shows tents scattered across the landscape with "Gen'l Morgan's Head Qr." in a large building in the lower right. 22645 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption continues: While occupied by U.S. forces, commanded ... More
A big gun on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, S.C
Photograph shows a group of soldiers standing next to a gun in the battery of a fort on Morris Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Attributed to Sam Cooley by collector. ... More
Fredericksburg, Virginia / negative by T.H. O'Sullivan; positive by A....
Row of cannons with men positioned to load each cannon before the next round of bombardment. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, [D.C.]: Philp & Solomons, [... More
The first 300 pound Parrott gun. The gun is named Colonel Brayton. It ...
Photograph shows a 300 pound Parrott rifle, labeled "Col. Brayton" in a Union Army mortar battery on Morris Island, possibly Fort Putnam. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Printed on mount: Pho... More
Fort Gregg, Morris Island, S.C. This is a mortar battery, and this vie...
Photograph shows Union soldiers in the Confederate mortar battery Gregg which became Fort Putnam on Morris Island, facing Charleston, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Printed ... More
Mortar battery, Morris Island, S.C. Sam A. Cooley, photographer Tenth ...
Photograph shows a group of soldiers standing inside the battery. Two men stand on the parapet of a fort on Morris Island, South Carolina. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). Title from publishe... More