military camps

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

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

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

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

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

Tauranga Harbour and camp at 64th & 43rd regiments

Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Camps at Stevenson Ala. March 4-1864

Naive (self-taught) image with cabins in foreground, men in carriage pulling cannon lower left, tents, cabins and fort in background. Signed lower right: G.H. Blakeslee March 4 - T.E. 1864. Title inscribed in r... More

Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry resting at Columbu...

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 salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake

Title from Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "535" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04853. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Fort Sheridan, camp ground by the lake]

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Officers tent, Camp Alger, VA, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Civil War, military, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rough rider camp, Santiago, Stereoscope Card

Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

71st Regiment, Camp Wyckoff / - movie film screenshot

"Of the thousand and more men who left New York for the Cuban Campaign, scarcely three hundred were able to shoulder their rifles to march before the Biograph camera at Camp Wikoff. The picture shows many of th... More

San Juan Hill, where Col. Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" led the charge. -...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The allied forces in camp at the port of Tang Ku, China

Bird's-eye view of soldiers with horses and ship in background.

Manuever [sic] camp, 1st Seperate [sic] Brigade, Galveston, Tex.

J155506 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; May 19, 1911.

Field hospital no. 3, Texas City, Texas

Postcard shows rows of tents in Texas City, Texas. J178944 U.S. Copyright Office. 77. Copr Maurer Photo.

Reg't camp 27th Inf., Texas City, Tex.

Postcard shows 27th Infantry regiment camp composed of tents in Texas City, Texas. J1789469 U.S. Copyright Office. 140. Copr Maurer Photo.

[Visiting Nurses' Association, Grand Army of the Republic National Enc...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Not necessary now, Flanders during World War I

Scene in an old support line near Kemmel, Belgium. Soldiers in a support trench. The walls of the trench are constructed from sandbags. Within these walls there are a number of dugouts. The men in the trench ar... More

Looking at Fricourt and Fricourt Wood, Flanders

Troops resting at Fricourt, France. The front of the picture is dominated by rows of tents and the men milling around them. The men are relaxing or carrying out domestic duties. In the background the rest of th... More

New Zealand Mounted Rifles on 'Cheshire Slope', August 1915. From the ...

Public domain vintage photo from New Zealand archive, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mobilization Camp, Grayling, Mich., August 1917

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Camp Funston, 14th National Army Cantonment, Fort Riley, Kans.

J226105 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Kansas City, Mo. Copyright deposit; Verne O. Williams Photographic Co.; November 5, 1917; DLC/PP-1917:45578.

Birds eye view of Great Lakes Naval Training Station

J225990 U.S. Copyright Office Stamped on verso: "For duplicate copies of this photo, write to Mayhart Studio, 17 N. Crawford Ave., Chicago, Ill." Copyright deposit; Mayhart Studio; October 27, 1917.

Dedication of Red Cross Convalescent House, Base Hospital, Camp MacArt...

J230546 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Fred A. Gildersleeve; July 6, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45879. Copyright claimant's address: Waco. Image duplicates PAN US MILITARY - Army, no. 145. Bottom of image has ... More

Birds eye view of Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Fla.

J229165 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; W. G. Spiker; March 11, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45725. No. 2.

106th Engineers, Colonel Lytle Brown, commanding, Camp Wheeler, Ga., J...

Members of Division standing in groups next to barracks. J227685 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Richards Film Service, Inc.; February 1, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45626. Copyright claimant's address: 204 1/2 ... More

116th Infantry, Col. H. L. Threlkeld, commanding, Camp McClellan, Ala....

J227880 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Richards Film Service, Inc.; February 18, 1918. Copyright claimant's address: Montgomery, Ala.

Reveille, Field Camp 68th Inf. Brigade, 34th Div., Tyrone, Burro Mts.,...

J230058 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Almeron Newman; June 10, 1918. Printed on image: "Almeron Newman, Photo, Deming, N.M., copyrighted May 28, 1918." Stamped on verso: "Mail orders for this picture... More

110th Machine Gun Battalion, Major J.H. Washburn, commanding, Camp McC...

J228020 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Montgomery, Ala. Copyright deposit; Richards Film Service, Inc.; February 25, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45726.

Panorama view no. 57, Camp Dodge, Ia.

J230543 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Bandholtz Photo Co.; July 6, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45879. Copyright claimant's address: Woodward, Ia.

Base Hospital, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.

J231160 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Louisville. Copyright deposit; Caufield & Shook; August 26, 1918; DLC\PP-1918:45890.

Ft. Crockett, Galveston, Tex., 1918, Panoramic Photograph

Soldiers standing in front of tents, some holding signal flags. J231322 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Joseph M. Maurer; September 10, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45907. No. 3.

[General view, Camp Custer, Mich.], Panoramic Photograph

J230004 U.S. Copyright Office Sections at both ends may be missing. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; H. H. Hamm; June 3, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45879.

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Panoramic Photograph

J 32859 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Carl Eckmark; June 10,1941. No. 16268 C.

Camp of Arizona. Sterecope Card. NYPL Collection.

Arizona Stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who asse... More

The ruins of Carlisle 1863, sketches with the army, our camp at Carlis...

Sketches show Civil War scenes, a panoramic view of the ruins at Carlisle, Pennsylvania; and a rough sketch of a military camp at Carlisle; on verso is an ornamental banner with decorative lettering "Peerlees C... More

Looking down Tyler Ave. from 108th Field Artillery, Camp Hancock, Augu...

J228625 U.S. Copyright Office No. 19. Copyright deposit; Isaac Shulman; March 6, 1918.

Supplies left by the Germans in their retreat from Soupier, Aisne, Fra...

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18894. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

District of Columbia. General William Gamble and staff at Camp Stonema...

Photograph of Washington, 1862-1865, view of the defenses of Washington. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. N... More

Chinese camp peddlers, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A treat for the boys in the Japanese camp

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004087.Title: A treat for the boys in the Japanese camp.Genre: Stereographs; Photomechanical prints.Created/Published: T.W. Ingersoll.Copyright date: 1905.Physical description: 1 p... More

Commissary department of Philadelphia city troop

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004920.Title: Commissary department of Philadelphia city troop.Statement of responsibility: The Universal Photo Art Co. .Creator/Contributor: Universal Photo Art Co. (photographer)... More

Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Panoramic Photograph

J231159 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Louisville. No. A. Copyright deposit; Caufield & Shook; August 26, 1918; DLC\PP-1918:45890.

Hd. qtrs. camp at Germantown - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-16. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.781) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Encampment at Cumberland Landing, Virginia - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union soldiers sitting on top of a hill overlooking the Union camp below at Cumberland Landing near the Pamunkey River, Virginia. No. 1214. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographi... More

[Brandy Station, Virginia General view of 6th New York Artillery encam...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Vue de la ville de Savannah, du camp, des tranchées et de l'attaque Oc...

Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of Savannah from the French camp.

View of Gen Stannards Head Quarters

Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed below title on verso: This is one of the most delightful places in the Army although it is only a few hundred yards from the enemies front and a considerable distance in adva... More

The siege of Vicksburg - Major General U.S. Grant, commanding / sketch...

Print shows officers in the foreground standing near trees and bushes observing an explosion on the upper right, possibly at the Confederate Fort Hill, during a bombardment of the Union encampment and earthwork... More

Panoramic views of encampment of Army of Potomac at Cumberland Landing...

Top image in two sections; bottom image in three sections. Civil War Photograph Collection.

Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.594) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camp of Hawkins Zouaves. Newport News. 1861

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.594) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Rifle pits, 5 corps, Petersburg

Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, June 1864. Sketches of two male figures on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-150. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1077) Forms part of: Morgan collec... More

The three hundred chosen

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

An arrival in Camp--under the Proclamation of Emancipation

Signed lower right: Alf.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Waud worked up this sketch from a photograph, probably made in his presence by David B. Woodbury on January 1, 1863. Reference: Ray, plate 48 (See ... More

[Officer pointing to man in bed in a tent]

Title devised. Faint sketch on verso, inscribed: Mill Creek gap. Rocky face ridge, Dalton. Formerly Waud no. C-62. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.989) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Village of Boonesboro--South Mountain in the distance where Burnside f...

Signed lower right: Alf. R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harpers Weekly, October 25, 1862, p. 677. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.276) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

[Panoramic view of West Point, New York showing American encampments o...

Pencilled on back: "Encampment of the Revolutionary Army on the Hudson River." Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compi... More

Review of 12th Division by Maj. General Henry P. McCain, September 14t...

J231292 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 23 Bridge St., Lowell, Mass. Copyright deposit; Geo. H. Russell; September 20, 1918; DLC/PP-1918:45907.

[Brandy Station, Virginia Camp at Army of the Potomac headquarters; Zo...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864.

Williston's battery near Fredericksburg 1862

Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.143) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

[Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas], Panoramic Photograph

J217853 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. Budow; July 24, 1916; DLC/PP-1916:45163. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Camp Wilson was an instructional camp in Fort Sam Houston No. A.

Rebel fortification near Wynns Mill, Confederate States of America

Signed lower right: Alfred R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed above image: Stockade of pointed stakes; Rebel Camp Covered way. Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, pp. 296-7. Gift, J.P. Morg... More

Hospital tent, Harrisons landing, Surgeon Boyd

Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.20) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Harpers Ferry by moonlight - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed lower right: ARW. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below image: Maryland heights; Potomac river; Loundoun hights [sic]; Bolivar heights; Dec 1863. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.0512) Re... More

Letter from Joseph F. Green to Juliana Smith Reynolds, March 10, 1862

[Rappahannock Station, Virginia Federal encampment near railroad]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862.

Preparing the mess. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Stereograph showing four Union soldiers preparing the camp meal on a makeshift table. Photograph attributed to Mathew Brady according to: The world of Mathew Brady : portraits of the Civil War period by Roy Mer... More

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.

Luigi Mayer - Mount Tabor, Israel

Public domain illustrated book page scan, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

Untitled (Army camp). Museum of New Zealand collection

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of New Zealand, mid-19th century albumen print, no copyright restrictions.

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.

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 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

[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

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 Carroll, Baltimore, Md / Lith. & print by E. Sachse & Co., 104 S....

Print shows bird's eye view of Union encampment on the grounds of Mount Clare, home of the Carroll family. 77 U.S. Copyright Office. Publication date based on copyright statement on item. Inscribed in ink on t... More

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).

Parole Camp Annapolis, M'd. - Public domain old map

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 245.39 Bird's-eye view. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by E. Sachse & Co. in ... the District Court of Md." Includes index to points of interest. Available al... More