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

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

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

Camp of the 5th Dragoons Guards

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

[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.

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

[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 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.

Campaign sketches. A pass time. Cavalry rest / W.H.

Print shows Army of the Potomac soldiers playing cards. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Soldiers from the 134th Illinois Volunteer Infantry playing cards at ...

Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:122). 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 ... More

Reserve Picket 134th Ill Vol - A black and white photo of a group of p...

No. 16. 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 sur... More

Life in camp, part 2 - A picture of a bunch of pictures of people

Souvenir cards showing the daily life of Union soldiers during the Civil War, on the front, in camp, and on furlough, also, an artist traveling with the army, zouaves, parting with loved ones, and an African Am... More

Comrades will all remember how we made a rush for the old well to fill...

Stereograph showing soldiers lining up to fill their canteens at a well, which is protected by canvas, near Fredericksburg, Virginia. A group of African Americans seated on horses or on the ground, wait nearby.

A fancy group, in front of Petersburg / negative by David Knox, positi...

Photograph showing a group of military personnel seated in a circle watching two African American men each holding roosters in preparation for a cockfight. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the ... More

[Military encampment at plantation house]

Soldiers resting or standing and conversing with ladies, plantation house steps in foreground, men rounding up cattle in background. Title devised. Formerly mounted on mat inscribed: 1864, Cattle Raid Stampede ... More

A bristling forest of bayonets. Russian troops on review

Public domain photograph of a document related to World War One - Picryl description

[Three women and a man, all in uniform and on horseback, Fort Verde, A...

Mearns Collection. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Major C.B. McLellan's camp on Clear Creek, Arizona; en route to Fort T...

Signed by Edgar A. Mearns. Mearns Collection. No. 211. Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pvt. Holmes and Pvt. Desmukes, of the 10th Cavalry, with two children...

Edgar A. Mearns Collection (Library of Congress). No. 246. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pi... More

Soldier washing clothes, c. 1890s

Soldier washing clothes, c. 1890s. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Russians in Port Arthur a few days before the surrender - along the o...

H63735 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7737.

Our men occupying a German trench, Flanders

This eye-catching image is thought to have been captured by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The flatness of the landscape with the scar of the trench running through it, along with the quali... More

A Y.M.C.A. cellar in Flanders / E. Wright., Flanders

Poster showing a YMCA facility for soldiers, including distribution of books and supplies, and men in uniform relaxing, reading, writing, and smoking. Illustration is by Edgar Wright.

"The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of ...

Poster showing soldiers gathering at a Y.M.C.A. dugout canteen. National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

"De-cootieized" and happy These men of B Battery, 102nd F.A., have had...

Photograph shows soldiers in a horse-drawn wagon. No. 895-G8. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quartermaster corps activities A.E.F. Vol. 19-A, p. 69.

Tourraine Barracks built by Y.M.C.A. in Langres, France

Photograph shows assembly hall inside Y.M.C.A. barracks. In album: Official photo record of typical huts built by Construction Department Y.M.C.A.-A.E.F., page 31, lower right. No. 36.

African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W....

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Ex... More

Leset die Asuw! / Rudolf Eberle.

Poster shows a smiling soldier reading a newspaper while sitting on top of a cannon. Fireworks(?) and trees are in the background. Text urges people to read the "Aus Sundgau und Wasgenwald" (Asuw), an army news... More

Camp snapshots - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

How the gun feels the first time you handle it! This is how those home knitted sweaters look on some of the boys here! There's always one guy who's never in step! Courtesy of Boston Public Library

African American women, members of the 32nd and 33rd Company's Women's...

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

Mail - Print, Library of Congress collection

Print shows a young soldier in his tent lying on a cot reading his mail. No. 16. Additional title from online resource: Art of the American Soldier: Documenting Military History Through Artists' Eyes and in T... More

Tenant Bill of Rights - A house with an american flag on the front por...

The home of a recent patio of the month winner in family housing at Fort Lee, Va., is indicative of how military families can show pride and contribute to the quality of life in their neighborhoods. A portion o... More

Diary entries: August 18, 1918; August 19, 1918; photograph depicting ...

Public domain photograph of a document related to World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brandy Station, Virginia Dinner party outside tent, Army of the Potoma...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, winter quarters at Brandy Station, December 1863-April 1864. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington... More

Camp of Italian outpost on steep Alpine slope

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18843. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Our boys in France learning to correctly use gas masks

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. 19198. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DLC... More

Bealeton, Virginia Sutler's tent at Army of the Potomac headquarters

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of ... More

Petersburg, Virginia Hospital stewards of 2d Division, 9th Corps, in f...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Libra... More

Tara Reynolds, Marine Corps family team building Lifestyles,

Tara Reynolds, Marine Corps family team building Lifestyles, Insights, Networking, Knowledge, & Skills (L.I.N.K.S.) trainer, Marine Corps Community Services, speaks to attendees of the L.I.N.K.S. workshop at th... More

Lt. Dan Band musicians from the Gary Sinise Foundation

Lt. Dan Band musicians from the Gary Sinise Foundation play to a large crowd during the United Service Organization’s concert Sept. 30 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Sinise and the LDB performed a free two-hour ... More

Camp life of the Japanese soldier

Local Accession Number: 06_11_004130.Title: Camp life of the Japanese soldier.Genre: Stereographs; Photomechanical prints.Created/Published: T.W. Ingersoll.Copyright date: 1905.Physical description: 1 photomech... More

Sunday at McClellans headquarters, Religious Services

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, August 16, 1862, p. 517. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file D. Inscribed below image: No 1 McCl... More

Thomas Rowlandson - The Recruiting Officer - Google Art Project

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

United States Marines recruiting office 1941

Enlisting in the Marines. Recruiting office. San Francisco, California. Dec. 1941.

Halt of Wilcox's Troops in Caroline street prevous[sic] to going in to...

Troops lounging on furniture and debris in foreground, battered dwellings in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Battle field; smoke from Battle field. Published in: New York Illustr... More

Japanese soldier plays the piano in Nanking01

Japanese soldier plays the piano in the middle of the Zhongshan Road in Nanking.日本語: 南京中山路の道の真ん中でピアノを弾く日本兵

Tjenestelaesning - Drawing. Public domain image.

Service Reading. sergeant: Why do a Field Bottle to Soldier Field luggage? first Recruitment: for him to take a dram with. sergeant: Nonsense! The next one! second Recruitment: For he can have something t... More

United States Marines - USMC-060629-M-2585P-004

Lance Cpl. Isaac Gallegos, a 22-year-old Marine scout from Pico Rivera, Calif., sleeps in the shade during a break from operating in Habbaniyah, Iraq, June 13, 2006. Nearly two weeks back at their base in this... More

US Navy 040525-N-6436W-003 U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Brandon Sorell...

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash. (May 25, 2004) - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Brandon Sorellis, of Taylor, S.C., inspects circuit breakers in the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft. Sorellis is assig... More

Heinrich Breling Das Soldatenlager

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A military rendezvous - Public domain engraving

Modern Dutch Painters A military rendezvous Engraved by J. W. Evans, from a water-color painting by G. H. Breitner

'De harddraverij' Rijksmuseum SK-A-1082

Nederlands: De harddraverij. De start van een renwedstrijd tussen twee paarden in een legerkamp, gade geslagen door soldaten en burgers. English: The Horse Race. The start of a race between two horses in an a... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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

[Petersburg, Virginia Officers of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry play...

Photographs of the main eastern theater of the war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Bealeton, Virginia Noncommissioned officers' mess of Co. D, 93d New Y...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Meade in Virginia, August-November 1863.

[Soldiers in camp at night] - Public domain scan / drawing

Signed lower right (reversed): A.R.W. Title devised. Inscribed on verso: Sky grays a very faint tinge above the wood of warm greenish grey behind the trees deep bluish gray Tents orange tinted by fire light, we... More

Home, sweet home. A scene in winter camp

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.318) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Home, sweet home. A scene in winter camp

Part of "Life studies of the great army." Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.318) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[A military funeral] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Inscribed above image: Are boxes removed? do the riders sit or off horse. Band before or behind caisson. Inscribed below image: Black blanket. Taps Bugler playing over an open grave etc. Inscribe... More

[Cumberland Landing, Virginia Secret Service men at Foller's House]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862.

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

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

A sutler's tent near H.Q.. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Detailed sketch of the interior of a sutler's tent, with several full-length portraits of unidentified officers drinking at a bar in the foreground. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Aug 1862. ... More

Roustabouts singing as the boat leaves the dock

Title inscribed on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-33. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.960) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The soldier's dream of home - A painting of a man laying on the ground

Union soldier lying by campfire, with rifle, drum and letter, dreaming of his welcome home by his wife and child; camp in background. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, ... More

Siege of Boston. - Public domain scan / engraving

Public domain photograph of 19th-century print, engraving, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bayonet song (at the end of a perfect day)

words by Capt. Horatio G. Winslow, 339 Inf. ; music by Capt. Robert P. Boyd, 339 Inf. ; arr. by Jack Archer. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Spot where Genl. Sedgwick was killed

Signed lower right: AR Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Co. B. 14. Jersey. Inscribed upper right: 3rd N.Y. Independent A.M. See. Published in: Harper's Weekly, June 4, 1864, p. 357. Gift... More

Entrance Hall of Mr Chas. Green's house, Savannah Ga, now occupied as ...

Title inscribed on verso. Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 21, 1865, p. 40. Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings File K. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2) Forms part of: Morgan c... More

St. Patrick's Day in the army--The steeple chase / EF.

"Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day at the Army of the Potomac Sports of the Irish Brigade, Genl. Meagher The steeple chase" on mat. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.46) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civi... More

Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville, and friends, Cam...

Photograph shows Comte de Paris, Duc de Chartres, Prince de Joinville and friends seated around a makeshift table supported by logs.

Camp of the seventh reg. N.Y. near Washington on 14th St

Soldiers resting and walking around tents. Signed lower left: W.S.L. Jewett. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed center below image: Turf. The regiment was at Camp Cameron 2-23 May. Published in: Harper's We... More

Major Brandling's troop of artillery horse - Roger Fenton's Crimean Wa...

British horse artillery encampment near Kadikoi. Soldiers stand in foreground; in background are other encampments. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: George Eastman House Roger Fenton Series. ... More

Picket hut, near Freemans Ford - Public domain scan / drawing

"Soldier cooking dinner" on mount. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.193) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Mid-day mess, 6th Regt. cavalry]

Title from donor letter dated Dec. 2, 1963. Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Signed "W. Glackens, Tampa." Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The songs of the war. American Civil War 1861-1865.

Five images relating to soldiers' lives, one image of an African American sitting upon a barrel labelled: Contraband. Zouaves fighting among themselves, a battle scene, and soldiers marching in front of portrai... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Hospital stewards of 2d Division, 9th Corps, in ...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Bridge at Hampton, Virginia, burned by the rebels on the arrival of Co...

Stereograph shows a group of men, probably 5th North York Infantry Regiment soldiers, standing at a damaged bridge, Hampton, Virginia. Attributed to George Stacy. Forms part of the Larry Gottheim Collection of... More

General Patricks punishment for gamblers

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863, p. 717 as : The Army of the Potomac-Gamblers at the Provost Marshal's Headquarters. Gift, J.P. Morgan... More

Thirsty men at a well - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title inscribed lower right. Faint sketch of two men on verso. Inscribed and crossed out upper right: Soldiers at a well/N Va. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.56) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Sketchbooks, 1863-1887, undated; Unnum...

Charles Wellington Reed Papers: Printed matter, including books with i...

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

Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861

Frederic Ray tentatively identifies this as the camp of General Louis Blenker. Signed lower right: Alf R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.327) Reference print availa... 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.

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

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

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

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

The operations near Washington--scene of the fight in front of Fort St...

Illustration showing soldiers behind low wooden barricades; the remains of a building burned to the ground; and the smoke from cannon fire in the background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v.... 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

Our answer to the Kaiser, Stereoscope Card

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, military conflict, conscription, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The successful hunters. Camp on Oak Creek, Arizona

Soldiers with three deer hanging on tree. Mearns Collection. No. 220.

Pendentive - "Military Life" - National Parks Gallery

The "Pendentives," or the triangles between the arches in the interior of the mausoleum explain the four phases of Grant's life. The sword, shield and helm represent the "Military Life" of General Grant. The ar... More

Troops lounging after pay day, 1898

“Squad drill after pay day. Presidio, September 1898,” on Lyon Street.

The moral of the canteen question / Dalrymple.

Illustration shows Puck, at center, looking at both sides of the issue; on the left, "The result of abolishing the canteen" shows soldiers drunk on whiskey, in a stupor, and engaged in a barroom brawl; on the r... More

Poster - 3 A.M. in a London station hut - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a YMCA facility for soldiers, with men sleeping on couches, in chairs, and on the floor. Illustration is by Edgar Wright.

At ease Signal Corps U.S.A during World War I

Photograph shows eight unidentified soldiers reading, writing, playing with a kitten, and relaxing. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Bruce A. Jarvis, Canal Winchester, Ohio, November 2017.

Men from front lined up to turn in their clothing for replacement and ...

No. 888-G8. In album: Photographic supplement to historical record of quartermaster corps activities A.E.F. Vol. 19-A, p. 69.

Army Training School for Chaplains and approved chaplain candidates, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Busy soldier's correspondence card. So you'd like to drive the general...

Public domain photograph of vintage postcard - Picryl description

Camp snapshots - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection

How the gun feels the first time you handle it! This is how those home knitted sweaters look on some of the boys here! There's always one guy who's never in step! Courtesy of Boston Public Library