veterans

Tom Roepke, El Maida Shrine ringmaster, introduces

Tom Roepke, El Maida Shrine ringmaster, introduces the Shriners Circus production team at the El Paso County Coliseum, Nov. 11. The event raised money for the Shriner’s ongoing operations and continued charity.... More

A graduation tassel sits on a diploma at the graduation

A graduation tassel sits on a diploma at the graduation ceremony for WWII veterans held at Bowie High School, El Paso, Texas July 25, 2014. The veterans were all members of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 141st Infan... More

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 16th Combat Aviation

A U.S. Army Soldier, assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, talks to a Vietnam Veteran during a visit at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., May 20, 2016. The Angry Skipper Association is... More

Soldiers enter the history books

Gaetana Broillet, the Fort Bliss chapter Veterans History Project chairperson (right), and Kristina M. Martinez, an American Red Cross volunteer (left), interview retired Sgt. Maj. Scott L. Denson for a first-p... More

Olivia Aviles, from Murrieta, Calif., visits residents

Olivia Aviles, from Murrieta, Calif., visits residents of the Virginia Veteran’s Care Center in Salem, Va., with other members of Run For The Wall 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Tyson Friar, 16th Mobile Public... More

Dr. Daniel Coons, Korean War Veterans Association Chapter

Dr. Daniel Coons, Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 3 president, speaks at the 16th Annual Security Forces Ruck March Feb. 21, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The ruck march was held to commemorate th... More

Emory Osborn, a retired Master Sgt., sits waiting to

Emory Osborn, a retired Master Sgt., sits waiting to be taken to physical therapy, after conducting an interview about his time in the Army, at the Ambrosio Guillen Veterans Home, El Paso, Texas, June 19, 2012.... More

At the final destination of Run For The Wall 2015,

At the final destination of Run For The Wall 2015, riders remember the family, friends and service members honored at the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial. Run For The Wall is an annual motorcycle ride event from Ont... More

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , April 17, 2009 -- View from Fargo Veterans ...

The original database describes this as: Title: Flooded park in North Dakota Production Date: 04/17/2009 Caption: Fargo, N. D. , April 17, 2009 -- View from Fargo Veterans Bridge of flooded park. Many areas... More

GAR Post 1 Members

Black and white group portrait of members of Grand Army of the Republic Post 1, New Bedford, Massachusetts, standing outside City Hall (Pleasant Street). Group includes William H. Carney, 3rd from left starting... More

The old soldier & his family painted by Bellangé ; eng'd. by Wm. McClu...

Print shows a young male traveling merchant or peddler selling figurines door-to-door throughout the countryside, he carries them on a board resting on his head; he is standing before an old soldier and his fam... More

Civil War Veteran portrait

Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Veteran bust portrait. Man has a white mustache and beard with the medals. He is looking towards the right of the viewer. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Solomon Black N.Z.C.

Solomon Black N.Z.C. Severely wounded Otauto Mar. 1869

The last remaining Civil War veterans, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Pictured here are Lancaster's three last Civil War veterans. Eben Mann and John E. Farnsworth lived on Harvard Road. Benjamin Wyman resided on Neck Road. Farnsworth, who was born in 1843 and died in 1929, was t... More

Veteran 1812

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.

[The soldier returns to the hearth]

Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.233) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Drummer Philo H. Ravlin of Co. I, 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment in u...

Photographs show identified man as a young soldier in 1861 and as a veteran in 1914. Title devised by Library staff. Notation on recto: "Yours truly, P.H. Ravlin, General Grant's drummer." Gift; Tom Liljenquist... More

Company C, 9th Indiana Infantry (Sherman's Veterans)

Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

The soldiers return

Photograph of a staged scene showing a woman and child welcoming a wounded Civil War soldier returning from the war. Title from item. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection code: GG 4 . ... More

Lieutenant Colonel Emory Upton of 121st New York Infantry Regiment in ...

Ribbon badge printed "41st annual reunion, 121st N.Y. Volunteers, Cooperstown, N.Y., 1917" shows portrait of identified soldier, "Our beloved colonel." Title devised by Library staff. More information about thi... More

Benjamin A. Robinson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republ...

Photograph shows identified veteran of Co. B, 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, who was wounded at James Island, South Carolina, Pocotaligo, South Carolina, and Newmarket Road, Virginia, and served as commande... More

Albert L. Bartlett, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republic...

Photograph shows identified veteran of Co. I, 52nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, who served as commander of Merriam Post No. 8 G.A.R. Title devised by Library staff. Notation on mount indicates that Bartlett... More

The veteran

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.194) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Union veterans of trench and field before Petersburg Dec. 1864

Title from caption in Miller, Francis Trevelyn, ed., The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes, Vol. 3, The Decisive Battles. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, Inc., 1957, p. 272-273. Corrected title an... More

[Unidentified man with gold mining equipment and wearing a U.S. beltpl...

Title devised by Library staff. Case: Berg, no. 1-23. Miner wears a U.S. beltplate indicating that he is probably a veteran of the U.S. Civil War. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More informatio... More

Lemuel Cook. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Half-length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 33.

My Dear Brother

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

Civil War veterans George Washington Brown of Co. B, 157th Pennsylvani...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veterans who both had their left arms amputated. Title devised by Library staff. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Woodstock, Georgia... More

The last men of the Revolution

Set of portraits showing American Revolutionary War veterans who lived to be 100 or more years old.

Adam Link, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position and without vignetting, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The ... More

My Dear Brother

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

Daniel Waldo, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolution. Hartford:, N. A. & R. A. Moore, ... More

William Hutchings, aged 100, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans.

William Hutchings. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front, holding cane. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 49.

Samuel Downing, aged 102, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolution. Hartford:, N. A. & R. A. Moore, ... More

Alexander Millener, aged 104, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

My Dear Brother

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

How Sherman's veterans took Atlanta. Air- Lanigan's ball. ... No. 300 ...

Alexander Millener. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Half-length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 39.

Samuel Downing. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 7.

Lemuel Cook, aged 105, one of the survivors of the Revolution

Portrait shows one of the oldest surviving American Revolutionary War veterans. A similar photograph, with hands in a different position, appears in: Hillard, E. B. (Elias Brewster). The Last Men of the Revolut... More

My Dear Brother

Letter written by George Moore to his brother. Letter reads, "My Dear Brother" Noted on top "Near Petersburg Va. July 24-1864" and a second time, at a later date, "Near Petersburg Va. July 24 1864" One side of ... More

Adam Link. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing front, holding cane. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 53.

Daniel Waldo. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Three-quarter length portrait of American Revolutionary War veteran, seated, facing right, wearing cloak. Illus. in: The last men of the revolution / E.B. Hillard. Hartford : N.A. & R.A. Moore, 1864, opp. p. 23.

Band of 9th & 10th Veterans Reserve Corps, Wash. D.C. Apr. 1865

No. 30. Title from item. Purchase; L.C. Handy, Washington, D.C.; 1905 Nov. 25; (DLC/PP-1905: 42760A)

Review of the returned veterans by Gov. Curtin--Gen. Meade and staff p...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1865 July 1, p. 236.

Certificate of service Max Rosenthal

Print shows a certificate to certify that someone served as a volunteer in the "Volunteer Army of the United States in obedience to the call of A. Lincoln, President to suppress the Southern Rebellion of 1861."... More

Civil War veterans on Memorial Day, Lancaster, Massachusetts

A dignified group of veterans poses on the steps of Memorial Hall. They are, from left to right, as follows: (front row) Linenkemper, Sargent, Farnsworth, Nash, McNamara, Lyman, Brockelman, Bliss, Blood, and Pr... More

Major-General Manuel Doblado. The soldier's messenger corps. Concordia...

Three illustrations: Half-length portrait of Major-Gen. Manuel Doblado; a one-armed soldier carrying piece of mail; and street scene in Baltimore, Maryland, with view of the opera house "The Corcordia". Illus. ... More

Group, color guard of Salem Light Infantry Veterans Association

[Unidentified man with cane]

To all to whom these presents shall come or may concern know ye, that ...

Print shows Columbia standing at top center holding a sword and an American flag, on her right are Union soldiers and on her left is a large globe, scales of justice, the "Constitution", books, and a large buil... More

"The tyrannical military despotism of our Republic" Th. Nast

Image shows an incident in Charleston, South Carolina on April 29, 1867 when the Stonewall Fire Engine Company put an image of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson over their fire engine during the annual Fir... More

Military asylum, Washington, D.C. / / photographed by A. Gardner. The ...

Two engravings showing exterior of military asylum, Washington, D.C. and veteran with one leg, with poem "The Veteran".

The contraband The recruit ; The veteran Photographed by Rockwood, 839...

Images show African American men including a man with a hat and bundle on a stick, a soldier with rifle and a veteran with one leg. On page: "These admirable works, by T. Waterman Wood, were made from studies m... More

John Gray, Cabinet photograph

John Gray, half-length portrait, seated, facing front. Copyright by I.N. Knowlton.

Civil War veteran George W. Warner of Co. B, 20th Connecticut Infantry...

Photograph shows portrait of identified veteran who was wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, J... More

Unidentified Civil war veteran

Photograph shows portrait of Confederate veteran, probably a captain, in uniform. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Everitt Bo... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran Blecker, Myerstown, Pa

Photograph shows portrait of unidentified Union veteran in uniform with memorial ribbon, in front of painted backdrop. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly dep... More

G.A.R. Memorial Hall, North Adams, Mass

Photograph shows hall for Charles D. Sanford G.A.R. Post #79. Title from item. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Everitt Bowles, Civil War Badges, Woodstock, ... More

G.A.R. hall with altar to dead comrades

Photograph shows General John Sedgwick GAR Post No. 17 of Santa Ana, California with two Union veterans in uniform with medals and bayoneted muskets, a woman in mourning attire, and two girls holding flowers. T... More

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Soldier's National Cemetery superintendent, and o...

Photograph shows Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, with two unidentified men. Title devised by Library staff. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. More information about this c... More

Grand Army of the Republic certificate

13186 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2... More

[Nicholas G. Wilson, National Cemetery superintendent, and others with...

Photograph shows Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, with two unidentified men.

The last muster / H.H.

Two old pensioners in uniform sitting in the chapel of Chelsea Hospital, a soldiers' home in England. Reproduction of a painting by Hubert Herkomer. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1875 June 5.

[Nicholas G. Wilson, Civil War veteran, with Grand Army of the Republi...

Photograph shows portrait of Nicholas G. Wilson, veteran of Co. G, 138th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. Title devised by Library staff. Related to AMB/TIN no. 3177. More information about this collection is av... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran

Photograph shows portrait of unidentified Confederate veteran. Related to photograph processed as LOT 14043-2, nos. 494, which is of the same person. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016;... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran with medals and G.A.R. Post No. 35, Wau...

Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, December, 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fami... More

Indians representing various newspapers waving weapons of "abuse" and ...

Title devised by cataloger. "On the warpath" in handwritten notation on mat. No accession number. This catalog record contains preliminary or unverified data from a project done in BRS software, ca. 1985. mm / 860224.

Civil War veterans of the 92nd Illinois Infantry Regiment at a reunion

Photograph shows portrait of Union veterans of 92nd Illinois Infantry (Wilder's Brigade). Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: Th... More

[Indians representing various newspapers waving weapons of "abuse" and...

Two old veterans: Captain A. Smith, N.Z.C. and his grey mare, Jessie. ...

Unidentified Civil war veteran O. Pierre Havens, Jacksonville, Florida

Photograph shows portrait of unidentified Confederate veteran. Related to photograph processed as LOT 14043-2, nos. 493, which is of the same person. Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016;... More

Gibbons, Guy Irving: World War I veteran, Granville, Ohio

Song of the veterans

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Pt. John Flynn. Severely wounded Te Ngutu o te Manu Sept. 7th 1868

Pt. John Flynn. Severely wounded Te Ngutu o te Manu Sept. 7th 1868

Unidentified Civil War veterans of a New York Veterans Cavalry Regimen...

Title devised by Library staff. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljvet

Granville World War I veterans, Granville, Ohio

U.S. National Museum Decorated for Garfield Inaugural Ball

Description: The West Hall looking towards the Rotunda of the new United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, decorated for President James A. Garfield and Vice President Chester A. Art... More

Soldiers and sailors' reunion, at the State House, Topeka, Kansas, Sep...

Photograph shows a crowd on and around State House; tents, horses, and wagons in foreground. Copyright 1881 by N. L. Anderson. Title from item.

An artist's rambles in Washington: the artist's arrival at the Capital...

[Large group of Union veterans of the Civil War. including William Tec...

Grand Army of the Republic service certificate

23280 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2... More

Obsequies of General Grant. Headquarters veterans division. General or...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 129, Folder 29a.

The rival sandwich-men / Zimmerman.

Illustration shows David B. Hill placing a cap labeled "Gen'l Jones" on an old man's head and handing him a sword labeled "Baltimore Blade"; the old man is wearing a sandwich board that states "Hill & Jones Pol... More

[Civil War veteran John Wilson and Sarah Bowman Wilson]

Photograph shows Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union), who was known for being the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain durin... More

Commanders-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic

4338 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran from Grand Army of the Republic post 38...

Title devised by Library staff. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: James C. Frasca, Croton, Ohio, December 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection o... More

Sergt G. Hill N.Z.C., Cabinet photograph

Waireka veterans, New Plymouth

Captain Mace - holder of the New Zealand Cross

Civil War veterans of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment at a reuni...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veterans with young boy; the man with bowtie to the boy's left identified as John Mitchell Vanderslice, Medal of Honor recipient; the boy is possibly his son. Title devised by... More

[Civil War veteran John Wilson]

Photograph shows Captain John Wilson of Co. C, 8th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (Union), who was known for being the first Union soldier to plant his regiment's battle flag on the summit of Lookout Mountain durin... More

Sod house near Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.

summary: Note: The seated man holds a hat bearing a civil war era badge. original size: 6x8

[Horse-drawn catafalque, Civil War veterans in parade, and spectators ...

Repro. of wash drawing, copyrighted by J.I. Lloyd. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Parades; Death Funeral...; Veterans; Pres.

Unidentified Civil War veterans and members of United Confederate Vete...

Title devised by Library staff. Unidentified veteran seated at left also depicted in photograph taken later; processed as LOT 14043-2, no. 1014. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: The Veter... More

20th annual ball masquerade of Koltes Post No. 32 G.A.R., Feb. 9th, 18...

Photograph shows group portrait of unidentified Union veterans from Koltes Post No. 32, New York City, posed in front of tent with cannon, stacked rifles, and drum. Title from item. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016;... More

Unidentified Civil War veteran wearing Grand Army of the Republic meda...

Photograph shows portrait of Union veteran. Title devised by Library staff. Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2018; (D074) Purchased from: Medhurst & Co., North Liberty, Iowa, April 2018. Forms part of: Liljenquist Fam... More