War Department of 1779- 1780 - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...
General Washington and his staff designed strategy in hopes to end the war with a victory.
... An act to authorize the allowance of drawbacks on part of the carg...
Caption title: At head of title: Third Congress of the United States: at the second session, begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday, the third of November one thousand seven hundred and ninety-fo... More
Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. ...
A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Padlock - National Parks Gallery
This mid-19th century padlock is American, likely turned over along with the fort itself in 1933, when the War Department transferred a number of monuments and forts to the National Park Service.
Thomas Jefferson to War Department, August 16, 1804
Public domain scan of Thomas Jefferson correspondence, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains
LAC scc 2019-06-12 update (1 card)
Map of the United States - Public domain vintage map
Also available in digital form.
A bivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise
Another parody of Van Buren administration efforts to end the long and costly Second Seminole War in Florida. The War Department was regularly subjected to public and congressional attacks for cruelty, waste, a... More
The Secretary of War presenting a stand of colours to the 1st Regiment...
A bitter vilification of the Van Buren administration's use of bloodhounds to hunt fugitive Indians during the Second Seminole War in Florida. The artist condemns the racism and inhumanity of the measure, as w... More
Kelley's and Bass Islands showing the harbors of refuge in their vicin...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Head of Green Bay and entrance to Fox River, Wisconsin : from surveys ...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Map of routes for a Pacific railroad, compiled to accompany the report...
Outline sketch map of the United States west of the Mississippi River designed to show the relationship of the proposed railroad routes. First edition of the map appears in U.S. War Department, Report of the Se... More
Preliminary chart of Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior : from surveys under ...
Eagle Harbor, Lake Superior Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Map from "Annual Report of Captain A. A. H., Topographical Engineers, ...
This image has been taken from scan 000009 from "Annual Report of Captain A. A. H., Topographical Engineers, in charge of Office of Explorations and Surveys, War Department". The title and subject terms of this... More
U.S. War Department. Washington DC sterescope card, 19th century.
No. 93. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of Arkansas - Public domain vintage map
United States
Old War Dept. 17th St. side (1st photo?)
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From...
Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From Strasburg, [Va.], to Harper's Ferry. [W.] Va., with the adjacent counties west of it and south of the Potomac River, Captured in the rebel ... More
Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...
Photographs show men displaying the wounds received during the Civil War. Upper left: John Brink, Private, Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (Surgical photo 208). Upper right: Sergeant Warden (Surgical photo... More
[Cartoon showing Uncle Sam and General McClellan standing before a pla...
Also shows Abraham Lincoln standing behind General Scott and next to Edwin M. Stanton, inscribed over them: War Department. Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title devised. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.... More
Surgical photograph ... prepared under the supervision of ... War Dep...
Photographs show two men displaying amputated leg wounds and two skulls with bullet holes. Upper right: skull of Edward Volk, private, Company D, 55th Ohio Volunteers (Surgical photo 212). Lower left: Eben Smit... More
Part of map of portions of the mility. dep'ts of Washington, Pennsylva...
Relief shown by shading. Civil War salted paper maps. General map showing the Washington D.C. region, including western part of Maryland and northeastern Virginia. Does not show Pennsylvania with the exception ... More
Eastern Portion of the Military Department of North Carolina Compiled ...
North Carolina Public domain scan of a map, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War Department Library Photographs, Vol. 32, Quarter Master General Co...
Hand-written bindery instructions for a collection of photographs showing layout of the album title on the spine. Bindery instructions: Half Turkey Green/ Do not cut edges.
Map of Clarksburg and vicinity. Surveyed and drawn under the direction...
War Department Map Collection
The Navy and War Department. [Washington, D.C.]
Public domain photograph - 19th-century albumen print, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hughes military map of Richmond & Petersburgh [sic], Va. Showing the R...
Scale ca. 1:105,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632 Copyright no 27521. "Deposited-July 23, 1864. R. J. Meigs Clk." "Respectfully dedicated to the Army of the Potomac." Insets: [View of] Libby Prison. 13 x 16... More
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: J...
Telegram concerning dispute with General Steele
Abraham Lincoln papers: Series 1. General Correspondence. 1833-1916: W...
List of Maryland regiments
Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group at War Department. Washington, D.C. April 1865. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library... More
Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department
Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War department, Washington. April 20, 1865. $100,000 reward! The murde...
Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold.; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Ass... More
General Orders, No. 67, War Department, adjutant General's Office, Was...
On verso: 0715S 28S55. 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 204, Folder 59a.
General orders no. 66. War Department. The following order of the Secr...
Surrounded by a black mourning border. Announcement of Lincoln's death and instructions for mourning.
Jones, Honorable Jas. Taylor, Rep. From Ala. Capt. Co. D. 4th Ala. In ...
A black and white photo of a man with a beard. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Telegram extra. Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. J. Wilkie Booth the ...
Lincoln, Abraham- Assassination,. 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 126, Folder 10.
Washington, District of Columbia. Group at War Department
Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Group at War Department, Washington, D.C. April 1865. Miller, vol. 3, p. 157. Corresponding print is in LOT 4188. Credit line: Civil war photogr... More
War Department.. Albumen print, Getty Museum. Public domain photograph...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Grotto Spring, Grand Cañon, Colorado River
Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Rain Sculpture, Salt Creek Canon, Utah
Public domain photograph - landscape, 19th-century albumen print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shoshone Falls, Snake River, Idaho, looking through the timber, and sh...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. - the Committee room of the War Department in the Cap...
4 men around table. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, (1876 March 18), p. 24. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
The new Indian war Now, no sarcastic innuendoes, but let us have a squ...
Native man, "This is the Noble Red Man", standing on a chest of drawers between Carl Schurz, of the "Interior Department", and General Philip Sheridan, of the "War Department"; a peace pipe extends from his poc... More
Preliminary chart of Ontonagon Harbor, Lake Superior : from surveys un...
Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Design of Doorknob for the U.S. War Department Building
Richard von Ezdor designed this doorknob for the U.S. War Department Building, now the Old Executive Office Building. Architectural Plans of the U.S. War Department Building in Washington, DC.
7th Cavalry Memorial - National Parks Gallery
In 1881, a granite memorial was erected on Last Stand Hill by the War Department. The remains of soldiers and attached personnel buried on the field were collected and re-interred in a mass grave around the bas... More
War Department Building in Washington, from the General Government and...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
White House, from War Department, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
14087 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5073. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John M. Swadall, Chief Clerk of War Department
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021474. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
John M. Swadall, Chief Clerk of War Department
Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, United States politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Cornfield Avenue, Antietam National Battlefield
The War Department built Cornfield Avenue in the 1890s. This view is looking east.
The Observation Tower, Antietam National Battlefield
The Observation Tower at Antietam was built by the War Department in 1896.
Tower at Bloody Lane, Antietam National Battlefield
Observation Tower at Bloody Lane built by the U.S. War Department in 1896
Uncle Samuel - "William, 'pears to me you're having a powerful hard ti...
This illustration entitled "Uncle Samuel - William, 'Pears to Me You're Having a Powerful Hard Time Finding Nine Fellow Citizens Who Think it Necessary to Investigate Your War Deparment", by cartoonist Clifford... More
Casualty Bureau, War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bill posting - Political cartoon, public domain image
Cartoon shows the back of Francis B. Thurber "Reciprocity Missionary" who has just posted a billboard "Reciprocity on all products only exception sugars lighter than 16 D. S." Behind his back Thurber exchanges ... More
Wrenshall, C C - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau,...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Wells, E H - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, War...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Higgason, Reuben A - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bur...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Stephens, Marion - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Burea...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Whitehead, J P - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau,...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
McKinny, Samuel - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Clemson, J C - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, W...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Dugger, William A - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bure...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Higgason, J A - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, ...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
McKenny, Samuel - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Maxcey, Joseph - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau,...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Matthews, J H - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, ...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Hambree, Lewis - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau,...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Clemson, John - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, ...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Nitre and Mining Bureau, War Department, CSA, P-W - Raised Directly by...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
St John, J M - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, W...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Sivley, John M - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau,...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Duggan, William E - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bure...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Gabbett, William - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Burea...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Pearce, J W - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, Wa...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Gales, James A - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau,...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Hambry, Lewis - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, ...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Gall, James A - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, ...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Howell, H - Age [Blank], Year: [Blank] - Nitre and Mining Bureau, War ...
Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations
Pres. Harding signing the Edge-Ansorge Resolution for the development ...
A group of men standing around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from negative or negative sleeve. Date span based on active dates of Harris & Ewing, Inc. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc... More
Pres. Harding signing the Edge-Ansorge Resolution for the development ...
A group of men standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War Dept. painting of General Pershing
A black and white photo of a man in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Painting in War Dept. of House - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, right profile "at his desk ...
Photograph shows a half-length portrait of William Howard Taft, seated, right profile at his desk in the War Dept., Washington, D.C. H110117 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co., 1908. No... More
[William Howard Taft, half length, seated, facing slightly left, "at h...
Photograph shows William Howard Taft, half length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, at his desk in War Dept. H112401 U. S. Copyright Office. Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co., 1908. No. 13009. This re... More
Old War Dept. Bldg., [Washington, D.C.]
Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE. GENERAL VIEW OF ARMY OFFICERS LEA...
A group of people standing around a horse drawn carriage, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title and date from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris &... More
War Department besieged by job applicants. Washington, D.C., June 12. ...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION AT WHITE HOUSE. GENERAL VIEW OF ARMY OFFICERS LEA...
A group of people standing around a horse drawn carriage. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War Dept. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain historic photograph of Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
War Dept. Bldg. - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Public domain photograph of large building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description