Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Subject of rivers
Filter: Subject of military art and science
| Date: | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map is red and black ink on tracing cloth and is oriented with north to the upper left. This hand-drawn map shows a central portion of the military ro... |
| Date: | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Albumen stereograph of the Union Army brass band posed and playing atop Lookout Point. The Tennessee River is in the background. |
| Date: | 1851 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
| Date: | 1856 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Painting by S.M. Brookes of the Wisconsin Heights Battlefield. |
| Date: | 1856 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This landscape painting by Samuel Marsden Brookes and Thomas H. Stevenson depicts a broad view of the confluence of Bad Axe and Mississippi Rivers; site of... |
| Date: | 1845 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Illustration of Chippewa and Sioux Indians battling each other at the Brule River. Wood engraving from Armstrong, "Early Life Among The Indians." |
| Date: | 1842 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This hand-colored lithograph of the second Fort Howard, with Indians canoeing on the Fox River, shows the hospital built 1834-1835 outside the stockade on ... |
| Date: | 1821 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver. |
| Date: | 06 24 1849 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Original wash drawing of Fort Laramie, Wyoming (actually Fort John; see note below). Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California... |
| Date: | 11 08 1906 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte... |
| Date: | 1831 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Drawing of Fort Winnebago (near present-day Portage) that illustrated "Wau-Bun," Juliette Kinzie's memoir of her experiences on the early Wisconsin fronti... |
| Date: | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle... |
| Date: | 1832 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Black and white engraving showing landscape with Fort Pierre and Indian tipis along the Missouri River. |
| Date: | 1832 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fort Union, on the Missouri River in Montana. |
| Date: | 1832 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Fort Clark, on the Missouri River, February 1834. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Engraving of George Washington and his troops rowing across an icy Delaware River to attack the British, from the painting by E. Leutze. |
| Date: | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building. |
| Date: | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Sketch of Boone's Knob and the Kentucky River, where Company A of the 22nd Wisconsin Infantry camped, November-December, 1862. The sketch was drawn by Priv... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
