Hannah Duston escapes from capture by Native AmericansHannah Duston and two other captives escaping from Abenaki Indians on the Merrimac River, New Hampshire, 1697. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812British and American ships engaged in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Naval battle between the British and French, 1790sBritish ship " Brunswick" in battle with French navy off the coast of Brittany, late 1700s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration
EVNT2A-00196Oliver H. Perrys note proclaiming his Lake Erie victory: " We have met the enemy and they are ours." Woodcut with watercolor wash
EVRV2A-00048Battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, 1780, American Revolution. Hand-colored halftone illustration of a 19th-century illustration by F.C. Yohn
Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894Japanese warships taking Port Arthur, Manchuria, during the Sino-Japanese War, 1894. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Seljuk Turks defeated at Dorylaeum, First CrusadeCrusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon, defeating Muslim forces of Sultan Kilij Arslan at Dorylaeum in Asia Minor, 1097. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00014" Liberty Leading the People" by Eugene Delacroix. Printed halftone reproduction of a 19th century painting
Spanish Armada, 1588Defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English navy, 1588. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration
US Army survivors of Custers Last Stand - horse and scout, CurleyHorse " Comanche" and Custers scout Curley, the only US Army survivors of the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a photograph
Confederate soldiers in action, Battle of ChickamaugaBraggs Confederates firing from the woods at Chickamauga, Georgia, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Ottoman Turk massacre of Greeks at Chios, 1822Massacre of Greeks by the Turks on the Aegean Island of Chios, 1822. Printed halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Delacroix
EVNT2A-00070Custers last stand at the Little Big Horn River, Montana, 1876. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
EVNT2A-00047Retreat of the Spanish Armada from England in stormy seas, 1588. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Judge and courtroom in the Middle AgesPlaintiff and defendant take the oath before a judge in the 1400s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a medieval illustration
EVNT2A-00048British capturing Quebec in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, French and Indian War, 1759. Hand-colored woodcut
Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850sKansas Free Soil " peace convention" at Fort Scott, Kansas, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
American siege of Yorktown, Revolutionary WarWashington directing the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolution, 1781. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
EVCW2A-00031Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant recapturing artillery during the Battle of Shiloh 1862, American Civil War. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration
EVNT2A-00068Battle of Buena Vista during the US-Mexican War, 1847. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
EVCW2A-00001Fourth U.S. Artillery under Lt. Bayard Wilkeson firing from an exposed position during the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Hand colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00002General Waynes victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, opening the Ohio Valley for settlers, 1794. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00075General Oliver Otis Howard pursuing the Nez Perce tribe on the Dead Mule Trail in Idaho, 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
EVRV2A-00159First Maryland Regiment retaking British field artillery at Guilford Court House, North Carolina, American Revolution. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration
Colonial dispute in Rhode Island, 1600sColonists conflict over cattle at Acquidneck (now Newport), Rhode Island, 1641. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Battle of Pocomoke Sound in colonial Maryland, 1630sWilliam Claiborne and Leonard Calvert in battle, the first naval conflict on Chesapeake Bay, 1630s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Jamestown settlement in 1622Virginia colonists firing on canoes from Jamestown fort, 1622. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native AmericansCheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Stephen stoned to death in 36 ADApostle Stephen stoned to death for preaching Christianity, 36 AD. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Gustave Dore illustration
Weetamoo drowning in the Taunton River, 1676Weetamoo swimming the Mattapoiset River to escape the Tiverton massacre, King Philips War, 1676. Digitally colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Kentucky woman fighting off Native Americans, 1791Wife of John Merrill defends her Kentucky home against Native Americans, 1791, Kentucky. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Natchez War on French settlers, Mississippi, 1729Native American raid on French colonial settlement at Natchez, Mississippi, November, 1729. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
New England colonial militia, 1600sArmed colonists returning home after a false alarm, Massachusetts, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
DeSoto expedition retreating down the Mississippi, 1542Spaniards descending Mississippi River after De Sotos death, 1542. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Conflict between English and Dutch colonists in ConnecticutEnglish and Dutch farmers quarreling in colonial Connecticut, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Peace of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years War, 1648Dutch celebrating the Treaty of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years War, 1648. Printed color halftone reproduction of a painting by Flindt
Vikings battling natives on the coast of VinlandFreydis defends her fellow Norse settlers from Native Americans, or Skraelings, 1009. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Louisbourg surrendered by the French in Canada, 1758Surrender of Louisbourg to the British under General Jeffrey Amherst, French and Indian War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hostilities between Pilgrims and Native Americans, 1621First encounter between Plymouth colonists and Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Native Americans battling Plymouth colonists, 1620sMiles Standish fighting Native Americans, Plymouth Colony, 1620s. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration
Colonists during the Pequot War in Fairfield, Connecticut, 1637Gathering of alarmed Connecticut colonists at Fairfield during the Pequot War, 1637. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00046General Zachary Taylor in command of US troops against Santa Anas forces at Buena Vista, US-Mexican War, 1847. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration
Custers 7th Cavalry battling Sioux warriorsSioux attack on a company of Custers Seventh Cavalry on the Great Plains, June 24, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
EVNT2A-00022Naval duel between the frigate USS " Constitution" and the British ship " Guerriere, " War of 1812. Printed color lithograph of a 19th century painting
President Buchanan concluding a truce between Pawnees and PoncasPresident James Buchanan persuading warring Pawnees and Poncas to shake hands, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Tuscaroras capturing colonial surveyors in the CarolinasSurveyors Lawson and DeGraffenried captured by Native Americans in the Carolinas, 1711. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Enemy Native American village set afire, FloridaNative Americans attacking enemy village by shooting burning moss to set it afire, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut from Theodore Debry, from a painting by LeMoyne
NATI2A-00187Comanche and Arapaho leaders holding a council of war about white encroachment on their land, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration