Topic: Military History
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Marie Paul Yves Roch Gilbert de Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
The portrait is of the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette, depicted wearing the clothing of a French nobleman, arrived in America in 1777. He soon became a trusted confidant of George...
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Portrait and Uniform of an American General
This image depicts the uniforms of a General and a Rifle-man in the Continental Army. Commander-in-Chief George Washington insisted that his army be outfitted in a professional manner in order...
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Rebellion of the Slaves in Santo Domingo
This print shows the 1791 slave insurrection in the French colony of Saint-Domingue which sparked the Haitian Revolution. By 1804, Haiti was an independent republic–a black republic–in which slavery was...
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Sentiments of an American Woman
After learning about the Continental Army’s supply shortage, the women of Philadelphia, led by Esther Reed, wife of the Pennsylvania governor, organized a fund drive. This broadside aimed to inspire...
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Soldiers in Uniform
This image, produced in France, depicts the uniforms of various troops who fought on the American side during the American Revolution. The image includes a representation of a French soldier,...
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Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
This image, currently on display in the U.S. Capitol, depicts the surrender of the British after the battle of Yorktown in October 1781. Ironically, the defeated British general, Cornwallis, does...
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Taking of the Bastille
On July 14, 1789, a revolutionary crowd stormed the Bastille, as this contemporary painting shows. Both a fortress and a prison, the Bastille housed valuable gunpowder (which the crowd seized)...
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Testimony of John Parker on the Battle of Lexington
In this document, John Parker, Captain of the Lexington militia, recounts what happened on the morning of April 19, 1775. Parker claims that he had instructed his men not to...
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The Battle of Lexington
This image portrays the clash between British Regulars and American militiamen. On the morning of April 19, 1775, British troops marched toward Concord to destroy an ammunition dump. Citizen-soldiers gathered...
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