Guerilla Collection (page 2)

CIVIL WAR: VICKSBURG, 1863. Confederate troops attack a Union Army steamboat exploring a swamp near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wood engraving, American, 1865

CALIFORNIA: MODOC WAR, 1873. U. S. Army soldiers discovering the entrance to the
CALIFORNIA: MODOC WAR, 1873. U.S. Army soldiers discovering the entrance to the cave occupied by Captain Jack and his band of Modoc warriors, during the Modoc War in 1873

The Chief of a Guerilla Band - Moroccan Rebellion
The Chief of a Guerilla Band standing in the entrance to his tent during the Moroccan rebellion (uprising against Sultan Abdelhafid) in 1911

Turkish Zeibek Wedding - Istanbul, Turkey. Zeibeks or sometimes Zeybeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire. Date: circa 1906

Turkish Zeibek warriors - Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish Zeibek warriors - Izmir, Turkey. Zeibeks or sometimes Zeybeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire. Date: circa 1906

Joseph Speckbacher - Tyrolean freedom fighter
Joseph Speckbacher (1767-1820) - Tyrolean freedom fighter, a leading figure in the rebellion of the Tyrol against Napoleon. Date: circa 1809

Turkish Guerilla band of fighters - Yannis and Skotidas
A Turkish Guerilla band of fighters - active against the Bulgarian forces in Macedonia. Shown here are Guerilla leaders Yannis and Skotidas from the Niausi region

The Civil War in Spain: Drilling Republican Troops for Guerilla Warfare in the North: 1
THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN: DRILLING REPUBLICAN TROOPS FOR GUERILLA WARFARE IN THE NORTH: 1. Skirmishing. 2. Commander-in-Chief and Staff. 3. After Drill, 1873 engraving

World war 2, anna suslina guarding the fields of the twelfth anniversary of october collective farm in the moscow region

Thomas Bumalacarregui
THOMAS BUMALACARREGUI Basque guerilla leader who hoped to take advantage of Spains divided political state to advance the cause of Basque deparatism. Date: CIRCA 1835

HENRY BERRY LOWERY (c1844-c1872). American outlaw. Lowery and his band of guerillas in the swamps of Robeson County, North Carolina. Wood engraving from an American newspaper of 1872

JEB STUARTs CAVALRY 1862. James Ewell Brown Jeb Stuarts raid around McClellan, June 1862. Lithograph after H. A. Ogden
JEB STUARTs CAVALRY 1862. James Ewell Brown Jeb Stuarts raid around McClellan, June 1862. Lithograph after H.A. Ogden

KANSAS: LAWRENCE, 1863. The ruins of Lawrence after the raid by Confederate guerrillas led by William Clarke Quantrill (1837-1865). Contemporary wood engraving

CIVIL WAR GUERILLA. A buschwhacker, or Confederate guerilla fighter. Wood engraving, American, 1867

OHIO: MORGANs RAIDERS 1863. John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders entering the town of Washington, Ohio, July 1863: contemporary wood engraving

CIVIL WAR: GUERRILLAS. Jefferson Thompsons Confederate guerrillas shooting at Federal boats on the Mississippi River. Wood engraving, English, 1862

GREEK SOLDIER, 1820s. A Greek partisan fighting for independence against the Turks in the 1820s. Steel engraving, American, c1850, after Emanuel Leutze

SICILY: GUERRILLAS, 1860. La Masa, the Sicilian guerrilla leader, and his staff, in the streets of Palermo, Italy. Wood engraving, 1860

CUBA: TEN YEARS WAR. The war in Cuba - A dash through the woods. Wood engraving, American, 1869

MEXICAN WAR: GUERRILLAS. Mexican guerrilla fighters from the Mexican-American War, 1846-48. Contemporary engraving

CONFEDERATE GUERRILLAS. Capture of a Union Army dragoon by guerrilla horsemen in Virginia. Wood engraving, English, 1861

CIVIL WAR GUERILLA. A buschwhacker, or Confederate guerilla fighter. Wood engraving, American, 1867

TEXAS: MEXICAN FILIBUSTERS. Mexican filibusters, or freebooters, on the march in Texas in defiance of General Santa Annas recognition of its independence from Mexico, late 1830s

WILLIAM CLARKE QUANTRILL (1837-1865). Confederate guerilla leader. Line engraving, American, 19th century

Turkish Zeibek warrior - Izmir, Turkey. Zeibeks or sometimes Zeybeks were irregular militia and guerilla fighters living in the Aegean Region of the Ottoman Empire. Date: 1905

Revolution of Theriso - The insurgents at Malaxa
In 1898, the Great Powers declared Crete as an independent Cretan State, under the rule of the Sultan. Yet, the administration of commander Prince George irritated the Cretans

MIGUEL MALVAR (1865-1911). Philippine insurrectionary leader photographed in 1902

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British wagon-train ambushed by Francis Marion in South Carolina during the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

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Francis Marion, the " Swamp Fox, " riding through a Carolina forest during the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century painting

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British retreat from Concord under fire from colonial Minutemen in ambush, 1775. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

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American marksman in a tree firing at British soldiers, Revolutionary War. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

General Christian De Wet
General De Wet was an elusive guerilla leader and raider of the British lines of communication in the Boer War. During World War One his name was linked to the traitor Maritz

General Julien Sanchez
General Julien Sanhez, leader of a Spanish guerilla force, relaxes in a makeshift tent

LA Masa Guerilla
La Masa, leader of a guerilla force in Sicily, with supporters in the streets of Palermo

Mosbys Irregulars
Confederate commander Mosby forms a band of about 1000 irregulars who carry on guerilla operations, harassing the Union forces, stealing their horses and supplies

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"Unyielding Spirit: The Legacy Warfare" From the iconic Ernesto Che Guevara to Fidel Castro's triumph in 1959, guerilla warfare has shaped history. It transcends borders and time, as seen with the Turkish Zeibek warriors in Izmir, Turkey. Even Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest led his Confederate cavalry forces fearlessly during the Civil War. Mosby's Rangers, a Confederate unit operating behind Union lines under John S. Mosby's command, exemplified audacity and resourcefulness in their raids on Union sutler trains. Breaking gender norms, female African soldiers have shown immense courage alongside young African women wielding guns. The pitfalls of colonial conquests are evident through images like the assault on a military truck in Cyrenaica by Arab fighters. "Men against Breastplates" captures the relentless struggle between traditional armies and guerrillas who fight unconventionally. In times of desperation, even churches become strongholds for defense against guerillas as depicted in "Defense in a Church from Guerillas. " However, victory is not always guaranteed for these unconventional fighters; "The Defeat and Flight of the guerillas before Saint-Nicholas" reminds us that they too face setbacks. Guerilla warfare embodies resilience and adaptability - it is an enduring symbol of resistance against oppression throughout history.