Execution by Firing Squad

Details of the Latest Execution

José Guadalupe Posada

A firing squad executing two men, a priest and other figures in the background

José Guadalupe Posada

Broadsheet showing a blindfolded man being executed (no letterpress in bottom section)

José Guadalupe Posada, ? Antonio Vanegas Arroyo

The First Maine Cavalry Skirmishing

Alfred Rudolf Waud

The War for the Union, 1862—A Bayonet Charge

Winslow Homer

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge

Winslow Homer

Execution of Jesus Bruno Martinez

José Guadalupe Posada

The War for the Union, 1862 – A Bayonet Charge (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. VII)

After Winslow Homer, Harper's Weekly, Harper & Brothers

Charge of the First Massachusetts Regiment on a Rebel Rifle Pit near Yorktown

Winslow Homer

Infanterie Turque, Chasseurs

Auguste Raffet

Arnoutes Gardes-Côtes

Auguste Raffet

Our Manoeuvres – Captain of Skirmishers Addresses a Lance-Corporal (recto); Sad, But a Fact! (verso)

Recto: Anonymous, British, 19th century, Verso: George Du Maurier