Hansford James, son of John James and Nancy Smyth, born November 3, 1822, died March 23, 1883. Married Mary Melvina Bell, January 12, 1854. Hansford James served in the War Between the States under General Robert E. Lee's command. Captured at the...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939; Boxing
Two members of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 496 battle each other in a boxing ring on camp grounds, as camp spectators gather around the ring to watch.
Special contract beween the Confederate Headquarters Volunteer and Conscript Bureau and H. M. Blake for Blake's slave, Squire, an 18-year-old male valued at $1,600.00, to be employed by the Confederate Army as a teamster. The order is issued by...
Form No. 47 explaining the history of the command of Company K, 5th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, from March 1, 1863, to March 31, 1865. The company was commanded by Captain E. W. Bass, who was dismissed from service December 31,...
Report of the Confederate soldiers from Tennessee, Kentucky, Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Virginia killed, wounded, missing, or escaped from Fort Donelson. Shows a total of 15,246 engaged, 949 wounded (not surrendered), 273 killed,...
Sheet music covers; Children; Families; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Lithograph from a photograph of three young children serves as the centerpiece of the cover of a Civil War-era song, dedicated by the author, James G. Clark, to J. Francis Bourns M.D. of Philadelphia, Pa.
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Tower of Attila at the Villa Pamphyla near Rome. Sketch shows a tower in ruins and a forest in the background.
World War 1914-1918; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Women; Gas masks; Rifles; War
Americans from the 118th Regiment Infantry (formerly First South Carolina Infantry, detachment First North Carolina Infantry, and Second South Carolina Infantry), 30th Division, passing through Brancourt le Grand, Aisne. The soldiers are standing...
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare; Military life; Infantry
"Pvt. M. L. Hunley of Company K, 117th Regiment Infantry, 30th Division and other unidentified soldiers in a trench. Pvt. Hunley appears to be mending a piece of his equipment. The description on the back of the photograph describes him as "caught...
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Rifles; Gas masks; Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Trench warfare
A group of American soldiers are resting after a battle that had begun in the morning. They are positioned behind a trench or a small hill and are getting ready to rest for the evening.
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Military vehicles; Trucks; Automobiles; Horses; Military facilities; Military headquarters; Campaigns & battles; War; World War 1914-1918; Vehicles
"View in front of the 30th Division Headquarters, showing heavy traffic caused by the transportation of British, American, & Australian war material to the battle lines. Montbrehain, Aisne, France. October 14, 1918." Numerous vehicles, troops,...
War; World War, 1914-1918; War destruction & pillage; Craters; Campaigns & battles; Forts & fortifications
The caption reads, "Trenches, mine craters, and shell holes." The photograph was taken at Vauquois Hill in the Meuse-Argonne sector of France. The photograph has a desolate,"moonscape" quality to it.
War; Aerial views; Cities & towns; Houses; Buildings; Reparations; Campaigns & battles; War destruction & pillage; World War, 1914-1918
The caption reads. "Airplane picture of one of the towns France asked indemnity for." Many of the buildings in the photograph appear to be destroyed completely or bombed out from battle.
Gas warfare; Poisons; War damage; Campaigns & battles; World War, 1914-1918
Aerial shot above the battered earth of the Western Front. A gas attack has been launched, and the gas can be seen streaming from the shells across an area of contention.
