Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...
Two-page letter from Arthur H. Harris of Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes of his recruiting expedition and his rifle company, of recruits hankering for action, of George's desire for a chaplaincy, and...
Two Vietnamese women in traditional dress are entering from outside into a dark room. A guard appears outside in the sunlight. The doorway appears to be quite thick. Another female worker appears in the light and is about to be passed in by the...
Two small blackened brass buttons marked with a Texas state seal (Lone Star). TEXAS is written in raised letters around the five-pointed star. Since this object was manufactured in the North, it most likely predates the Civil War. Scoville...
Tintype of William Henry Palmer as a lieutenant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Tintype of Dock Monroe Smith (1841-1926). Smith fought for the Confederacy as a sergeant with Co. C, Holman's Battalion, Tenn. Partisan Rangers and then with Co. E, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt. He served under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, participating in...
Three-quarter length portrait of Joe Weakley Sr., believed to be a "Dunlap Zouave." He wears a traditional Zouave uniform with kepi and has an infantry sword on his belt.
World War, 1914-1918; War; Tanks (Military Science); Flags
Three hundred and first Tank Battalion. America's heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of October 17, 1918. Note the American flag flying from one of the tanks. St. Souplet, Nord, France.
Three dead Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade. They fell near the fence along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
This page is a continuation of a list of RAF (Royal Air Force) expressions. Three phrases are shown: "A gentle weave," "Brassed off," and "A genhat." It is likely that this page was never completed.
This page includes a list of RAF (Royal Air Force) expressions, which include "Taking a good view," "Puttin' up a black," "getting a green," "Beacon crawling," "A short burst," and "Operational type." Mitchener has also drawn a picture of a soldier...
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
This military map was hand-drawn on linen by Albert Martin around 1861 and stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps, bluffs, plantations,...
This map illustrates the railroad routes of the United States and Canada that were in operation and in progress circa 1864. State boundaries and state capitals are shown. An inset in the lower right corner features the area covered by Pacific...
This etching presents the front of some of the college buildings at Harvard University at the time Jackson was honored in 1833. The Wall name appears at the bottom of the drawing with the date 1937; Wall signed below the etching. The inspiration...
The map is a reproduction from unknown origin. It indicates railroads completed, in construction, and proposed; topographical features; cities and towns; rivers, creeks and streams; the border states of Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, and North...
The church is pictured on the left. A cotton factory is also pictured on the middle right area of the picture, near the smokestack. Pinewood Mansion is on the right. On the left is the cotton gin; brick was also manufactured at Pinewood. The...
Ten-page pamphlet isuued by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture with the purpose of encouraging emigration to the state by focusing on the agricultural advantages of Tennessee.
