William Henry Palmer with his Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) medallion. Palmer was born November 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th...
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-page handwritten letter from Ammons to his family telling of his assignment to the 1st Infantry Division in Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry. He describes sewing on his division patch and the stripes that represent his PFC E-3 rank. He...
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...
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.
This page in Mitchener's POW diary from World War II shows a poem called "High Flight," written by Pilot Officers John J. McGee, Eagle Squadron, killed in action. The poem is about the joy of flying.
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...
This letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Genetia describes a successful Confederate battery action against Federal gunships at Port Hudson, using "hot balls" and setting enemy ships on fire.
The appointment of George Singleton as sergeant of Co. C, 17th U. S. Colored Infantry (USCI), signed by 1st Lt. Lewis Bleakney and Col. W. R. Shafter, commanding the regiment. This unit saw heavy action two weeks later at the Battle of Nashville.
Stone monument of a riderless horse at Chickamauga Battlefield Park near Chattanooga, Tennessee. Carving on monument reads, "First Wisconsin Cavalry, 2nd Brig. 1st Div. Cavalry Corps."; Descriptive text on the reverse side of postcard.
Special Order No. 1 from the headquarters of the 30th Tennessee Regiment of Volunteers in Dalton, Georgia, requiring the examination of and report on a lot of clothing, including jackets, pants, caps, hats, drawers, shirts, and socks. It includes...
World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles
Sixty-pound guns in action at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. This British long-range gun will send its projectiles 15,000 yards. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the...
Silk memorial ribbon picturing General Beauregard. Ribbon is white with crossed flags. One is the Confederate battleflag and the other is the Palmetto flag of South Carolina. A likeness of Beauregard is printed on the ribbon. Written on it is "In...
Scale map featuring forts, towns, post offices, topography, roads, railroads, valleys, rivers, creeks, islands, fords, ferries, elevations, iron furnaces, poor houses, mills, and forges in the East Tennessee area. It indicates that data was...
Ruby ambrotype of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the...
Pvt. G. W. James, Co. H, 12th Tenn. Inf. (later Co. F, 47th Tenn. Inf.) writes to his brother in Gibson County from a camp near Sweetwater, Tenn. He tells of being where the "terrible thunder of cannons & deafening roar of musketry played their...
Print of the Battle of Stones River depicting the Federal troops of General William Rosencrans fighting against Confederate troops under General Bragg. A Union column marches toward the action and a battery of cannon fires on Confederate troops as...
