Three troop movement notes, commonly called "spy notes." They were sealed with candle wax and folded to a small triangle. These belonged to General Albert Sydney Johnston and were to be destroyed after they were read.
This page in Mitchener's diary includes a drawing of the kitchen, in which a large cooking stove is pictured. On top of this image, he has written a number of commonly used phrases, including,"shut the d - ' door!" and "The skillet's dirty again!"...
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Songs; Ballads; Minstrel shows
Sheet music, consisting of six pages, with an etching of an "African-American" representing the "Old Contraband." The composers are listed on the front cover.
SGT Christopher Ammons, pictured on his last patrol in Vietnam, appears to be fully armed. He is wearing a soft hat commonly called a "boonie" or "bush hat." This one has a fabric tape band of branch loops around the crown. These loops are meant to...
One-page printed and handwritten Federal Form No. 9 (a) reflects the type of ammunition consumed and how and where it was used over a particular time period for Company K, 5th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army. In this case, the...
Color two-sided pass promising safe conduct to the holder of the pass by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied military forces. Reverse bears the signature of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and has a photograph of a South Vietnamese Soldier...
A piece torn from a black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the surrender of a Viet-Cong soldier on the front with text and leaflet number (246-131-68) on the reverse.