This page in Mitchener's diary shows the oncoming Russian advance into Poland and Germany in January 1945. It is captioned,"From Memel to Budapest" and "Uncle Joe Moves Again." The diarist has drawn a calendar with the date January 12 circled as...
Alvin C. York's heroism went unnoticed in the United States, even in Tennessee, until the publication of the April 26, 1919, issue of the Saturday Evening Post. In an article titled "The Second Elder Gives Battle" (pp. 1-4 ff.), journalist George...
Certificate of payment for Confederate Major General B. F. Cheatham for services from June 1 to July 1, 1863, for a total of $300.00. Signed by M. B. Pilcherd, Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Paymaster in Cheatham's Division.
Military bands; Military uniforms; Musical instruments; Military occupations; Tents; Military camps; Boarding schools; Schools; Soldiers; Military officers
Federal officers, a regimental band with instruments, and several ladies pose in front of the two-story Aldehoff School. People can be seen in the windows of the building, and a tent appears in the right foreground of the dual-image stereograph...
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...
Chart of the system of notification for the Second Infantry Brigade, Tennessee State Guard. This chart was part of the internal security plan for the Guard during World War II.
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,...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
Military map, hand-drawn on linen, by Albert Martin (possibly a Confederate cartographer). It stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps,...
Battlefield in front of Franklin, Tennessee, where the United States Forces, consisting of the 4th & 23d Corps and the Cavalry Corps M.D.M. [Military Division of the Mississippi], all under the command of Major General J. M. Schofield, severely...
This page features a list of signatures from the "Brass," the POWs who were military officers at Stalag Luft III along with Mitchener. The previous page includes autographs of the other men who were in the POW camp.
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.
Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys front image of Viet-Cong burning and pillaging a village with victims scattered about and, on the reverse, an image of American soldiers visiting the burned remains of the village and...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the anguish of a mother as she cries over the image she envisions of her son, killed in fighting. The leaflet number is on the front (SP.2141). The reverse contains a list of eleven...
Christopher Ammonss1970 selective service card shows his name and signature on one side and physical description on the reverse. The classification of IV-A would have exempted him from service (for those whose military obligation was completed, or...
John R. G. Rives saluting in a Confederate uniform. "CSA" is emblazoned on his belt buckle and hat, and a medal and ribbon are pinned on his left breast.