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...
Four page letter from Christopher Ammons to his family about losing his 45 cal. pistol on a 'Road Clearance' operation. They searched for it for hours but in the end had to fill out a statement of loss. His platoon leader told him, he doesn't...
Five-page handwritten letter from Christopher Ammons to his family describing a 7-day search and destroy mission in the woods of Song Be. Ammons's company located Viet-Cong base camps and bunkers as they "dug in" six times during the operation. ...
Cover page of "War Memories" by W. W. Fergusson featuring calligraphied, stylized text for the title and hand-drawn, hand-colored Confederate and Federal flags.
Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Guards; Military camps; Campfires; Smoke; Trees
Image of captured Confederates on an island erroneously labeled near Bridgeport, Tennessee; the location is near Bridgeport, Alabama. The site is at the current CSX Bridge 122.6 over the Tennessee River Slough. Several clashes took place here due...
Model 1840 NCO's sword. Manufactured by Collins & Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Collins and Company, started in 1826, was still in operation during World War II. The company was located in Collinsville, Connecticut.
Hickman County courthouse, 1845-1925. The courthouse would have been in operation during the Civil War, although this photograph dates from much later. The tree pictured in the image may be a water maple.
Handwritten and hand-drawn Form No. 1 with categories listing date, voucher number, classes, small arms, accoutrements for muskets, miscellaneous, and remarks. These ordnance stores were to be received and issued at Nashville in the quarter ending...
Map depicting the Middle Tennessee area of operation for the Second Infantry Brigade of the Tennessee State Guard. Featured on the map are cities and towns, major highways, parks, rivers, dams, and bridges. The brigade headquarters in Nashville is...
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...
Military vehicles; Trucks; Balloons; Propaganda; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Uniforms; Helmets; Campaigns & battles; War; Balloon ascensions; Communication devices; War allies; World War, 1914-1918
Image features British troops in a field gathered around military trucks containing tanks of inflating gas. American propaganda materials are being suspended from small air balloons that will convey them to German soldiers. In the photo, one...
This photograph is taken of the "Dead End" of the Ypres Canal and looking southeast. Pictured are a factory chimney, the remains of the tower of "Cloth Hall," the first aid station, and Rue de Dixmude.