Letter written about the death of Mrs. Merriman's son, William H. Merriman, from consumption and scurvy. The author of the letter discusses William's final days. The letter was written from Headquarters, Medical Department, Fort Rice, Dakota...
Letter from Merriman to his father. Merriman is the hospital steward, 1st. U. S. Volunteer Infantry, at Fort Rice, Dakota Territory, and is asking about his family.
Informs recipient (likely the father) of the death of William H. Merryman (Merriman) who died on March 5, 1865. The letter discusses the poor conditions at Fort Rice in the Dakota Territory. He also writes that they are frequently fighting Indians....
Letter to Mr. Merriman from Geo. H. W. Herrick regarding the death of his son, William, on March 5, 1865. The letter was written from Fort Rice in the Dakota Territory.
Voter registration certificate for Confederate veteran J. L. Gee. Gee served as a private in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. The registration is signed by W. T. Rice, Comm'r of Registration for Tipton County, Tenn.
This pendant was converted from the Sons of Confederate Veterans tie tack owned by Malcolm Rice Patterson, the son of Col. Josiah Patterson, 5th Ala. Cav. Regt., CSA. Malcolm R. Patterson was the 27th Governor of Tennessee (1907-1911).
53-page memoir of Charles Stephens Olin Rice, 2nd Lt., Co. M, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Rice was captured at Vicksburg. He discusses, among other things, the formation of the "Lauderdale Hornets," a local Confederate unit. Also discusses African...
Parole for Charles Stephens Olin Rice, 2nd Lt., Co. M, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Rice was captured at Vicksburg. He was born February 12, 1841, in Lauderdale County, Tenn. Rice was the son of Shadrack and Louisa Linerieux Rice. He married Lucie...
Parole for Charles Stephens Olin Rice, 2nd Lt., Co. M, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. Rice was captured at Vicksburg. He was born February 12, 1841, in Lauderdale County, Tenn. Rice was the son of Shadrack and Louisa Linerieux Rice. He married Lucie...
Letter to Nancy Susan Clack from her husband Spencer Clack written from Fort Rice, Dakota Territory. Transcription included. Spencer Clack was in Company B, 1st U.S. Volunteer Regiment.
Letter to his family dated Nov. 26, 1967, begins, "At 9:30 this morning seven of us hopped aboard the truck to take us to the outer edge of the perimeter. We were going for a 3 click (3,000 meters) patrol outside the camp." On his first patrol he...
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing finding a rice cache and drums of CS gas (tear gas) on a search-and-destroy mission. He also writes about a rocket attack on the Close Infantry Combat (CIC) school.
Advertisement for a lecture by three-term governor Bob Taylor to be held at the Opera House. A publicity photo of Taylor occupies most of the space, with the notation that the event is produced under the exclusive direction of the Rice Bureau.
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A Vietnamese man in a rice hat cutting grass near the barbed wire on Vung Chua Mountain near the signal station. He is smiling and squatting near grass he has already cut.
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SGT Chris Ammons in a Vietnamese rice hat standing near an earth-filled 55-gallon drum at the signal station on Vung Chua Mountain. Another soldier gives him "bunny ears." Ammons wears a Big Red 1 shoulder patch from his first tour (1st...
