A waterfront view showing three African American men. One man sits at the edge of the river near a mule-powered ferry. The second man is on the ferry with two mules. The third man sits above the bank on a cliff. Rocks, driftwood and a large iron...
Blank Confederate service oath form. The signing soldier would affirm to bear true faith and yield obedience to the Confederate States of America and observe the orders of the President of the Confederate States and of the officers appointed,...
General order No. 226 issued from E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General of the United States Army, describing the proper ration of pork, soft bread, hard bread, beans, vegetables, rice, vinegar, coffee, candles, soap, salt, and pepper for each...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Upon enlisting in the Civilian Conservation Corps you're supposed to stay 6 months, and most stayed 6 months. They were supposed to discharge a camp member after 2 years. Because of the work he was doing and his position as Civilian Conservation...
Three-page letter describing Ammons's new duty assignment at a station on Vung Chua Mountain, where he is attached to a signals unit. He describes the view from the mountain, a typical patrol (their job is to provide security on the perimeter),...
Soldiers; Military personnel; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Helmets; Arms & armament; Firearms; Rifles; Forts & fortifications; Canteens (Beverage containers); Campaigns & battles; War; World War, 1914-1918; Snipers; Trench warfare
An unidentified infantryman of the American Expeditionary Force is positioned with his rifle in a trench in Belgium. He is wearing a typical uniform with full equipment including steel helmet of British design, canvas leggings, rolled blanket,...
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of a Roman tower of the 12th Century. The sketch includes a detail of the corner of the tower. Strickland provides a description of a typical Roman tower.
Market results for produce, seeds, wool, cotton, tobacco, flour, grain, hay, and livestock. Also included is a meteorological chart depicting temperature and rainfall.
Front page of the Spirit of the Farm newspaper, including an elaborately designed masthead. The design includes horses, livestock, grains, a farmer working in the fields, and a bee house.
Oath of parole issued by the Federal Government and signed by Confederate Private J. E. Pike, from Company B, 5th Tennessee Cavalry. Pike agreed to cease hostility with the United States in exchange for permission to return home undisturbed by...
This page has a playing card, a Jack of Spades, pasted on it. Next to the card, Mitchener has written, "#11" and "Thus passed Christmas -- As typical as barbed wire -- The cutting of cards designates selection of Kriege present."
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Inside of a Civilian Conservation Corps barracks at Powell's Station, Tennessee. Foot lockers are at the foot of each bunk. Laundry bags, containing dirty clothes, hang from the walls.; Many of the bunks are arranged with alternating feet and...
Christopher Ammons describes typical patrols during his first tour in Vietnam and an incident that resulted in his sustaining an injury. His unit was ambushed while on patrol and he was struck in the back of the head by shrapnel from a rocket...
