Pocket-sized folding song sheet for soldiers at Camp Zachary Taylor near Louisville, Kentucky. The camp was in existence for three years during WWI, becoming the..... Read More about Songs of the Soldiers, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky
Anthology of essays on the military experiences of African Americans from the days of the Spanish Conquistadors up to 1918. Includes examinations of four all-Black..... Read More about The Black Military Experience in the American West
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A well-focused collection on Second World War military police training, in preparation for the military occupation of Europe, with over 1000 pages of printed and..... Read More about WWII Military Police (MP) Training Archive kept by a Soldier at Fort Custer, Michigan
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Excellent photograph, with rich tonal contrast, of a military parade formation in front of the Hotel Conner in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Soldiers gather under..... Read More about Circa 1909 – 1914 Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Military Parade Photograph
Handy-sized reference and recipe book for First World War-era Army cooks. Chapters are devoted to the garrison ration, management of the company mess, field cooking..... Read More about Manual for Army Cooks. 1916
Orders for a recruiting officer to go to Utica with cash to find new recruitments. Military uniforms were to be shipped to Utica, but in..... Read More about War of 1812 Letter Signed by Peter Gansevoort as Brigadier General at Headquarters in Albany, New...
Almost life-size portrait of Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., U.S.A. (1877–1970) who became the first Black army officer to attain a general’s rank in..... Read More about Large Portrait Print of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., the U.S. Army’s First Black General,...
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A scarce photograph showing Company A of the 100th Infantry of the Albany Zouave Cadets at military attention and in full dress in front of..... Read More about Camp Townsend. Albany Zouave Cadets, A Co., 10th Infantry, N.G.S.N.Y. [1873 albumen photograph
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Illustration of Fort at Lake Tanniscouta. A continuation in the events concerning the Aroostook War, a.k.a., “The Pork and Beans War.” Maine and the United..... Read More about Aroostook War:] Two Messages from The President of the United States, Communicating Additional...
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This important report contains communications primarily written in 1838 and 1839 between the major political players during the Aroostook War, a.k.a., “The Pork and Beans..... Read More about Aroostook War:] Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, in Compliance...
“USS Fulton (1837-1862), a side wheel steamer, was launched 18 May 1837 by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned 13 December 1837, Captain M.C. Perry..... Read More about Steam Frigate Fulton. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting Information in...
“Report of J. N. Reynolds with a list of impediments (reefs, shoals, etc.) to be contended with in Pacific Ocean navigation. This report was added..... Read More about Pacific Ocean and South Seas. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, Transmitting A Report of J....
Report on the murder of Union soldiers in South Carolina, a capital case touching on habeas corpus and the jurisdiction of military courts in the..... Read More about Murder of Union Soldiers [caption title of U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee Report
Scarce guidebook—similar to a like-titled guidebook (OCLC 14103425, [4] cc.)—but this variant published to promote Gettysburg’s City Hotel, owned by John E. Hughes. The inside..... Read More about History of the Battle of Gettysburg. Presented, with the compliments of the City Hotel, to guests...
Rare c.1820s “New Edition” of this Southern woman composer’s patriotic composition dedicated to the United States Marine Corps.¹ “Lady of Charleston” Eliza Crawley Murden’s March..... Read More about March Composed & Dedicated to The United States Marine Corps, by A Lady of Charleston
Includes examinations of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federal and various state constitutions. Six appendices including “Negroes on the Navy,”..... Read More about An Historical Research respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic on Negroes as...
![1898, Spanish-American War broadside:] (No. 6243.) Postal Money Orders Drawn in favor or...](/pictures/thumb/3726873.jpg?v=1579738475)
U.S. Post Office announcement by First Assistant Postmaster General Preston S. Sanford concerning the transmission of funds via postal money orders to American soldiers and..... Read More about 1898, Spanish-American War broadside:] (No. 6243.) Postal Money Orders Drawn in favor or...
Revolutionary War-dated receipt issued to Andrew Betteys of Chelmsford, Massachusetts for his payment of £1, 17s, 2f. “in full for his parte toward hireing a...... Read More about C.1781–1782 Receipt for the hiring a “Contanental Solger”, i.e., Continental Soldier,...
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With bold lettering, this ephemeral and off-the-cuff broadside brings a little levity during the second World War. “Who is the Most Popular Soldier at Aberdeen?”..... Read More about Aberdeen, Maryland:] “Ordnance Joe of the USO” [opening lines
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Sub-titled: “Fought January 1st, 1863, between the Michigan, Engineers and Mechanics, under Col. Innes, and a Brigade of Cavalry and two pieces of Artillery under..... Read More about Civil War Michigan:] War Song. Battle of Lavergne
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Official illustrated program of the 1939 annual convention of the patriotic military veterans’ organization, The American Legion. Held in Chicago, the convention brochure by artist..... Read More about Chicago:] Official Program, 21st Annual National Convention, The American Legion, Chicago,...
A chronological and heavily-illustrated overview of the role of Black Americans in America’s military since the American Revolution all the way up the Afghanistan. “This..... Read More about Soldiers of Freedom. An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces
War-time patriotic book offering insight into African Americans serving in the United States military. Chapters address military history and traditions of Blacks, “some important consideration..... Read More about The Negro in the Armed Forces
This noted American historian writes of the Civil War from the perspective of African Americans; how they “felt, and how they played an important role..... Read More about The Negro’s Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union. [Inscribed...
From the dust jacket, “Black soldiers (called Smoked Yankees by the Spaniards) hoped to ease Negro oppression in the United States by serving in the..... Read More about Smoked Yankees and the Struggle for Empire: Letters From Negro Soldiers, 1898-1902
