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Surrender of General Lee

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Description: An engraving from a painting of Robert E. Lee signing the document that would end the war between the states in the presence of Ulysses S. Grant and their ...
Photograph

Servicemen's Honor Roll Plaque

Date: 11 11 1942
Description: Wooden plaque commemorating 24 Mendota Hospsital employees who are "In the Service of our Country" Plaque was presented by Mendota Hosptial employees Local...
Photograph

Nixon and Draft Bill

Date: 09 28 1971
Description: President Nixon signs a draft bill in the Oval Office of the White House while Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird (second from the left) and others watch. ...
Photograph

United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar...
Photograph

Free Press in Germany

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Wilhelm Gerst of the "Frankfurter Rundschau," (second from the left) signing the first contract for mail distribution of a newspaper in Germany after World...
Document

International Harvester Company Annual Report

Date: 1944
Description: Cover of International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a photograph of Marines using International Harvester equipment during the invasion of ...
Manuscript

List of Contributers To the Troops of Virginia

Date: 08 31 1779
Description: A handwritten "list of different inhabitants that consented to furnish the troops belonging to the state of Virginia."
Manuscript

List of Sick and Wounded Soldiers

Date: 10 24 1862
Description: First page of a list of sick and wounded Wisconsin soldiers from the First Wisconsin Cavalry found at the Fifth St. Hospital in St. Louis by Cordelia Harve...
Historical Object

Lewis Arms' Identification Card

Date: 02 23 1963
Description: The front side of Lewis Arms' Armed Forces identification card, which includes a photograph of Arms.
Poster

The Secretary of The Treasury, Washington, D.C. [A Message From]

Date: 1918
Description: Poster reprinting a letter from Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo. The letter reads: "American does not intend to become spoil for the ...
Print

The Constitution Letterhead

Date: 05 30 1861
Description: Letterhead of two hands clasping in front of the American Constitution. The American flag, stars and a fasces are behind the constitution with bunting belo...
Photograph

Belgian Refugees Presenting their Identification Papers

Date: 1914
Description: Before any refugees are allowed to re-enter Antwerp, they must prove their legitimate status.
Manuscript

Register of Dead, Wounded, and Prisoners

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Description: "A register of persons who have been either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners by the enemy in Augusta County, as also of such as have made their escape."

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