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Dickey Chapelle in Vietnam

Date: 11 1964
Description: Dickey Chapelle on the Don Phuc command post, in front of a stack of sandbags, on the Vietnam-Cambodia frontier. Chapelle resided at this post for 34 days,...
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Gaddis Sketches

Date: 11 08 1906
Description: Two Civil War watercolor drawings by John Gaddis, Company E, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, showing the regiment in bivouac, and later their headquarte...
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Horace Greeley with the Union Army

Date: 1865
Description: Horace Greeley, wearing top hat, with soldiers at the Union Army Winter Quarters.
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Civil War Army Post Office

Date: 08 1864
Description: Soldiers relax around the Army Post Office at the quarters of the Chief Ambulance Officer, Ninth Army Corps.
Drawing

Hamburg Landing

Date: 05 1862
Description: "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." An encampment with soldiers along the river with a ...
Drawing

Preliminary Sketch — Hamburg Landing

Date: 1862
Description: This is the preliminary sketch for "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." Shows an encampm...
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Camp of the 2nd Wisconsin

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Description: A group of people at the headquarters tent of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry. Seated (left to right) are officers Lucius Fairchild, Colonel Edwin O'Connor, an...
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Headquarters of the 16th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: The headquarters camp and officers of the 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in Tennessee. The officer seated on the far right is thought to be Cassius Fair...
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Villa Expeditionary Force

Date: 04 12 1916
Description: American soldiers unpacking supplies at the Casas Grande, Mexico, the field headquarters of the military force sent to capture Pancho Villa. The supplies w...
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Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
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Washington's Headquarters

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Description: A view of Washington's headquarters in Valley Forge, 1777-1778, a stone house with a large colonial flag displayed from the front.
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Washington's Headquarters

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Description: A view of Washington's headquarters during the Battle of Brandywine, a battle in the American Revolutionary War that took place on September 11th, 1777. A ...
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Washington's Headquarters

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Description: A view of Washington's headquarters for the Battle of Brandywine, September 9-11, 1777. Caption reads: "Chadd's Ford, PA."
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Lafayette's Headquarters

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Description: A view of Lafayette's headquarters during the Battle of Brandywine, an American Revolutionary War Battle that took place in September 1777.
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General Jackson's Old Headquarters

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Description: View across field toward General Jackson's old headquarters from the Civil War. A large farmhouse and other buildings are across the field. Caption reads: ...
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General Price's Former Headquarters

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Description: A view of a man standing in front of the ruins of General Sterling Price's former headquarters. Price served as a United States Army brigadier general duri...
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General John H. King's Headquarters

Date: 1864
Description: General John H. King's headquarters while troops under his command occupied the site in 1864-1865. General King did not participate in the Battle of Lookou...
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: Three men standing at entrance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain, (on left), was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson. All three m...
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Headquarters of S.G. Swain

Date: 1865
Description: View from distance of residence used as headquarters when S.G. Swain was in charge of fortifications at Fort McPherson.
Postcard

Gen. Grant's Headquarters

Date: 1910
Description: View across street toward the headquarters. Caption reads: "General Grant's headquarters during the summer & fall of 1862 before the Battle of Corinth."

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