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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...
Poster

General Order. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia."

Date: 09 17 1862
Description: Proclamation of amnesty by Confederate Major General Loring, offering "Christian charity" to citizens who have been armed by the Union if they surrender th...
Poster

General Order. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia."

Date: 09 24 1862
Description: A proclamation by Confederate Major General Loring asserting the soundness of Confederate currency and encouraging citizens to use it in trade and accept i...
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Captain McArdle

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Captain McArdle from Company A, of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps. He is standing in the snow in front o...
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Captain McArdle

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Captain McArdle from Company A of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, wearing heavy winter clothing outside the Headquarters of the ...
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Lieutenant Bruns

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor full-length ortrait of Lieutenant Burns from Company A, of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing outside the Headquarters of the 31...
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Lieutenant McCurdy

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Lieutenant McCurdy from Company A, of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing outside the Headquarters of the...
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Lieutenant De La Hunt

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Lieutenant De La Hunt from Company B, of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, standing outside the Headquarters of ...
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Headquarters Staff Offices

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of the headquarters staff officers of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps. Included in this portrait are Captain McArdle of Company ...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: Group portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 9th from the left in th...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: The audience laughs or sings at an outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admi...
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New Army Reserve Center Dedication

Date: 07 01 1961
Description: Lieutenant General Emerson L. Cummings, commanding general of the Fifth Army, talks with Private First Class John Rolfsmeyer of Madison at the dedication o...
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Prisoners Gathering Wood

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's gathering wood for fuel for their barracks at the camp in Zossen.
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Picnic for Convalescing Soldiers

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers having a picnic outside of the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Soldiers having coffee...
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In Bukowina On Patrol

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Description: Austrian soldiers on patrol in Bukowina.
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Polish Legion in the Carpathians Preparing to Eat

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Description: The Polish Legion was a volunteer force of ethnic Poles raised by the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914. It had various incarnations during the war, and its me...
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German and Austrian General Staff Officers

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Description: Staff officers standing outside military headquarters.
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German and Austrian General Staff Officers

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Description: Staff officers standing outside military headquarters.
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Field Marshal Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

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Description: Field Marshal Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf was the Chief of Staff of the Austro-Hungarian army from 1910 to 1917.

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