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Battle of Bad Axe

Date: 
Description: Painting by Cal Peters depicting the battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe massacre, at the Mississippi River on August 2, 1832.
Book or Pamphlet

Combat between Indian Tribes

Date: 1852
Description: Illustration of the Ojibwa, the Sacs, and Foxes battling from canoes on the water.
Photograph

Executed Man

Date: 1957
Description: Executed man laying on ground as the final bullet is delivered. The execution was somehow bungled by the firing squad and this coup d'grace was required to...
Book or Pamphlet

Excelsior Harvesting Machines Catalog Cover

Date: 1887
Description: Cover of advertising catalog for the Excelsior line of harvesting machines manufactured by Hoover and Gamble. Features an illustration with the title: "Nap...
Photograph

Battle of Gettysburg Panorama #1729

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: 69th Pennsylvania in Flank Attac...
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1756

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Colonel Randall L. Gibson and 13th Georgia Regiment, painted in 1885. It was painted by Eu...
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1754

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Capture of the Gun, "Lady Breckenridge," painted in 1885. It was painted by Eugen Bracht's...
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1752

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate "Star Fort," General Sheridan in Foreground, painted in 1885. It was painted b...
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1751

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Confederate Fortifications, General Sheridan's Horses in Road, painted in 1885. It was pai...
Photograph

Battle of Missionary Ridge Panorama #1750

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph from the Panorama of the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Historical Sycamore Tree, Orchard Knob in the Distance, painted in 1885. It was painted by...
Drawing

Battle of Corinth

Date: 10 03 1862
Description: "Combined Confederate attack upon [Batteries] Robinette and Davis the attack on Battery Robinette being defeated and that on Davis resulting in the defeat ...
Photograph

Battle Hollow Sign

Date: 1927
Description: View of the Battle Hollow sign along an unpaved road. In the distance on the left is a rock formation covered with trees. Sign reads: "Battle Hollow Clack ...
Map or Atlas

A Correct Map of the Seat of War

Date: 1814
Description: Scale: about 43 miles to 1 in. Boundaries colored.
Map or Atlas

United States Map

Date: 1855
Description: Map reads "Our Country" which is accompanied by a sailor with a flag to the left and workers rejoicing under the Constitution and Laws to the right. Across...
Photograph

Soldier Shoveling Mud Off Crawler Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: Marine Private First Class Gilbert E. Bailey shovels heavily caked mud from the tracks of his International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The...
Photograph

Marines Pulling Trailer from Mud

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to pull an ammunition trailer from the mud. The original caption reads: "JAPANESE A...
Photograph

World War II Foxhole at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Three dogs near a sandbagged foxhole during the battle of Iwo Jima. A marine is near another dog behind the foxhole. Wooden boxes in the foreground have wr...
Photograph

Marines at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Three marines dressed in uniform, carrying packs and holding guns, pull an ammunition cart through the water towards the beach at Iwo Jima. Military boats ...
Photograph

Marine Casualties at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Marines, killed in action, lie on stretchers covered with ponchos on the beach at Iwo Jima. Four marines attend to the dead. Tents, military boats, and an ...
Photograph

Iwo Jima on D-Day

Date: 02 19 1945
Description: Marines on the beach and military boats, including an LSM 242, in the water at Iwo Jima.

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