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"The Council of War" Sculpture

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Description: Photograph of the sculpture "The Council of War" by John Rogers (1829-1904). From left to right: General Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, and Secretary o...
Photograph

Saluting the War Dead

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Description: David Cline, a Vietnam War veterans and a national leader in Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War, during a Memorial Day ceremony in Jer...
Photograph

Al-che-say War Council

Date: 1890
Description: Al-che-say, chief of the White Mountain Apache, and his war council.
Drawing

Captain Augustus Quarles

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Captain Augustus Quarles of Southport (now Kenosha) who served in an Illinois Regiment during the Mexican War.
Manuscript

George W. Noble's Discharge Papers

Date: 01 02 1864
Description: George W. Noble's discharge letter from the Union Army during the Civil War.
Photograph

Tomb of General Sheridan

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Description: Monument tomb of General Sheridan (1831-1888), Union general in the Civil War.
Photograph

William H. Chapman

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype waist-up portrait of Captain William H. Chapman, a regular army officer who served in the Mexican War and the Civil War. After re...
Poster

Antifascistes of all World (Back)

Date: 1936
Description: Poster in English, French, German and Spanish.
Poster

June 28th is National War Savings Day

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a bald eagle with "The Torch of Liberty," ships on the water and the New York City skyline in the background. Text read...
Poster

See Him Through

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man wearing a Knights of Columbus coat and hat, who is gesturing towards a marching soldier. Poster text reads: "See ...
Photograph

Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord

Date: 1862
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord, a soldier, mathematician, and botanist. Alvord fought in the Seminole Wars with the 4th U.S. ...
Document

Telegram from Kenneth Crawford

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Description: A Western Union telegram sent from London from Kenneth Crawford, a World War II correspondent, to Elizabeth Crawford.
Poster

You Can Help

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a young woman sitting in a chair knitting. The symbol of the Red Cross is in the upper left corner. The poster reads: "You can...
Poster

The Father of Our Country Appealed For Soldiers as Follows

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a reproduction of a Revolutionary War notice calling for soldiers. In addition to its text, this includes illustrations of soldier's posit...
Poster

Distinctive Insignia, United States Army, 1917-1919

Date: 1920
Description: Poster featuring the insignia for all armies, corps, divisions, and special units of the United States Army during World War I.
Photograph

Civil War Guard House

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Description: A Civil War guard house at Camp Randall, still standing as of 1962.
Photograph

Civil War Cannon

Date: 1950
Description: A Civil War cannon captured at the Battle of Shiloh, displayed at Camp Randall near the corner of Randall Street and Dayton Street. A fire station is visib...
Photograph

Byron Darnton's Funeral

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: War correspondents carry the flag-draped casket containing the body of Byron Darnton, the first casualty of their group; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Mor...
Photograph

Vietnam Veteran in Wheelchair

Date: 1973
Description: Bill Henshaw, a disabled, wheelchair-bound Vietnam veteran, at a Vietnam Veterans Against the War demonstration during the Nixon Inauguration in 1973.
Poster

War and Business

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with red text overlaying illustrations in blue. The top left illustration is of soldiers with cannons on battlefront. At the bottom right is an illu...

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