African American soldiers--History--18th century; United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, African American; Great Britain. Corps of Colonial Marines--African Americans
This research will address several key historical realities overlooked in reference to African Americans during the War of 1812. One, that African Americans played a significant role in the successes of United States military conflicts during the...
Buildings; Soldiers' homes; United States Soldiers' Home; United States Soldiers' and Airmens' Home
Two small cannons on the grounds in front of a large, white, three-story building with a four-story tower in the center. Text on left: J.F. Jarvis' Stereoscopic Views. Text on right: 135 Pa. Ave. Washington, D.C. Descriptive information on back of...
Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Commons in Boston, Massachusetts. The monument was dedicated in 1877 as a memorial for soldiers and sailors from Massachusetts who died in the Civil War. Column mounted on a pedestal. At the top of the column...
Military personnel; Religious services; Rites & ceremonies
Large banquet room with men in military uniforms sitting around round dining tables. A long table on the left side of the room has men and woman standing at it. Address: 5th Street and Walnut Street (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville,...
Military personnel; Women; War work; Entertaining; National Jewish Welfare Board
Activities and events at the Jewish Welfare Board for soldiers. Images include men sleeping on cots, dances and entertainment in an auditorium, soldiers sitting with young women, soldiers standing around a desk with an older woman, and soldiers and...
White, columned building (the state capitol building) and monument (a Confederate soldiers' monument). The monument consists of a tall pedestal topped by a figure. At the base of the pedestal are smaller figures. Made by E.C. Kropp, number 20745....
Monuments & memorials; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Confederate Soldiers' Monument located on Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, erected in 1895. Monument reads: "Our Confederate Dead, 1851-1885." Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "3rd & Brandeis. Was carved in Florence,...
Monuments & memorials; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
Confederate Soldiers' Monument located on Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky, erected in 1895. Monument reads: "Our Confederate Dead, 1851-1885." Handwritten on bottom of mounted print: "3rd & Brandeis. Was carved in Florence,...
Men in matching dark jackets, pants, and caps - possibly uniforms - stand in clusters on a wide dirt path. Behind them is a large, three-story building. Title: 680 Home Store and Soldier Group. National Solders' Home, Dayton, O. Text on left:...
United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army; Soldiers--Kentucky--Psychology--History--19th century; Soldiers--Kentucky--Attitudes--History--19th century
Beginning with Bell Irvin Wiley's 1943 The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy, historians have produced many works describing the motivations for soldiers to enlist and serve during the Civil War. However, because they often...
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Eastern Front; Soldiers; Children; Stone walls; Dirt roads
One French soldier and three Balkan soldiers pause with several children near a stone wall on a dirt road on a hillside in the Balkans during World War I.
