Testimony to bravery
In this affidavit, filed on January 15, 1900, Lewis H. Douglass supported the Medal of Honor application for former Sgt. William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts...
Wanted for adventure
This pre-World War I U.S. Army recruiting poster by artist Michael P. Whelan depicts an infantry sergeant with a rifle standing alongside a cavalry trooper on...
West Point
The United States Army has maintained a presence at West Point on the Hudson River since the Revolutionary War. Defenses here prevented the British from dividing the...
York conscientiously objects
This is a claim of appeal for Alvin Cullum York, who was initially denied his claim for a discharge from the U.S. Army based on religious principles. York later...