Honoring her husband’s service
This certificate authorizes pension payments of 8 dollars per month to Helena Potter. Helena was the widow of Civil War veteran Private Warren Potter, Company D,...
How did most soldiers die?
Three of five U.S. soldiers and two of three Confederate soldiers who perished died from disease. These pages from a book kept at Pettigrew Hospital outside Raleigh,...
I have not yet begun to fight!
This is a photograph of a print of John Paul Jones, created in the 1930s by the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. Jones, an officer in the Continental Navy...
Illustrated family record of Abijah Stow
This family register was filed with Fife Maj. Abijah Stow's pension application. He enlisted as a musician in Col. Moses Hazen's regiment in Albany in 1777 and...
In defense of Maine
Following the arrest by British authorities of a state official performing his duties in the contested area of northern Maine, the state’s Adjutant General, A.B....
In the heat of battle: Vietnam
On April 5, 1968, Army Specialist Fourth Class Dennis Kurpius photographed Private First Class Raymond Rumpa of the U.S. Army’s 9th Infantry Division carrying a...
"Inspiration to all the men in his company"
First Lieutenant Onless C. Brister submitted this statement describing the medical aid Private First Class Desmond Doss gave to injured soldiers from April 29 to May...