Confiscated
This inventory, dated August 29, 1863, lists items confiscated by Union soldiers from Arlington House, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's home. The courts eventually...
Demand for John Brown’s surrender
This is a formal summons by Colonel Robert E. Lee for the surrender of John Brown and his fellow insurgents barricaded in the armory at Harpers Ferry, located on the...
Extending the GW
A proponent of safer and speedier highways, President Dwight D. Eisenhower is seen here at a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the opening of a new extension of the...
“Fit subject”
This document records Private Nathaniel M. McGehee's enlistment in Company M of the 3rd Regiment of the Virginia Infantry on June 27, 1898. It contains a physical...
Hallowed ground
This photograph shows a section of the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Memorial Day, May 30, 1961. The cemetery, administered by the Department...
He couldn’t go
This card is an abstract from a report of sick and wounded from the Spanish-American War. It shows that Nathaniel M. McGehee, of M Company of the 3rd Virginia...
His forever
After James Hicks swore an oath of allegiance to the United States and petitioned the Freedmen's Bureau for the return of his seized land, the U.S. District Attorney...