African American sailors--Maryland--Baltimore; African American soldiers--Maryland--Baltimore; United States. Army--Service clubs--Maryland--Baltimore; World War, 1914-1918--African Americans;
Photograph of a large group of African American soldiers and sailors posing for a picture in front of a War Camp Community Service club building probably in Baltimore, Maryland. The men standing or sitting in rows in front of this large brick...
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893; Bradford, Augustus W. (Augustus Williamson), 1806-1881; Broadsides; Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Flags; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and...
Document containing the broadside entitled "In Maryland, My Maryland." This broadside, the Union answer to the Confederate poem entitled "Maryland, My Maryland" written by James Ryder Randall, claims Union soldiers are true soldiers just like...
Allied Powers (1919- ); Soldiers--Soviet Union; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North--Maps; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Maps; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea--Maps; World War,...
Two color posters on one sheet: the Newsmap (war fronts maps) for February 1, 1943 (for week of January 22 to January 29) is on the obverse side; and photographs and descriptions of the Soviet infantry and its weaponry are on the reverse side....
Liberty bonds; McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Color poster by Dan Sayre Groesbeck (1878-1950) that shows Uncle Sam as he stands in front of legions of American soldiers. As Uncle Sam points over his shoulder toward the soldiers with his left hand, he extends his right hand in the gesture of a...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Jones, Edward Franc, 1828-1913; Riots; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Baltimore Boys' Own" sung to the tune "Charley Cole." This broadside is a call to the sons of the South to take arms against their Northern foes. It particularly refers to the Baltimore riot of 1861 in...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam National Cemetery; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works;
Following the bloody Civil War Battle of Antietam in September of 1862, Sharpsburg became a huge hospital and burial place. Over 4,000 were killed during the battle and in the following days more of the wounded died. On William Roulette's farm...
Liberty; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster that juxtaposes American soldiers from the war for independence with American soldiers participating in World War II. This is one of the few posters that relates the American Revolution and World War II as fights for freedom. Printed...
Soldiers--United States; United States. War Production Board; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster showing a factory worker testing a rifle in the foreground while in the background are images of three soldiers standing and aiming their bayonet-fixed rifles. Printed across the images of the soldiers are the words, "The battle begins...
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Riots--Baltimore (Md.);
Print that features a view in Baltimore of Captain Hare demanding of Marshal Kane the arms taken from the Massachusetts soldiers on April 19, 1861. This event occurred a few days after the attack by citizens on the troops. On June 27 the Marshal...
War--Relief of sick and wounded--Maryland--Hagerstown; Women--Charitable contributions--Maryland--Hagerstown; Davis, Theodore R. 1840–1894; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Art and the war
Photograph of a sketch entitled "Ladies of Hagerstown [Maryland] Administering to Our Wounded" by Theodore R. Davis that appeared on page 645 of Harper's Weekly on October 11, 1862. This illustration depicts a group of women carrying baskets or...
Baltimore (Md.); Broadsides; Confederate States of America; Jones, Edward Franc, 1828-1913; Riots; Political ballads and songs; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "The Baltimore Boys" sung to the tune "Limerick." This broadside particularly refers to the Baltimore riot of 1861 in which Confederate sympathizers attacked Union soldiers from the Sixth Massachusetts...
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Burnside's Bridge (Sharpsburg, Md.); Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.); Bridges--Maryland--Sharpsburg
Burnside's Bridge is a landmark of Civil War history and a part of the Antietam National Battlefield. On September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the Civil war....
Postcards--Maryland--Sharpsburg; Antietam Creek (Pa. and Md.); Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Pictorial works; Rivers--Maryland--Washington County
Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg in Washington County, is part of the Antietam National Battlefield, a National Park Service protected area. At that Civil War battle on September 17, 1862, over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or...
At the Antietam Civil War battle on September 17, 1862 over 22,000 soldiers on both sides were killed, wounded or listed as missing, making it the bloodiest day of the war. The battle took place by the Antietam Creek, located near Sharpsburg in...
Food conservation--United States--Sugar; Merchant ships--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster of a drawing of a woman sipping a drink through a straw. In the background are ships labeled "arms", "supplies", "soldiers", and "food" sailing toward a land where there is "war" and a soldier is beckoning them to "Hurry!"...
Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster created from black and white combat photograph by Valentino Sarra (1903-1982) that shows an American soldier desperately struggling to drag his wounded comrade back to friendly lines. Written above the soldiers' heads in yellow ink are...
Allied Powers (1919- ); Flags--United nations (1942- ); Great Britain. Ministry of Information; War posters, British; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--Great Britain;
Color poster of two groups of soldiers that stand facing each other, with the words "Freedom shall prevail!" emblazoned below. Each soldier wears the uniform of an Allied Power fighting in World War II. There are twenty soldiers and nations...
Freedom; Liberty; Magazine Publishers of America; Soldiers--United States; United States. Office of Civilian Defense; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Black and white poster by Frederic Stanley (1892-1967) that shows a dead soldier lying face down in the sand of a beach with his dented helmet planted a few inches from his head and a machine gun slung over his left shoulder, with the words "What...
Armed forces; Long Branch (N.J.); Soldiers; United States. Army. Maryland Infantry Regiment, 5th (1867-)
Photograph of a group of officers from the 5th Maryland ("Dandy Fifth") (present day 175th Infantry) Regiment posed in front of a tent at "Camp Monmouth" in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1874. Although one source puts Long Branch in Frederick County,...
Buildings; Church buildings; Military camps--Maryland--Baltimore; Monuments; Soldiers; Washington Monument (Baltimore, Md.);
Lithograph by Thayer & Co., Boston, after a sketch by William Lydston, Jr., that features a view of the encampment of the Boston City Greys at Baltimore in July 1844. This crack military outfit came to Baltimore in the year named, the visit...
