From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. President Richard Nixon, wearing a Santa suit and beard, flies a sleigh in the sky over Vietnam. The front seat of the sleigh, where Nixon sits, is labeled "Nixon de-escalation...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Ed Valtman. A hippopotamus with the long ears and brush tail of a donkey and labeled "94th Democratic Congress" stands in a large, round circus or zoo cage with its mouth wide open. It is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A river of oil, labeled "U.S. oil depot raids," spills from a hill in the upper right background of the cartoon. At the source of the oil, smoke rises. The oil flows toward the...
From the United States. Army. Provost-Marshal's Office (4th District, Richmond, VA.) Documents. Partially completed form from April 1865, used to certify that a prisoner of war had taken the oath prescribed by Abraham Lincoln on 8 December 1863.
From the United States. Army. Provost-Marshal's Office (4th District, Richmond, VA.) Documents. Partially completed form from April 1865, used to certify that deserters from the Confederate forces had taken the Amnesty Oath issued under the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Two American soldiers are on patrol in Vietnam, one watchful with his rifle at the ready. The other holds a rifle, pointed to the ground, with one hand. In his other hand, he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. A soldier is on his hands and knees, acting as the fulcrum for a balanced lever (seesaw) being ridden by two overweight men. The seesaw is labeled "Election year results." One...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A woman wearing a fringed shawl is looking through the greeting cards in a store that is decorated for Christmas. Nearby on a store counter beside a cash register is a stack of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men dressed as American and British Army generals fire cannons at each other from close range. The British general wears a wig, and his coat is labeled "Counci.l" Between...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Stampone. A soldier in tall grass carrying gear and weapons expresses shock (or profanity) at the wording of a sign held by a surprised-looking person labeled “Supreme Court.” The sign...
Letter from George Bomford of the United States Army Ordnance Department to Mississippi Congressman William Haile of Wilkinson County on the question of arms for each state's militia. Bomford explains how arms for each state's militia are...
A report written from Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Captain A. H. Robinson to Lieutenant Colonel John C. Cox, Acting Chief of Commissary of Subsistence, Department of the Tennessee, outlining the sale and distribution of rations to local citizens. The...
Printed roster, dating 1 February 1869, listing the district headquarters, officers, and companies under Brigadier General Alvan Cullem Gillem, commander of the Fourth Military District, Department of Mississippi, established by the U.S. Congress...
Printed roster, dating 1 February 1869, listing the district headquarters, officers, and companies under Brigadier General Alvan Cullem Gillem, commander of the Fourth Military District, Department of Mississippi, established by the U.S. Congress...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Two uniformed soldiers with rifles have entered a clearing in a jungle. The one labeled "U.S. withdrawal plans" is moving away from the other and calls over his shoulder, "Double...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 19 December 1862, promotes him to First Lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry Regiment of Virginia Volunteers in the service of the United...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 2 May 1862, promotes him to Second Lieutenant in the Ninth Infantry Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, in the service of the United...
From the Smith (William G.) Civil War Military Commissions. This military commissions for William G. Smith, dated 12 September 1863, was awarded by the state of West Virginia and officially promotes Smith to the rank of Captain in the Ninth...
A letter from Milton W. Shaw, a corporal with the 5th Iowa Volunteers, to his friend Alf Giague in Birmingham, Iowa. Shaw was on board the naval transport Von Phul with Grant's troops who, in early 1863, entered the Yazoo Pass and attempted to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A hippie labeled, "Student draft violator," is burning his draft card. At the same time, he is looking back over his shoulder at a poster of General Lewis Hershey that reads,...
