United States. Army

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

John B. Lomax Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30081045847906]
Identifier: MSS.0964
Abstract

This collection contains 54 photographs documenting the African-American soldiers of the 3067 Quartermaster Salvage Collecting Company in training in Wyoming during WWII, with almost all of the photographs annotated with humorous remarks and identifications of the images. There is also a photostatic copy of discharge papers.

Dates: circa 1944 - 1950

Moore, Norman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.0303
Abstract

This collection contains copies of letters from 3 Union Soldiers to Norman Moore, during the Civil War. The letters discuss the war, lives of the soldiers, lives of people in Tennessee and Mississippi, crime in Nashville, and the death of President Lincoln. Several letters are fragmented pieces, and 2 letters are severely faded.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

 

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