Corporal Joseph Pierce, a Chinese Union soldier, from Canton, served with the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, Company F, fought in the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.
Portrait of Brig. Gen. Alfred N. Duffie, officer of the Federal Army,1860s.
Memorial Day
Memorial Day
5th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia outfitted with Enfield muskets in front of encampment.
Before WW1, the US Navy ordered each and every American battleship to have within its arsenal at least one sewing machine and one sailor, sufficiently proficient in the “art of tailoring”-.
U.S. World War I veteran Joseph Ambrose, 86, attends the dedication parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
U.S. World War I veteran Joseph Ambrose, 86, attends the dedication parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982, holding the flag that covered the casket of his son, who was killed in the Korean War.
A US Army soldier from 1st Battalion, 312th Regiment, 78th Infantry Division alongside a soldier from the French 320th Infantry Regiment, 4th Army pose for a photo at Boult-aux-Bois, Ardennes in France. November 3, 1918. (Color by Richard White).
US Federal Soldier.