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Camp Randall

Date: 1861
Description: Christmas and New Years greeting card from Hosea W. Rood, presumably sent to his comrades of the 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, who had been...
Photograph

Observation Balloon

Date: 08 1917
Description: A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ...
Photograph

President Dwight D. Eisenhower at Fort Benning

Date: 1960
Description: President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike), as commander-in-chief, inspects a soldier at an exhibition at Fort Benning.
Photograph

Naval Training School, Division #71, Trainees

Date: 07 21 1945
Description: Group portrait of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio), Division #71, trainees at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Photograph

Civil War Recruits

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Description: Recruits in their camp grey uniforms, before they were issued their regular blues.
Painting

Camp Randall, from the N. E.

Date: 1862
Description: Photograph of a watercolor of a view of Camp Randall, from the northeast. Scene set on rolling hills, shows tents, buildings, horses and military members i...
Magazine or Periodical

Bird's-Eye View of Camp Douglas

Date: 04 05 1862
Description: Bird's-eye view of Camp Douglas near Chicago. Caption reads: "Camp Douglas, near Chicago, Illinois, where seven thousand rebel prisoners are quartered."
Photograph

Soldiers at Attention

Date: 1943
Description: A group of soldiers stand at attention while lines of men walk past. Men are working on a roof and scaffold around a steeple on a building in the backgroun...
Photograph

Marching at Camp McCoy

Date: 06 1977
Description: Troops in uniform march on a street at Camp McCoy. There are barracks on either side of the road. One soldier carries a U.S. flag while others carry smalle...
Drawing

Pencil Drawing of 104th Reg., New York Volunteers

Date: 1862
Description: A small amateur drawing of the camp, with surrounding terrain, occupied by the 104th Regiment, New York State Volunteers near Belle Plains, Virginia, durin...
Photograph

Military Training Camp

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Description: Theodore Roosevelt and General Leonard Wood conversing at a military training camp. Camp facilities are behind them.
Photograph

U.S. Military Academy

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Description: A view of soldiers in formation, wearing military uniforms at West Point U.S. Military Academy during a dress parade. A flag waves on a pole on the left.
Photograph

Drill Grounds and Armory on Government Inspection Day

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Description: Elevated view of military formations on the drill grounds on government inspection day. A band plays for the military drill, and a flag waves on a pole on ...
Photograph

Camp Upton

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Description: View looking uphill toward two men standing on a road near a tall lookout tower with a flag on a flagpole, and barracks at Camp Upton, active starting in 1...
Photograph

Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: Four solders stand before two flags and their tents. The soldier on the left holds a rifle.
Photograph

Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: Army soldiers stand at attention near the United States flag and their tents at Camp Bowie. Military buildings are visible in the background.
Photograph

Camp Doniphan

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers on horseback executing field artillery maneuvers at Camp Doniphan, activated for artillery training during World War I. The man leadin...
Photograph

Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: A view of hores-drawn artillery and wagons. The man leading the artillery drill carries a flag.
Photograph

Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of four uniformed men on horseback, two of which hold flags. The soldiers are seen riding across a plain at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
Photograph

United States Navy Camp Wissahickon

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the parade grounds at United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. Men stand in formation on the parade grounds, and to the the right, a flag wav...

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