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Presbyterian involvement in wars from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War. Featured image: James Caldwell at the Battle of Springfield by Henry Alexander Ogden.

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Title:
Wayside Chapel interior.
Description:
Interior view of the Wayside Chapel.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--United States., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57389
Title:
Wayside Chapel.
Description:
The Wayside Chapel on the road, 1944.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--United States., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57388
Title:
Wayside Chapel.
Description:
Presbyterian minister Douglas Noble (right) stands beside the Wayside Chapel, 1944.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of National Missions. War Services Unit--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--United States., World War, 1939-1945--War work--Presbyterian Church., Missions--United States.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:57387
Title:
An Easter sunrise service led by Chaplain Howard McNight Wilson.
Description:
An Easter sunrise service led by Chaplain Howard McNight Wilson near Bollington, Cheshire, England, 1944.
Subject names:
Wilson, Howard McKnight.
Geographic subjects:
Bollington (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8727
Title:
Jane Stuart Woolsey, Resident Directress 1872-76.
Description:
Jane Stuart Woolsey, Resident Directress 1872-76.
Subject names:
Woolsey, Jane Stuart.
Topics:
Nurses--United States--19th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7437
Title:
Rev. J. William Jones distributing tracts to soldiers.
Description:
[Illustration of Rev. J. William Jones distributing tracts to soldiers serving the Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee.]
Subject names:
Confederate States of America. Army of Northern Virginia.
Topics:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subjects:
Southern States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7315
Title:
The Fighting McCooks.
Description:
The Fighting McCooks.
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7212
Title:
Rev. B. M. Palmer.
Description:
Rev. B. M. Palmer.
Creator:
Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893. (engraver)
Subject names:
Palmer, B. M. (Benjamin Morgan), 1818-1902.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7116
Title:
Rev. Henry C. McCook.
Description:
[Rev. Henry C. McCook at Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Day.]
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7057
Title:
James Russell Miller.
Description:
[James Russell Miller.]
Subject names:
Miller, J. R. (James Russell), 1840-1912.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7026
Title:
Rev. Robert F. Bunting.
Description:
Rev. Robert F. Bunting.
Subject names:
Bunting, R. F. (Robert Franklin), 1828-1891
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6980
Title:
Chaplain A. M. Stewart.
Description:
Chaplain A. M. Stewart.
Subject names:
Stewart, Alexander M., 1814-1875.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6817
Title:
William Barrow Pugh Receives Medal for Merit.
Description:
Presbyterian Churchman Receives Medal for Merit -- Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson presents the Medal for Merit to the Reverend William Barrow Pugh, D.D., of Philadelphia, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., for his services to the United States during the war. As chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains, Dr. Pugh was instrumental in bringing two thousand clergymen into the chaplaincy. The ceremony took place in Mr. Patterson's office, Pentagon, Washington D.C., July 8, 1947.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950--Medals., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5640
Title:
Civil War troops Tupelo.
Description:
Civil War troops Tupelo [p. 565].
Topics:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subjects:
Tupelo (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5633
Title:
Chaplain commissioning certificate.
Description:
Chaplain commissioning certificate.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5622
Title:
Morgan, Laketek, Pugh and Rixey.
Description:
(Left to right) Chaplain William V. Morgan, Wing Chaplain, North Atlantic Wing; Chaplain Victor J. Laketek (Roman Catholic) 494th Headquarters and Air Base Squadron; the Rev. William Barrow Pugh, chairman of General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains and Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Army Deputy Chief of Chaplains George F. Rixey. Photographed in the office of the Army Air Field Post Chapel, Presque Isle, Maine, August 16, when Dr. Pugh and Chaplain Rixey were en route to Army and Navy war theaters on a mission to Protestant chaplains and service men.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Morgan, William V., Laketek, Victor J., Rixey, George F.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects:
Presque Isle (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5616
Title:
Thanksgiving service in the field.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Chaplain Reads Thanksgiving Proclamation in Field; Lieut. Col. Edward L. R. Elson, 75th Infantry Division chaplain, is shown reading the President's Thanksgiving proclamation as a highlight [..]
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
Military chaplains., Thanksgiving Day sermons., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5550
Title:
Chaplain J. T. Harbert.
Description:
Ready for a "quick" service in the desert, Chaplain J. T. Harbert in "fatigues" (Calif. Desert).
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Camp and Church Activities--Archives., Harbert, Jason T., 1899-
Topics:
Chaplains--California.
Geographic subjects:
California.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5534
Title:
Women's Missionary Society.
Description:
Text transcribed from handwritten caption on back of original artwork: Making Clothes For Ministerial Students. The First Women's Missionary Society, Chartiers, Pennsylvania.
Creator:
Bonsall, Mary W., 1868-1959. (artist)
Topics:
Home missions--United States--Pictorial works., Women missionaries--United States--19th century., Women in church work--Pennsylvania--Chartiers (Washington County)--Pictorial works., Women--Societies and clubs--Pictorial works.
Geographic subjects:
Chartiers (Washington County, Pa. : Township)--Pictorial works., United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5418
Title:
Baptism service for child of Army sergeant.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives.
Topics:
Baptism.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5385

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