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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:
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:
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
Dr. William B. Pugh.
Description:
Dr. William B. Pugh's First World War portrait.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950--Portraits., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States--Portraits.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5277
Title:
Edward L. R. Elson.
Description:
Chaplain First Lieutenant Edward L. R. Elson.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
Military chaplains--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5295
Title:
Edward L.R. Elson in Colmac, France.
Description:
After church, February 1945, Battle of Colmar. Held service in church not far from Albert Sweitzer's home.
Subject names:
Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993--Archives., Elson, Edward L. R. (Edward Lee Roy), 1906-1993.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945., Military chaplains--United States., Colmar, Battle of, France, 1945.
Geographic subjects:
Colmar (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5331
Title:
God's favorite nation.
Description:
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall delivered at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C., Sunday morning, May 24, 1942.
Creator:
Marshall, Peter, 1902-1949. (author)
Subject names:
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Sermons, American--20th century., World War, 1939-1945--Sermons., Presbyterian Church--Sermons--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:82930
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:
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:
Jeep for altar.
Description:
Using Jeep for church altar, songleader Corporal Johnson, setup of Chaplain J.T. Harbert in California desert.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Camp and Church Activities--Archives., Harbert, Jason T.
Topics:
Altars--California., Jeep automobile., Chaplains--California.
Geographic subjects:
California.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5201
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:
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:
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:
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:
Siberian Wartime Views photo album.
Description:
"Siberian Wartime Views" photo album, 1918.
Creator:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975. (creator)
Subject names:
Leiper family., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--China--Manchuria., World War, 1914-1918--Russia--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Harbin (China)--Description and travel., Irkutsk (Russia)--Description and travel., Shenyang (Liaoning Sheng, China)--Description and travel., Vladivostok (Russia)--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:1477
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

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