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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:
The Rev. J. W. Alvord's Work in the Army.
Description:
American Tract Society: The Rev. J. W. Alvord's Work in the Army.
Subject names:
Alvord, John Watson, 1807-1880.
Geographic subjects:
United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83191
Title:
The divine goodness displayed, in the American Revolution: a sermon preached in New York, December 11th, 1783.
Creator:
Rodgers, John, 1727-1811. (author)
Topics:
Sermons, American--18th century., Thanksgiving Day sermons--Early works to 1800.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sermons--Early works to 1800.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:75419
Title:
Presentation of chalpains' medal.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 3, no. 9, November 1920] Presentation of chaplains' medal, Washington, October 5, to President Wilson, Secretaries Baker and Daniels and the Chief Chaplains of the Army and Navy.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937--Medals., Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Medals., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Military chaplains--Medals., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8280
Title:
Christian Commission on battlefield.
Description:
Christian Commission on battlefield. [From Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1868, p. 793.]
Creator:
Harper & Brothers. (publisher)
Subject names:
United States Christian Commission.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7295
Title:
Citizen's Volunteer Hospital.
Description:
Citizen's Volunteer Hospital, at Broad Street and Washington Avenue.
Topics:
Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7292
Title:
Civil War illustration, Rebel Battery, Virginia.
Description:
[Tenney Family Papers, Civil War illustration, Rebel Battery, Virginia, July 16, 1862. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, p. 265.]
Geographic subjects:
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865., Virginia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7273
Title:
The President's Hymn.
Description:
The President's Hymn: Give Thanks All Ye People, in reponse to the proclamation of the President of the United States recommending a general Thanksgiving on November 26th, 1863.
Creator:
A.D.F. Randolph & Co. (publisher)
Topics:
Thanksgiving Day.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7211
Title:
Rev. Edward Parmlee Smith with dying soldier.
Description:
"I cannot come now-I will not" [Rev. Edward Parmlee Smith with dying soldier in Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri.]
Creator:
Louderbach, James W. (engraver)
Subject names:
Smith, Edward P.
Topics:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7186
Title:
Sergeant Furney Bryant.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sergeant Furney Bryant, 1st North Carolina Colored Troops.
Subject names:
United States. Army. North Carolina Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1864), Bryant, Furney.
Topics:
African American soldiers--North Carolina.
Geographic subjects:
North Carolina.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7153
Title:
Civil War battle.
Description:
Picked up on battleground near Fredericksburg. [From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper describing battles near Richmond, July 16, 1862, p. 266.]
Creator:
Forbes, Edwin. (artist)
Topics:
Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862.
Geographic subjects:
United States--Civil War, 1861-1865., Fredericksburg (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7074
Title:
Union Avenue, Philadelphia.
Description:
[Union Avenue, Philadelphia, during the U.S. Sanitary's Commision's Great Central Fair.]
Creator:
R. Newell (Philadelphia, Pa.) (photographer)
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7039
Title:
Proclamation for Thanksgiving.
Description:
Proclamation for Thanksgiving by the President of the United States of America : A Proclamation, October 3, 1863.
Topics:
Thanksgiving Day.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7007
Title:
Hospital Scene.
Description:
Hospital Scene [Anna Sands Roe reading to a wounded soldier. From: Christianity in the War by A.S. Billingsley p. 119. Illustration originally printed in Harper's Magazine.]
Creator:
Harper's Magazine (creator)
Topics:
Hospitals--United States--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6918
Title:
Hampton Hospital.
Description:
Hampton Hospital. [From Christianity in the War by A.S. Billingsley, p. 93. Illustration originally published in Harper's Magazine.]
Creator:
Harper's Magazine (creator)
Subject names:
Hampton Military Hospital.
Topics:
Hospitals--Virginia--Hampton--19th century.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Religious aspects., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals., Hampton (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6914
Title:
Rev. Isaac W. K. Handy.
Description:
Rev. Isaac W.K. Handy in prison camp during Civil War.
Creator:
J. L. Gihon (Philadelphia, Pa.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Handy, Isaac W. K., 1815-1878--Imprisonment.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6908
Title:
James Caldwell at the Battle of Springfield.
Description:
James Caldwell at the Battle of Springfield.
Creator:
Ogden, Henry Alexander, 1856-1936. (artist)
Subject names:
Caldwell, James, 1734-1781.
Topics:
Battles in art.
Geographic subjects:
Springfield (Union County, N.J.), United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Battlefields.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6835
Title:
Interment of Rev. Dr. William Barrow Pugh.
Description:
Sounding taps at interment of Rev. Dr. William Barrow Pugh in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, Sept. 20, 1950. Dr. Pugh's family at left.
Creator:
United States. Army. (photographer)
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950--Death and burial., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh), Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)
Topics:
Military funerals--Virginia--Arlington.
Geographic subjects:
Arlington (Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5299
Title:
Protection from the army.
Description:
John Rodgers protection order.
Subject names:
Rodgers, John, 1727-1811--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5209
Title:
Senator Charles Sumner.
Description:
Etching of Sen. Charles Sumner.
Creator:
Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872. (publisher), Hall, H. B. (artist)
Subject names:
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874--Portraits.
Topics:
Legislators--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5129

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