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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:
A Call to a National Day of Prayer, Sunday, February 18, 1917 to the Church of Christ in America and to All Christian People.
Description:
A Call to a National Day of Prayer Sunday, February 18, 1917, to the Churches of Christ in America and to All Christian People, by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (publisher), North, Frank Mason, 1850-1935. (author), Macfarland, Charles S. (author)
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10148
Title:
A Call to a National Day of Prayer, Sunday, February 18, 1917 to the Church of Christ in America and to All Christian People.
Description:
A Call to a National Day of Prayer Sunday, February 18, 1917, to the Churches of Christ in America and to All Christian People, by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (publisher), North, Frank Mason, 1850-1935. (author), Macfarland, Charles S. (author)
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10147
Title:
A Call to a National Day of Prayer, Sunday, February 18, 1917, to the Churches of Christ in America and to All Christian People.
Description:
A Call to a National Day of Prayer Sunday, February 18, 1917, to the Churches of Christ in America and to All Christian People, by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America.
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (publisher), North, Frank Mason, 1850-1935. (author), Macfarland, Charles S. (author)
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10146
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

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