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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:
A Cablegram from General Pershing.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 3, March 1918] A Cablegram from General Pershing Urging Increase of Chaplains.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., World War, 1914-1918--Chaplains., Military chaplains., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8389
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:
Abraham Lincoln.
Description:
[Abraham Lincoln.]
Creator:
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896. (photographer)
Subject names:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Topics:
Presidents--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7320
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 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:
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:
Dr. Henry C. McCook.
Description:
Dr. McCook as First Lieutenant 41st Illinois Infantry U.S.V.
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7043
Title:
Dr. William Pugh visits Iceland cemetery.
Description:
Dr. William Pugh, stated clerk PCUSA and chairman general commission of army and navy chaplains, visits military cemetery in Iceland on tour of battlefronts, 1943.
Subject names:
Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Cemeteries--Iceland., Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of--Iceland.
Geographic subjects:
Iceland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:5569
Title:
E.P. Roe as Chaplain.
Description:
E.P. Roe as Chaplain, age 26. [p. 39]
Subject names:
Roe, Edward Payson, 1838-1888.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6955
Title:
Farewell Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Description:
Farewell Letter to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8868
Title:
Fighting McCooks.
Description:
Fighting McCooks, Famous in War and Peace. [Clipping from Philadelphia Press, Sunday June 28, 1903.]
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7122
Title:
French chaplains presenting message.
Description:
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 1, January 1918] French chaplains presenting message from French Protestant churches to Federal Council officials. From left to right: Chaplain Monod, Rev. Charles S. Macfarland, General Secretary of the Federal Council; Rev. Frank Mason North, President of the Federal Council; Chaplain Lauga.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Macfarland, Charles S., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., Protestant Church--France--20th century., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:8468
Title:
General Stonewall Jackson.
Description:
[General Stonewall Jackson with sword sitting in front of a tent.]
Subject names:
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.
Topics:
Generals--Confederate States of America.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7296
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:
Headquarters in the field.
Description:
Headquarters in the field (Mr. [James R.] Miller seated on the chest, at the left.)
Subject names:
Miller, J. R. (James Russell), 1840-1912.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7139
Title:
Henry C. McCook.
Description:
[Henry C. McCook] After Return from Santiago de Cuba as Chaplain of the Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, United States Army During the Spanish-American War AD 1898.
Subject names:
McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Clergy--United States., Spanish-American War, 1898--Chaplains.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7385
Title:
Henry Whitney Bellows.
Description:
[Henry Whitney Bellows.]
Creator:
Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895. (engraver)
Subject names:
Bellows, Henry W. (Henry Whitney), 1814-1882.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7241

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