War News: Headlines from History
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18th- through Early 20th-century Newspapers from the U. S., England, Scotland,
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Whether it's news from the front or news about old soldiers, you'll find it indexed here. You can read about movements of armies or regimental news, meetings & reunions of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Confederate Veterans, the Doughboys or and more. What about the "in-between" military news? It's here, too!
Fighter Pilots' Drinking Song from WWII
I have also included a few of the individual service records that I've acquired in my own family research.
The Revolutionary War
The War of 1812
The Texas Revolution
The Mexican War
Great Britain: The Trouble with Colonies & Other Foreign Types
The American Civil War
Frontier Indian Wars
Spanish-American War
Latin-American Troubles
WWI
WWII
Other Military News Indian Wars, Peacetime Military News; Other Wars
Individual Military RecordsDelivering the Goods to the Good Guys.... Brigade Quartermasters Action Gear & Clothing
From A&E: Revolutionary War DVDs - Washington the Warrior and More!
Death of Revolutionary War Veteran Daniel BRODHEAD, New York, 1831
Casualty Lists from a Skirmish Between General WAYNE's Detachment and the British Army, Green Springs, Virginia, 1781
WAYNE, GALVAN, STEWART, BUTLER, HAMPTON, WILLIS, OGDEN, McPHERSON, SAVAGE, DUFFY, VANLEAR, DOYLE, FINNEY, MONTGOMERY, STAKE, McCLELLAN, PIERCY, FELTMAN, WHITE, HERBERT, CROSBY, BARBER, THOMSON
Now indexed! Surnames include the following:Death of Revolutionary War Veteran Captain Daniel SHELOR, VA, 1847
MATTHEWS Death, Revolutionary War Veteran, 1830
PACKARD Death, Revolutionary War Veteran, 1848
McAROY Death, Revolutionary War Veteran, 1810
Revolutionary War Veteran Timothy BIGELOW Dies in New Jersey, 1847
Revolutionary War Veteran Aaron BURNET Dies in New Jersey, 1837
Revolutionary War Veteran Daniel FISH Dies in Massachusetts, 1837
Prisoners of War Return from Halifax, 1812 GARDNER, MORIARTY, NORTON, YOUNG
BARCLAY Arrives on Gleaner with Dispatches, NY, 1812
Schooner Active is Captured, Burned by British, 1812 PATTERSON
Brigade Orders, Westchester County, NY, 1812 COURTLANDT, ODELL
Military & Naval Promotions, Mentions Tippecanoe, War of 1812 BAINBRIDGE, ARMSTRONG, BLOOMFIELD, BERRY, DEARBORN, BOYD
Impressed Sailor James KIDD Seeks Help, 1810
POW David CHEVER Dies in Barbados, 1813
U. S. Schooner Nonsuch, Lt. MONK, Captures British Cutter Caledonia, 1813
War of 1812 Veteran Col. Nicholas BURKE Dead in Baltimore, MD, 1858
British Citizen Reports Generous Treatment by American Privateers, 1812
Georgian John DEUBELL Donates 113-ton Schooner for U. S. Service, 1812
New York Artillery: Major SWARTWOUT to Replace Major BLEECKER, per Major Charles HUNTER, 1812
Death of Veteran Smith BRADSHAW, MO, 1876
Death of Veteran Samuel HIGH at Brock's Gap, Virginia, 1876
Veteran Charles BUDD Dies in New York, Fought at Plattsburg, 1827
Battle with Apaches at Las Animas Canyon, 1879 HATCH, DAY, DAWSON, WRIGHT, BEYER, MORROW, BLACKSON, GATEWOOD, EMMETT, Victorio
Indian Troubles in Iowa, 1848
Colonel WORTH Pursues Tustenuggee in Florida, 1850
General MILES & U. S. Soldiers Fight Sioux at Little Muddy Creek, 2nd Cavalry, 5th infantry, 7th Cavalry, Lame Bear, Minnecinkens, Montana Territory, 1877 FULLER, CUSTER, SPRINGER, LEWIS, MARTINDALE, KESKY, FREYER, OSBORN, JEFFRIES, RYAN, WILKES, GILLMAN, LEONARD,
Col. WHITE of Beaufort Favors Port Royal for Troop Shipments, sc, 1898
LOCKWOOD, CORBIN, ROGERSSick Troops Moved from Tampa to Kentucky, 1898 LEE
Perry MARTIN Honorably Discharged, Newberry Company, SC, 1898
Photo: Officers of Companies H & G, 4th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, 1898
Photo: 4 Soldiers & a Chaplain from the 31st Michigan Regiment, 1898 HUNT, KIRK, HARRAH, WHITE
Spanish Contempt: A Political Cartoon
Photo: Illinois Artillery, Non-Commissioned Officers' Mess, from souvenir edition newspaper, 1898
Grim-Visaged War: A Political Cartoon, 1903
GOMEZ Denies Connection with Mexican Revolution; Disappears, 1912
I won't have many of these, since none of the newspapers in my collection are this recent. I do, however, have some from my own family.
New! Fighter Pilots' Drinking Song A favorite of my dad's.
ALLEN Notches his Gun Allied Fighter Pilots Take Toll on German Fighters BRADLEY, GALLUP, MESSER, McWHERTER, EAGLESTON, EMMER
Letter from Yuma, AZ Pilot Training... My father explains his plane crash to his father.
Eagle Scout Misses Getting Badge; Has Joined the Army That Eagle Scout was 16 years old.... my dad!
ALLEN Chalked up 121 Missions in ETO, Now he Wants to Tangle with Japs This newspaper clipping's reverse side has part of headline about secrecy surrounding atomic bomb explosions in Japan....
The Pioneer Mustangs: the 354th Fighter Group My dad's fighter group.
Beyond Courage: One Regiment Against Japan
A vivid narrative of the men of New Mexico's 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (AA) units. Cave skillfully tells a story of hardship, bravery, unspeakable treatment, and a never-dying belief that their country would liberate them. They were the first unit to fire on the enemy in the Philippines and the last organized unit to lay down their arms when surrender came.Pearl Harbor Extra: A Newspaper Account of the United States' Entry into World War II
Engineer, Sailor from Battleship Vermont Treated in Santa Barbara Hospital, 1908
Lt. J. W. MARTIN Acquitted in Court Martial, 2nd Infantry, NY, 1845
Army News, 1858
CHAPMAN, BRYAN, BURNS, NEWTON, VILLESPOGELLt. CORELING Death at Ft. McHenry, 1810
Companies C & D of the12th U. S. Cavalry en Route to Camp Halleck, 1870 KING
Macon Volunteers Will Drill at Armory, GA, 1876 CARNES, HUGUENIN
Naval Orders at Norfolk, 1881 AMORY, CALKINS, BRUMBY, KENNEY, SCHWERINE, SMITH, ZANE
A. A. MILTEMORE Court-Martialed, Convicted, 1890
1st Battalion, 6th Australian Infantry Recruiting, see Lt. W. O. WILLIS, 1909
General MILES & U. S. Soldiers Fight Sioux at Little Muddy Creek, Montana Territory, 1877
Bloody Fight at Mazari Sherif, Losers Flee to Herat, 1879 Or... More of the same from Afghanistan!
Peter PEVEY calls NH Militia Officers' Meeting, 1808
Marines SMITH and HALL Fight Duel in North Carolina, 1808
Fort Totten Soldier Stabbed to Death, 101st Co., Coast Artillery, NY, 1905 McINTYRE, SNYDER
Convicts Leave Fort Omaha for Leavenworth, 1889 ORBINSON, O'CONNORS, IRVINGS, MILLER, DONAHUE, BINTON, MASON, O'BYRNES
Brigade Orders, Militia meeting schedule, Providence, RI, 1809 Names not yet indexed, but surnames include: PEARSON, WALCOTT, BROWN, STONE, OLNEY, BRIDGHAM, SABIN
Death of Major General G. B. DAVIS, West Point, 1914
Judges Assemble for General Naval Court Martial, 1830 Surnames include the following: RIDGELEY, NICHOLSON, KENNEDY, JONES, SHUBRICK, MORGAN, KENNON, McKENNON, McKEEVER, MORFITT