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Military: Army

• American Revolutionary War
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Selected Army Records in ARC

• Selected Documents from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department, 1783 - 1917
• Selected Photographs from the Fortification Files of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
• Selected Images from the "War and Conflict" Collection

For information on other Army sources at the National Archives, please see:

• Research in Military Records
• The Archives Library Information Center's Military Resources page

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• Selected Documents from the Adjutant General's Office of the War Department, 1783 - 1917
  A number of documents from the Adjutant General's Office have been digitized. The digitized items include letters, reports, and related papers concerning the organization and personnel of the Army, activities in and around Army posts, military expeditions, and Indian Affairs. These materials are held by NARA's Old Military and Civil Records (Washington DC).
  

  Search Hint: To retrieve the digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter (Adjutant General's Office) and Letters or Reports or enlistment or document file in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  6. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies
  7. Select the Location filter for NARA's Old Military and Civil Records.
  8. Press the Go button.
  9. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 300369, Title: "Letter to President William McKinley from Annie Oakley in which she offers the services of a company of fifty lady American sharpshooters who would provide their own arms and ammunition, to the government should war break out with Spain., 04/05/1898"

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• Selected Photographs from the Fortification Files of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District
  8 photographs from this series have been digitized. The digitized images relate to the construction of the harbor defenses in and around San Francisco Bay. These materials are held by NARA's Pacific Region (San Bruno, CA).

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 8 digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter Coastal Defense in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit results radio button for 100.
  6. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies.
  7. Select the Location filter for NARA's Pacific Region (San Bruno).
  8. Press the Go button.
  9. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 296366, Title: "No. 89A Fort Funston, Calif., Gun Tube No.1, Rigging for backing load to entrance of reservation., 04/14/1937"

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• Selected Images from the "War and Conflict" Collection
  1,516 items from this collection have been digitized. The digitized materials include photographs, prints, paintings, drawings, and posters relating to war and conflict from the American Revolution through the Vietnam War. These materials are held by NARA's Still Picture Records (College Park, MD).
  

  Search Hint: To retrieve the 1,516 digitized documents:

  1. Go to http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/.
  2. Press the Yellow search button to go to the Archival Descriptions Search screen.
  3. To search only for archival descriptions that have digital copies, click the Digital Copies search button at the top of the ARC pages.
  4. Enter War and Conflict in the Keywords box.
  5. Select the limit hits radio button to 2000.
  6. Select the box marked Descriptions of Archival Materials linked to digital copies
  7. Press the Go button.
  8. When hits are returned for your search, view the full result of your hit by selecting the Title link.

  From the Collection:

  
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  ARC Identifier: 520796, Title: "With her brother on her back a war weary Korean girl tiredly trudges by a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea., 06/09/1951" Local Identifier: NWDNS-80-G-429691

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