circa 1864

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902

Photograph

Title: South bank of the Chattahoochie, Ga. Photo from nature by G.N. Barnard

Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Entrenchments in the right foreground. Bridge crossing river. Landscape in the distance. The sky has been double-printed. Confederate Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup supervised construction of fortifications along the north bank of the Chattahoochee River during the summer of 1864, in the lead up to the July 5, 1864 skirmish at Pace's Ferry. The Confederates were forced to retreat across the river to the southern bank. They were pursued by Union soldiers who crossed the river on July 9, 1864.

GLC05111.01.0461

circa 1918

Osborn, Ella Jane, 1881-1966

Autograph document

Title: [Description of the trenches]

One document dated circa 1918. Osborn describes life in the trenches and the duties that soldiers perform when the fighting is slow.

GLC06570.05

September 1944 - 16 April 1945

Coddaire, James A., 1907-1997

Header Record

Title: [World War II letters of James A. Coddaire] [Decimalized .01-.19]

19 v-mail letters form James A. Coddaire to his wife Olive Coddaire at home in Massachusetts.

GLC09614

September 1944

Coddaire, James A., 1907-1997

V-Mail

Title: to Olive Coddiare

James Coddaire writes to Olive Coddaire, his wife, that he just recived a letter from her dated the 30th of July, and complains about how long it took to arrive. He mentions that a signal skyrocket was sent over them the other day and casued the boys to all run into hiding. He also tells her not to worry if there are times when she doesn't get frequent mail as it just means he's busy.

GLC09614.01

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: French Lines Captured from the Enemy by the Marine Fusileers

In this photograph soldiers are standing in a fort. They use sandbags as a defense mechanism.

GLC09584.297

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Airplane View of Trenches and Shell Holes

This photograph is an aerial view of the trenches during WWI. It shoes how extensive they were. There is also a view of the destruction of the trenches.

GLC09584.149

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: "Through sickly shrapnel-sown meadows reaped by death alone."

A view of a deep trench and a sheet extending down over what is likely a hideaway for soldiers. On the ground above the trench, two soliders lay dead or dying. Another soldier crouches next to one of the bodies, tending to him.

GLC09584.162

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Camp of French Artillerymen Enjoying Well-earned Rest from Trench Warfare

At a military camp, French artillery soldiers sleeping and relaxing in front of a row of tents.

GLC09584.170

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: French Reserves Watching Their Comrades Going Into "The Valley of the Shadow"

French soldiers stand in front of a desolate field, watching their fellow soldiers march to the front.

GLC09584.171

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: His Last Fight--"See he lies, death staring from his eyes"--Somewhere in France.

A dead soldier, his nationality is unable to identify as his helmet is missing and his uniform obscured by rubble, lies at the bottom of a trench.

GLC09584.172

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: French Mine Explosion under Enemy Trenches

A soldier looks across a desolate field at smoke billowing from an exploding German trench.

GLC09584.173

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: General De Puydraguen Coming Out of a Trench near Lac Blanc in the Vosges Section

In this photograph soldiers walk through a trench. Close to where this photograph was taken there was fighting between the French and German armies.

GLC09584.217

1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Artillery Observers Telephoning Headquarters from the Front, on the Marne

At an observation post in a ditch, French soldiers use a periscope to observe enemy lines while one telephones headquarters.

GLC09584.233

1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Captured German Machine Guns on Road from Villers-Cotterets to Soissons.

Two American soldiers man a German captured machine gun, kneeling behind a bush.

GLC09584.234

1917-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Camouflaged Trenches in Chemin des Dames Sector

A lieutenant of the Allied forces stands in a trench at Chemin des Dames. Behind him, chicken wire interwoven with pine and hemlock, covers the opening of the trench, to prevent enemy planes from spotting the trench from above.

GLC09584.095

1917-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Human Wreckage in No Man's Land, Chemin des Dames, France.

The skeleton of a British soldier lies on the site of the battle at Chemin des Dames in France

GLC09584.096

1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Dug-outs and Shelters-Cantonment in the Race Course at Flirey, France

Dug-outs and shelters used during trench warfare in Flirey, France. These dug-outs were better constructed than most were during the war. Flirey villlage was destroyed during the war. It was in No Man's land for four years before American occupation, even though the French had a hold on it for a portion of the war.

GLC09584.103

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: "On all sides round a great furnace flamed" German Attack, North Compiegne, France

This photograph depicts men waiting for the signal to go "over the top" and attack from the trenches. There is smoke in the distance, as well as destroyed fields.

GLC09584.108

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Setting Up Large Searchlight in Advance Lines, Vosges Sector

In this photo, soldiers are setting up a searchlight in a trench in the woods. Searchlights were important pieces of technology because they provided visual on enemy movement much further than the eye can see.

GLC09584.109

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Sharpshooters in Protected Position near Enemy Lines

This photo depicts sharpshooters hiding in the trenches, waiting to attack. They fashioned creative hiding places, using everything from bushes to shell crates for protection. New recruits died frequently because of these sharpshooters.

GLC09584.110

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: In a French Tench, Sandbag Protected, Showing Dart Bombs

Depicted in this photograph are three men, hidden in a trench and protected by sandbags. They have in their possession signal rockets and hand grenades. Signal rockets were used to call for help on the battle field. Different colors and designs indicated a specific need for assistance.

GLC09584.111

1914

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: French Soldiers Resting in the Trenches

French soldiers lie, crowded, in a Communicating trench, waiting to relieve those on the front lines.

GLC09584.112

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: A British 9.2-In. Howitzer Under Camouflage

Two British soldiers man 9.2-Inch Howitzer gun which has been covered in leaves and branches to disguise it from afar.

GLC09584.135

1917

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: "Down in a Shell Crater, We Fought Like Kilkeeny Cats"--Battle of Cambrai.

Four German soldiers in a trench at the end of the Battle of Cambrai. In the background is the ruins of a tank, which were used for the first time on a large scale during this battle.

GLC09584.045

1914-1918

Keystone View Company

Stereocard

Title: Steel-helmeted Scots Entrenched and Cheerily Awaiting a Counterattack

A line of Scottish soldiers man a trench waiting for battle.

GLC09584.046