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Nicholas Selkirk

Description: Image of a military certificate honoring Nicholas Selkirk recording his tour of duty with the 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry regiment during the American Civil War; account of his duty handwritten in ink at the center of a shield decorated by patriotic and military emblems and medals; American bald eagle on Union shield, American flags, laurel and oak branches surround shield.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1866
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000827
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Grand Army of the Republic Department of Pennsylvania

Visual Materials

Image of a Grand Army of the Republic military certificate issued to Thomas A. H. Hay from Philadelphia, 29 July 1907; images of an American bald eagle, Union shield, soldiers on foot and on horseback, and family scene surround text; land and naval battle scenes in background.

priJLC_MIL_000849

Exhibition of 1871. This diploma awarded to Mrs. Elizabeth Shaffer by the Highland Agricultural Society

Visual Materials

Image of an American bald eagle with flags, Union shield, and farming implements in a field on a certificate issued by the Highland Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania; vignettes of farming and agriculture scenes, including a smithy, woman spinning at a wheel, horses, livestock, and grain harvest surround the certificate text; Highland Agricultural Society seal at bottom left.

priJLC_AGR_001800

The flags of the union

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Image of an assortment of American flags and pennants (with captions), including many related to the United States military; American bald eagle with "E pluribus unum!" banner standing on the Union shield at top center; olive branches in background.

priJLC_MIL_001289

Military register : 1st New York Independent Veteran Battery

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Image of a military register with a list of military personnel framed by images of an American bald eagle with Union shield, flags, battle scene with charging cavalry soldiers on horseback, soldiers in camp, women waiting at home, and family scenes.

priJLC_MIL_000853

All honor to the brave : United States Army diploma

Visual Materials

Image of a blank United States military certificate honoring volunteers who served in the American Civil War; space for text in center framed by a monument capped with a portrait of President George Washington, an American bald eagle, and American flags; Union soldiers depicted relaxing in military camp and manning a cannon in foreground; cavalry troops on horseback in ranks in open field in the distance.

priJLC_MIL_000925

[White-headed eagle with Union shield and Constitution.]

Visual Materials

Image of an American bald eagle on a Union shield with American flag in its beak; military items including a rifle, sword, anchor, and cannon ball are interspersed with other symbolic items from the American Civil War, including an olive branch, broken chains and shackle, and the Constitution below.

priJLC_MIL_000747

Nicholas Selkirk

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