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Henry Speck Harris (1837-1863) Flat River Guard Company B, 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment; North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Civil War

1783 War of Independence NYC parole POW French Officer frigate Sybille

1783 parole document for Lt. Dufay, French Officer in the Picardie Regiment, captured in the naval battle of the 22nd January 1783 in Chesapeake Bay between his ship, the Sybille and the British ships HMS Centurion, HMS Hussar and Terrier. This is a true copy of his parole, whereby he will be exchanged for a British officer of same rank, and is signed by Thomas D. Hewlings, the British Deputy Commissary of naval prisoners at New York. The capture of the Sybille was controversial

1944 letter from German POW Camp 132 Medicine Hat Alberta to Germany

June 1944 long letter from German POW interned at Camp #132 Medicine Hat Alberta to family back home. Written one day before D-Day! On front 2 ‘POW JN 7 44--CAMP 132’ cancelations and ‘EXAMINED BY D.B. 552’. Purple Germain cancelation on back ‘…Oberkommando…’ (‘high command’)

WW1 1917 postcard Navy Sopwith triplane captured by Germans

German soldiers examining a Navy Sopwith triplane from Royal Naval Air Service Squadron 1 brought down near Wervik Belgium September 13 1917. Forced down by 20 y.o. Kurt Wüsthoff (as his 15th victory).

WW1 1917 postcard Navy Sopwith triplane captured by Germans

Guerre 14-18 France photo église détruite par bombardement

Photo des ruines d'une église française. La façade gothique de l'église donne une idée de sa beauté autrefois.

WW1 Canada photo postcard of 12th Battalion military brass band c.1915

Photo postcard of military brass band of the 12th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (C.E.F.) posing, likely in the U.K. The Battalion was recruited from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. Printed on the drum at the centre of the photo ‘12th BATTALION 1914 1915 1ST C.E.F.’

1915 Canada WW1 photo 37th Battalion Niagara Camp

Photo postcard June 1915 of 7 members Company ‘C’ 37th Battalion C.E.F. taken outside their tent at Camp Niagara. Later that year they left for Halifax, en route to England and the War. The 37th recruited in Ontario.

1904 Ontario land grant 1870 Fenian Raid veteran Pvt. Shisler 44th Battalion

Edmund Wilson Shisler was a Private in the 44th ‘Welland’ Battalion during the Fenian Raids of 1870 in the Niagara region. For this service, he was granted 160 acres of land in the Sutherland Township.

an old black and white photo of men in uniforms

Division

Guerre 14-18 1916 carte photo troupes allemands près Ayette France

an old book with a man riding on the back of a horse

WW1 1916/17 Canadian 95th Infantry Batt. patriotic postcard

Humorous image of German cavalryman retreating at high speed, saying ‘THE 95th CANADIANS are at it again'.

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Henry Speck Harris (1837-1863) Flat River Guard Company B, 6th North Carolina Infantry Regiment; North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.