VignettesDescriptions

Era is basedon the UCLA UnitedStatesHistory ContentStandards for Grades 5-12:
Pre US Era: Ancient, Medieval,& Pre-Modern; Era 2: 1585-1763;Era 3: 1754-1820;Era 4: 1801-1861;Era 5: 1850-1877;Era 6: 1870-
1900; Era 7: 1890-1930;Era 8: 1929-1945;Era 9: 1945-1970;Era 10: 1968-present
Themesof these Vignettesare: leadership;personal courage &selflessservice;loyalty;logistics;organization&
conduct;unconventional /innovation;morale
No. 1 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service
Description:When under attack from Confederates, a Union fort and town refused unconditional surrender.
Notable Persons/Locations:Gettysburg; Carlisle
No. 2 Era: 1850-1877 (Post-Civil War)
Description:Families who had losteverything from the Locust Plagueof 1874 received U.S. Army Federal relief.
Notable Persons/Locations: Buffalo County, Nebraska
Theme: Leadership
Description:An example of a “concise,logical model of military writing”between Major General Early and General Jackson.
Notable Persons/Locations: Major General Jubal Early;General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
No. 4 Era: 1754-1820 (American Revolution)
Theme: Leadership
Description:Rebel Lieutenant WilliamScottwas captured 3 times and escaped each time.
Notable Persons/Locations: Lieutenant WilliamScott; General John Burgoyne; Bunker Hill;Peterborough, New Hampshire;Halifax;
Nova Scotia
No. 5 Era: 1850-1877 (Pre-Civil War)
Theme: Leadership
Description:Disagreement between two Brevet Majors caused an investigation into “unbecoming conduct”.
Notable Persons/Locations: Brevet Major Thomas J. Jackson;Brevet Major WilliamHenry French
No. 6 Era: 1890-1930 (World War I)
Theme: Logistics
Description:British Captain R.Meinertzhagen created and implemented the “Dirty Paper Method” for intelligencemissions.
Notable Persons/Locations:Captain R.Meinertzhagen; Lawrence of Arabia;German East Africa
Theme: Leadership
Description:PresidentLincoln responds to Major General McClellan notfighting in battle due to horse fatigue
Notable Persons/Locations:PresidentAbraham Lincoln;Major General George B. McClellan;Antietam; Allegany Mountain
Theme: Morale
Description:The experience of a doughboy in Franceduringintense “shelling”from the night before.
Notable Persons/Locations:George B. Albright; Harrisburg,Pennsylvania;France
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Leadership
Description:Generalship in the Civil War meantthat the leaders were in the thick of the battle and fighting.
Notable Persons/Locations: WilliamS.Rosecans;Phil Sheridan;Joshua L. Chamberlain; Charles Griffen
No. 10 Era: 1890-1930 (World War 1)
Description:Being an instrument of foreign policy rendered the U.S. Army uncomfortable but “acquitted itself admirably”.
Notable Persons/Locations: General Lawrence S. Graves;President Wilson;Lieutenant Lawrence Butler;
No. 11 Era: 1968-present (???)
Theme: Organization & Conduct
Description:Listof military terms or sayings and the origins of where they originated from
Notable Persons/Locations: N/A
No. 12 Era: 1754- 1820 (American Revolution)
Theme: Logistics
Description:Whathappened on the Lexington Green on 19 April 1775 is told differently by those on both sideof the war.
Notable Persons/Locations: Captain John Parker; Ensign Jeremy Lister; Lexington, Massachusetts
Theme: Leadership
Description:A young junior officer stands up to General Pershingafter he “gave everybody hell” and then becomes his aide.
Notable Persons/Locations: General John J. Pershing;George C. Marshall;France

No. 14a Era: 1754-1820 (Pre-American Revolution)
Theme: Logistics
Description:The “Disputed Land” between Maryland and Pennsylvania forced the creation of the Mason Dixon Line.
Notable Persons/Locations: Johan A. Forne; John Digges; Thomas Cookson; Matthew Ulrich;Nicholas Forne;Adam Forne
No. 14b Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The Union, taken by surprise,gave up their riflepits to the Confederates not by force, but by confusion.
Notable Persons/Locations: Major General George E. Pickett; Richmond, Virginia;Petersburg,Virginia
No. 15 Era: 1801-1861 (Napoleonic Wars)
Theme: Leadership / Logistic
Description:Napoleon lead his Grand Army in disarmingthe Austrians and to victory without firing a shoton either side.
Notable Persons/Locations: Napoleon;General Mack of Austria;PrinceAuersberg; HapsburgMonarchy; Danube Valley
No. 16 Era: 1754-1820 (Revolutionary War)
Theme: Leadership
Description:General Thomas Gage sent his 800 men into Concord to seize military stores butwas completely decimated.
Notable Persons/Locations:General Thomas Gage; Lieutenant Frederick Mackenzie; Lexington; Concord; Boston
No. 17 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Leadership / Organization & Conduct
Description:The press allowed a plan by U. S. Grant to be leaked and he had them all arrested for givingaid to the enemy.
Notable Persons/Locations: Major General Ulysses S.Grant; Major General Stephen Hurlbut; Vicksburg;Memphis; Mississippi
No. 18 Era: 1850-1877 (Post-Civil War)
Description:The Panic of 1873 caused a depression in the U.S. which resulted in Marines being tasked to end violence.
Notable Persons/Locations: Sherman; Sheridan; America; Europe; New York City; Baltimore; Buffalo;Chicago;St. Louis; Erie
No. 19 Era: 1870-1900 (Post-Spanish American War)
Theme: Morale
Description:A national drill competition in Omaha lead to the popularization of drill and to similarevents across the country.
Notable Persons/Locations: John J. Pershing
No. 20 Era: 1754-1820 (American Revolution)
Description:The creation of the Continental Army came out before the creation of the government itself.
Notable Persons/Locations: George Washington;James Chambers; WilliamHendrix;Boston, Mass;Virginia;Carlisle,Penn;
No. 21 Era: 1850-1877 (Pre-Civil War)
Theme: Morale
Description:The CarlisleBarracksheld a party for the young officers where the women were “too puritanical”to dance.
Notable Persons/Locations: Richard S.Ewell; E.V. Sumner; Carlisle, Penn; Cumberland Valley;West Point; Fort Wayne
No. 22 Era: 1870-1900 (Pre-Spanish American War)
Theme: Unconventional & Innovation
Description:Letter written to the Secretary of the Navy from an “anonymous well-wisher”regardingplans for a new war-vessel.
Notable Persons/Locations: Secretary of the Navy WilliamC.Whitney
No. 23 Era: 1890-1930
Theme: Leadership / Logistics
Description:Kaiser Wilhelmand his Schlieffen Plan did not work-out in the exact way which he had planned.
Notable Persons/Locations: Kaiser Wilhelm;Germany; England; France
Theme: Leadership / Loyalty
Description:Even in the face of defeat, the men servingunder George Washington had complete faith in him and his plan.
Notable Persons/Locations: George Washington;Admiral Lord Richard Howe; General Sir WilliamHowe; New York
No. 25 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Morale
Description:Many men fightingin the Civil War had never left their hometown farms; so duringtimes of leave they explored the
nearby cities.
Notable Persons/Locations: WilliamReeder; Cockeysville,Maryland;Baltimore

No. 26 Era: 1801-1861 (Pre-Mexican American War)
Theme: Organization & Conduct / Morale
Description:The Army allowed Bonneville2 years leave to hunt, fish,and explore the unknown; he returned 5 years later.
Notable Persons/Locations: Benjamin Louis Eulaliede Bonneville;John Freemont; Fort Osage; Fort Nonsense; Washington DC
No. 27a Era: Ancient, Medieval & 1585-1763 (Seven Years War) & 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The bugle holds an importantplacein military history and Soldiershavegreat respect for the instrument.
Notable Persons/Locations: Gideon & Saul; General Daniel Butterfield; John S. Mosby; Fitzhugh Lee; Carlisle,Penn
No. 27b Era: 1754-1820 (Napoleonic Wars)
Description:Whilebuglingthe afternoon sick-call,a bugler hita “doughfoot” with his bugle and was challenged to a duel.
Notable Persons/Locations: San Vito, Italy
No. 28 Era: 1929-1945 (World War II)
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Organization & Conduct
Description:With high winds an aircraftwas blown off courseforcingthe parachuteinfantry to jump out of the plane.
Notable Persons/Locations: WilliamP.Yarborough; Sicily,Italy;North Africa
No. 29 Era: 1890-1930 (Post-World War I)
Theme: Leadership
Description:George S. Patton Jr. lays out how officers should conductthemselves likethat of “Golden Age” knights.
Notable Persons/Locations: George S. Patton Jr; Camp Meade, Maryland
No. 30 Era: Ancient, Medieval (c. 201 B.C.)
Theme: Leadership / Unconventional & Innovation
Description:Hannibal of Carthagereminded the people that time to morn came when they lostthe war and their men died.
Notable Persons/Locations: Hannibal of Carthage; Livy; Scipio Africanus;Rome, Carthage
No. 31 Era: 1870-1900 (Boxer Rebellion)
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service/ Unconventional & Innovation
Description:A small group of Soldiers,Sailors,and Marines built“Old International”when forced to protect themselves and the
civilians in their charge.
Notable Persons/Locations: Peking,China
No. 32 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Unconventional & Innovation / Morale
Description:Union troops would trade used coffee grounds to the unknowing Germans for extra rations of hardtack.
Notable Persons/Locations: Sergeant Charles McKay;New York, Germany
No. 33 Era: 1890-1930 (Pre-World War I)
Theme: Leadership
Description:Feldzeugmeister Anton Galgotzy was bold and foolhardy but was considered to be a credit to his profession.
Notable Persons/Locations: Anton Galgotzy; FranzJoseph; HabsburgForces; Vienna; Budapest; Herzegovina
No. 34 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Leadership / Morale
Description:After being forced to eat unreasonablerations,the men of the 11th PA Volunteers held a riotuntil they were fed.
Notable Persons/Locations: WilliamRoberts;Danville,Penn
Description:Document relatingwhere the current Army insignia,rank,and color systemoriginated from.
Notable Persons/Locations: n/a
No. 36 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:Recruitment numbers for the Confederates and the Union seem skewed due to different enrollment techniques.
Notable Persons/Locations: Vermont; Wisconsin;Massachusetts
Theme: Organization & Conduct?
Description:On May 5th 1945 the Japanesekilled 6 Americans,a mother and children, on US soil with a balloon bomb.
Notable Persons/Locations: Elsey Mitchell;Reverend Mitchell;Gearhart Mountain, Oregon

Description:Italy was experimenting with oil and discovered though American petroleum was of better quality,Russian
petroleum costs much less per ton.
Notable Persons/Locations: Hilary Herbert; Italy;Russia;MiddleEast
No. 39 Era: 1890-1930 (Post-World War I)
Description:Some political leadersconsidered turningover the Kaiser as retribution for the German WWI war debt.
Notable Persons/Locations: Kaiser WilhelmII;Paul Von Hindenburg; Netherlands; Germany
No. 40 Era: 1754-1820 (American Revolution); 1801-1861 (War of 1812 / Mexican American War);1929-1945 (World War II)
Description:Description of the ranks and the ways they have been depicted, on uniforms,over time.
Notable Persons/Locations:n/a
No. 41a Era: 1890-1930 (World War I)
Theme: Logistics
Description:With the armisticebeginningin two hours, the new orders had to be delivered to the men on the battlefield.
Notable Persons/Locations: Captain E.P. Lukert; General Maline;Colonel Robert H. Peck; Hun Commander
No. 41b Era: 1801-1861 (War of 1812) – [and also mentioned is Ancient, Medieval; 1870-1900;1890-1930]
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Loyalty
Description:SleepingBear was tasked with running through enemy territory to deliver a message to troops 600 miles away.
Notable Persons/Locations: Sleeping Bear “Holdfast Gaines”; Andrew Jackson; William Carroll; Captain Lukert; President McKinley; General Garcia; New Orleans; Nashville; Cuba; Athens, Greece
No. 42 Era: 1585-1763 (Prussian Wars)
Theme: Leadership / Loyalty / Morale
Description:Frederick II,the solider kingof Prussia,was a disciplinarian buthad a “human side”when dealingwith his troops.
Notable Persons/Locations: Frederick II “Frederick the Great”; Battle of Rossbach
No. 43 Era: 1754-1820 (American Revolution); 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Loyalty
Description:The US Flagdid not originatewith the Betsy Ross Flagor the Bennington Flag,which everyone tends to believe.
Notable Persons/Locations: George Washington;Betsy Ross; Nathaniel Fillmore;FrancisHopkinson
No. 44a Era: 1585-1763 (Seven Years War)
Theme: Logistics
Description:Whileimplementing an attack, troops moved in behind Frederick II and raided the capital of Prussia,Berlin.
Notable Persons/Locations:Frederick II “Frederick the Great”; General Andreas Hadik;SeidlitzHussars;Hungarian Hussars
No. 44b Era: 1801-1861 (Pre-Mexican American War)
Description:The material which canons aremade out of changed from bituminous coal to anthracitecoal.
Notable Persons/Locations: Major General Winfield Scott; Danville,Penn
Description:To make a point to his troops,a Japanesecommander had his tanks reverse down the street and doingit again.
Notable Persons/Locations: KiaochowBay;Shanghai
No. 46 Era: 1801-1861 (Mexican American War)
Description:Brief explanation of army regulations,such as recruiting,cleanliness,and messing,from the 1800’s
No. 47 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:Duringthe Civil War,creatinga fightingforceout of volunteers posed a huge challengeto both sides of the war.
No. 48 Era: 1754-1820 (French Revolution 1789–1799)
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Morale
Description:Even when condemned to the scaffold,Madame Jeanne-Marie Roland was positiveand loved by the people.
Notable Persons/Locations: Madame Jeanne-Marie Roland;Jean Paul Marat; Fontenay

No. 49 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:Whileaskingfor rations froma local farm,a Major encountered an awkward conversation with the farm missis.
Notable Persons/Locations: General Wilson;Buttermilk Cavalry
No. 50 Era: Ancient, Medieval
Theme: Leadership / Unconventional & Innovation
Description:Looking for an advantageagainstthe Holy Roman Empire, the Turks mounted cannons on the backs of camels.
Notable Persons/Locations: Hungary;Serbia; Leonardo da Vinci
Description:A pro-Army Native American killed Crazy Horseand though most Indians were thrilled,others blamed the Army.
Notable Persons/Locations: CrazyHorse, Sitting Bull;LTCLuther P. Bradley;Little Wound;Major Daniel W. Burke; Camp Robinson, Neb.
No. 52 Era: 1801-1861 (Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War)
Description:Leo Tolstoy wrote his Sebastopol Sketches about the anonymous soldiers who were the real heroes for Russia.
Notable Persons/Locations: Leo Tolstoy; Sevastopol
No. 53 Era: 1754-1820 (Revolutionary War) / 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The Confederates ignored the warningthat there were seasoned troops in Gettysburg and proceeded to attack.
Notable Persons/Locations:Benjamin Franklin;RobertE. Lee; Johnston Pettigrew; John Buford; George Meade; Harry Heth
No. 54 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:During a monotony time after a battle, Soldiers and Officers explored a nearby mountain by spelunkingin caves.
Notable Persons/Locations: Martian D.Bushnell;Lookout Mountain & Missionary Ridge,Tennessee
No. 55 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The Union Army would build new regiments and mesh together dwindled regiments instead of replacingsoldiers.
No. 56 Era: 1801-1861 (FirstAnglo-Afghan War)
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Logistics
Description:Whileattempting to transportcivilians to the fortified Jalalabad,the British troops and civiliansweremassacred.
Notable Persons/Locations: Dr.Brydon; India;Afghanistan; Jalalabad Pass
Description:Some US politiciansbelieved the US should build a ship similar to the British Royal Dreadnoughtand use the two
ships in a duel for entertainment.
Notable Persons/Locations: John Sharp Williams;Mississippi;Long Island,New York
Description:George Washington applied a strictpunishmenton Soldiers who plundered of the l ocal populations.
Notable Persons/Locations: George Washington;John Paterson; Massachusetts
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Loyalty / Morale
Description:Japanese-American troops felt the need to fight with “surpassingbravery”to prove their allegianceto the US.
Notable Persons/Locations: Franklin D.Roosevelt; Pearl Harbor;Italy
Description:The Army War College Division was responsiblefor preparingplans for any thinkablescenario of national defense.
Notable Persons/Locations:
No. 61 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Morale
Description:A Soldier records his experiences with religious faith and certain death in a military hospital.
Notable Persons/Locations: Thomas F. Dornblaser;Nashville,Tennessee

Theme: Organization & Conduct / Unconventional & Innovation
Description:Admiral Horthy had an “unauthorized chat” with the British enemy jokingwith them because he was out-gunned.
Notable Persons/Locations: Miklos Horthy de Nagybanya
No. 63 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Loyalty
Description:Duringthe Civil War a captured Union Soldier turned Confederate was referred to as a “Galvanized Yankee.”
Notable Persons/Locations: FortLeavenworth; Fort Kearny; Oregon Trail;Santa Fe Trail
No. 64 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The new General of the brigadewas mistaken when he firstarrived atcamp as a tramp mooching for food.
Notable Persons/Locations: George “Greasy” Atkinson; George Lucas Hartsuff; Warrenton Junction, Virginia
No. 65 Era: 1870-1900 (PostSpanish American War)
Theme: Logistics / Unconventional & Innovation
Description:To help in rebuildingCuba after the Spanish-American War,the US sent livestock to stimulateeconomic growth.
Notable Persons/Locations: George W. Davis;Cuba; Puerto Rico
No. 66 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:A man deserted his company in order to marry a girl from the city which they were stationed in.
Notable Persons/Locations: WilliamC.Oates; Thomas J. Hatcher; Morristown,Tennessee; Richmond, Virginia
No. 67 Era: Ancient, Medieval; 1585-1763;1754-1820;1801-1861;1850-1877;1870-1900;1890-1930;1929-1945;1945-1970;1968-now
Description:In the military slangis used often to refer to different locations or people.
No. 68 Era: 1890-1930 (PhilippineInsurrection)
Theme: Leadership
Description:PresidentT. Roosevelt attempted to keep peace but Captain John J. Pershing did not think an armisticewas possible.
Notable Persons/Locations: Theodore Roosevelt; John J. Pershing
Theme: Personal Courage& Selfless Service / Personal Courage& Selfless Service
Description:Describes the heroic actions of the VIII Corp to delay the enemy at the Battle of the Bulge.
Notable Persons/Locations: General Troy Middleton; Battle of the Bulge
No. 70 Era: 1754-1820 (American Revolution) / 1945-1970 (Vietnam)
Theme: Organization & Conduct / Logistics
Description:Operatinga war in a distantlocation creates recurringproblems which arenot present in a closer war.
Notable Persons/Locations: Sir John Burgoyne; Sir WilliamHowe; Vietnam
No. 71 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Morale
Description:Not all work was strenuous for Soldiers duringthe Civil War which is seen in the WilliamWoodard papers.
Notable Persons/Locations: WilliamWoodward;Mississippi;Tennessee
No. 72 Era: 1890-1930 (Spanish American War)
Description:Winningbattles on a Sunday is importantto startout the week on a positivenote.
Notable Persons/Locations: General Miles;Cervera; Manila Bay;Santiago;Porto Rico
Theme: Logistics / Organization & Conduct
Description:When executed in the field,not all of the War CollegeDivision planswere“formed to meet the situation …
adequately.”
Notable Persons/Locations: General Tasker Bliss;Vera Cruz; Mexico City; Tampico;Guaymas
Description:Whilefightingin the war with Mexico, a young privateis sickened by the ways of war which had once excited him.
Notable Persons/Locations: Robert E Lee; Hugh McFadden; Cerro Gordo, Mexico; 2nd Pennsylvania Infantry

No. 75 Era: 1890-1930 (Post-World War I) / 1968-Present (Petroleum Shortage)
Description:After runningout of fuel, the US R-14 submarinewas forced to build a mastand sail to travel 100 miles back to port.
Notable Persons/Locations:n/a
No. 76 Era: 1585-1763 (War of Austrian Succession)
Description:Frederick the Great made Pál Werner, a hussar mercenary,a Lieutenant General in the Prussian army and a knight in
the Grand Order of Prussia for sparinghis lifein battle.
Notable Persons/Locations: Frederick II “Frederick the Great”; Pál Werner (Pal Werner)
No. 77 Era: 1870-1900 (Post-Spanish American War)
Theme: Logistics / Morale
Description:Opposition to the US being in the Philippines used guerrilla tactics in an attempt to pick Americans off one by one.
Notable Persons/Locations: Matthew Forney Steele; Asia;Lucban, Philippines;FortMeade
No. 78 Era: 1929-1945 (Pre-World War II)
Theme: Logistics
Description:A Japanese book was written about how the Japaneseenvisioned the war with the US would unfold.
Notable Persons/Locations: Lt. Cmdr. Kyosuke Fukunaga; USS Houston; Japan;China;Hawaii;Panama Canal;Cuba;Havana
No. 79 Era: Ancient, Medieval (Siege of Malta) / 1801-1861 (Napoleonic Wars) / 1929-1945 (WWII) / 1945-1970 (Korean War & Vietnam)
Description:Throughout time, armies haveresponded to similarsituationsin differentways.
Notable Persons/Locations:Holland;Vietnam; Benjamin Purcell;Battle of the Bulge; George S. Patton; Germany; Malta; N. Korea
No. 80 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Theme: Leadership
Description:General Hoover believed his troops could not be defeated until encountering “Stonewall” Jackson at Chancellorsville.
Notable Persons/Locations: Major General Joseph Hoover; General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson;Chancellorsville;New Orleans
No. 81 Era: 1801-1861 (Post-Mexican American War)
Description:Brevetted Lieutenant General Scott demanded to be paid for his conquests and Secretary of War Davis was furious.
Notable Persons/Locations: Winfield Scott;Jefferson Davis
Theme: Logistics / Unconventional & Innovation
Description:Maintainingsupplies and communicationswith the new bulky and awkward technology was nearly impossible.
Notable Persons/Locations: General John J. Pershing;Mexico; Columbus; Colonia Dublan
Theme: Morale
Description:British poetRudyard Kiplingwrote a poem about the Battleship Indiana for its captain Robley D.Evans.
Notable Persons/Locations: Rudyard Kipling;Robley D. Evans; John Bull;Jonathan Bull;Rufus Zogbaum
Description:To supply Soldiers with cheap and portablereadingmaterials,the Army and Navy created mass paperback printings .
Notable Persons/Locations: John Farrar;WilliamSloane;W.W. Norton
No. 85 Era: 1929-1945 (World War II) / 1968-Present (Cold War)
Theme: Logistics
Description:When discussingbattletactics,the Soviet Union would usethe same 5 battles as their basefor military structure.
Notable Persons/Locations: Joseph Stalin;Stalingrad;Byelorussia;Korsun-Shevchenkovshy;Jassy-Kishinev;Berlin
Theme: Morale
Description:DuringChristmas and Christmas Eve,the Germans and British ceased firingand spentthe holidays together in peace.
Notable Persons/Locations:Marne; Ypres; La Bassée; Western Front
Description:Before receivingtheir weapons, the 2nd PA Infantry was called to action as a test by their leaders and they passed.
Notable Persons/Locations: Zachary Taylor;Winfield Scott; Jesse G. Clark

No. 88 Era: 1585-1763 (Silesian Wars)
Theme: Leadership / Organization & Conduct / Morale
Description:Frederick the Great sentenced one of his captainsto death due to not followingthe rules duringa time of war.
Notable Persons/Locations:Frederick II “Frederick the Great”; Captain Zietern
No. 89 Era: 1850-1861
Description:In order for laundresses to travel with the army, they were required to livein the quarters and followmilitary law.
No. 90 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The men of the 108th IllinoisInfantry wereready for battle but after marchingfor days did not see any enemy troops.
Description:Lieutenant James Moss would requirehis troops to take 1900 mile, 40-day bike trips throughout the national parks,
which lead to them being ableto escort civilians and other military personnel through the west safely.
Notable Persons/Locations: Lieutenant James Moss;Yellowstone; Yosemite; Glacier National Park;Lieutenant George McMaster
No. 92 Era: 1890-1930 / 1929-1945
Description:The power of a “Chief” in the army has changed sincethe “golden age of branch omniscience”from 1920-1942.
Notable Persons/Locations: Douglas McArthur;Bruce Palmer; Ernest Harmon
No. 93 Era: 1850-1877 (Civil War)
Description:The Confederate Army very rarely had pristineuniforms,they mainly resorted to wearing old,grey clothes.
Notable Persons/Locations: Mrs.Robert E. Lee; Emory Sweetland; Fredericksburg;Richmond
No. 94 Era: 1945-1970 (Korean War)
Description:Needing to remove 50,000 Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) drums from a beach in Korea, US troops stated that
any 2 refugees who moved a POL drum to the ship could also board thatship to freedom.
Notable Persons/Locations: Lieutenant General Edward M. Almond; Hungnam, North Korea
Theme: Leadership
Description:PresidentJames K. Polk attempted to hand select his successor fromthe Mexican American War commanders.
Notable Persons/Locations: James K. Polk;Zachery Taylor;Winfield Scott; Thomas Hart Benton; Franklin Pierce
Description:Secretary of War John Calhoun defined what the status of army personnel was.
Notable Persons/Locations: John Calhoun; James Parker

The below chart shows which category, themes and date, each of the documents fall under. I
have this also saved as an excel sheet so that it is easily updated when wecomplete the next
≈200 military vignettes.
Ancient,
Medieval
1585-
1763
1754-
1820
1801-
1861
1850-
1877
1870-
1900
1890-
1930
1929-
1945
1945-
1970
1968-
present
Leadership 30;50;79; 42;76;88;
4;16;24;5
3;58
15;74;79;
95;
5;7;9;34;
49;53;65; 51;91;
13;23;29;
33;45;68; 79; 79;
Personal Courage 41b; 20;27b;48 41b;52;5 1;2;9;90; 31;41b;9 10;41a;4 28;59;69;
Loyalty 41b; 42;76; 24;43; 41b; 43;64;66; 41b;51; 41b; 59;
Logistics 79; 44a;
12;14a;5
3;58 15;56;79;
14b;17;1
8;53;65; 77;
6;21;41a;
82;
28;78;79;
85; 79; 85;
Organization &
Conduct 27a; 27a;88;
26;40;47;
96; 40;46;
3;27a;36;
55;93; 91;
41a;62;9
2; 37;40;92; 11;67;
Unconventional &
Innovation 30;50; 44b;
32;38;54;
65; 22;31;
57;62;75;
82; 28;84; 75;
Morale 42;88; 26;48; 52;74;87;
21;25;32;
34;49;54;
61;71; 77;83;
8;45;72;8
6; 59;84;

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