Military
The Museum's superb military collections document the history of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States. The collections include ordnance, firearms, and swords; uniforms and insignia; national and military flags and banners; and many other objects.
The strength of the collections lies in their enormous depth. Some 3,000 military small arms and 2,400 civilian firearms document the mechanical and technological history of the infantryman's weapons from the beginning of the gunpowder era to the present. Among the 4,000 swords and knives in the collection are many spectacular presentation pieces. The collections also include Civil War era telegraph equipment, home front artifacts from both world wars, early computers such as ENIAC, Whirlwind, and Sage, and materials carried at antiwar demonstrations.
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Guns and Locomotives in a Shop at St. Nazaire
- Description
- A pencil sketch on paper of a shop in St. Nazaire, France that manufactures artillery pieces and locomotives for the war. Two men stand in the center of a large building, surrounded by equipment.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25987
- catalog number
- 25987
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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American Soldiers on the March
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on board. Troops marching through a shell-torn village. In the foreground are several soldiers and a horse-drawn wagon; these are in shadow. The background of the picture is in light and includes more troops, trucks, buildings, and trees.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- referenced
- 1918-07-10
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25759
- catalog number
- 25759
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Aero Squadron Near Toul
- Description
- A charcoal sketch, with some pencil and watercolor, on paper. The work depicts an air base near Toul, France during World War I. A group of airplanes and a few men are outside of a complex of airplane hangars.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25947
- catalog number
- 25947
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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At Ménil-la-Tour
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor color sketch on paper. The work depicts the French village of Ménil-la-Tour during World War I. Soldiers, trucks, and horses populate the scene; a church steeple rises in the background.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25916
- catalog number
- 25916
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Billet Village on the Marne
- Description
- A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper. The sketch depicts a small village in France where American soldiers were billeted during World War I. The Marne river, seen here in the right background, was
- the line a German offensive in the spring and summer of 1918.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25944
- catalog number
- 25944
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Taking Artillery Around the Mine Crater in the Road to Varennes
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper. A large cross is surrounded by several smaller crosses, some bearing wreaths or ribbons, in the foreground. A group of soldiers is resting among the crosses. Some men appear to be eating. A group of soldiers, on foot and on horseback, ascend a small hill in the background. At the end of this procession is a large piece of artillery. On the right of the sketch is a crater; some soldiers are walking up and out of the depression while others are at work inside the crater.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25783
- catalog number
- 25783
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Merviller
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. This rough sketch depicts a village street with a camouflage apparatus hung over the street. Soldiers are in the thoroughfare, under the camouflage screen. The museum's catalogue card for this drawing reads, "The road through Merviller is on the slope of a hill and is exposed to German observation. But by the use overhead camouflage screening, one strip of which is here shown, the traffic along this road is entirely concealed."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-04
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26014
- catalog number
- 26014
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Battlefield on the Marne
- Description
- Mixed media on paper. This landscape depicts a battlefield that was part of the Second Battle of the Marne during World War I. This conflict was a turning point in the war. On July 15-16, 1918, the 38th Regiment of the Third Infantry Division of the United States Army participated in a battle here. Two crosses marking graves in the left foreground.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25946
- catalog number
- 25946
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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In the Salvage Depot at St. Pierre
- Description
- A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper of a salvage depot at St. Pierre, France. Below a backdrop of five large windows, men and women are working in a large open space. The women are mostly engaged in carrying and sorting material. A group of men are on top of a pile of salvage on the left side of the drawing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25997
- catalog number
- 25997
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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On the Edge of Belleau Wood
- Description
- Charcoal and ink wash sketch on paper. The sketch depicts the edge of a wooded area, with timber fortifications in the center of the scene. Hills and small houses in the background. Belleau Wood was the scene of intense fighting between Allied soldiers and the German Army towards the end of the First World War.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-08
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.26028
- catalog number
- 26028
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Encampment at Rebeuville, Troops of the Forty-Second Division
- Description
- A charcoal and watercolor sketch on paper of a encampment at Rebeuville, France during September of 1918. Some soldiers of the forty-second division of the American Expeditionary Force are pictured here. This division participated in the St. Mihiel offensive, one the final battles of World War I.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-09
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25982
- catalog number
- 25982
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Locomotive Shop at Nazaire
- Description
- Pencil sketch on paper of an American locomotive assembly shop at Saint Nazaire, France during World War I. Men working on several engines.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25919
- catalog number
- 25919
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Effects of Shell Explosion in Town
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on white paper. The work depicts several damaged buildings in a village near Toul, France after a shell attack. A road winds through the sketch between the buildings and a church on the left. Three soldiers are shown walking along the road. A label attached to the cardboard under the sketch reads: "EFFECTS OF SHELL EXPLOSION IN TOWN/ON NORTH TOUL SECTOR/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2982"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25824
- catalog number
- 25824
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Assembling Locomotives at St. Nazaire
- Description
- A charcoal and pastel sketch on paper. This interior scene shows men working on two locomotives. Behind the two machines an open doorway shows smoke emitting from another factory.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25906
- catalog number
- 25906
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A View of Neufchateau
- Description
- Pencil and watercolor sketch on paper. The work depicts the French city of Neufchâteau during World War I. The scene shows the city from an aerial perspective, with farms in the lower left portion of the sketch. A church steeple dominates the center of the sketch, with buildings surrounding the church on all sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25910
- catalog number
- 25910
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Church in Baccarat
- Description
- Ink wash sketch on paper. A gothic church rises above a bridge spanning a river. A convoy of large vehicles crosses the bridge.
- From catalog card: "The bridge was blown up in the early part of the war; is now temporarily repaired."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-04
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25820
- catalog number
- 25820
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Infantry and Tanks Advancing on Field
- Description
- Charcoal sketch. In the foreground is a mounted soldier and a soldier on foot next to him; both of them are wearing French helmets. Beyond these two figures is a line of advancing infantrymen. On the left are two Renault FT-17 tanks. In the background, on the right, are trees and shell-torn buildings. Plumes of smoke streak the horizon.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-07
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Morgan, Wallace
- ID Number
- AF.25773
- catalog number
- 25773
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Street in a French Town, Boucq
- Description
- Mixed media sketch on paper. Street scene of Boucq, France, during World War I. Soldiers and a wagon move along a road lined with buildings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-05
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25953
- catalog number
- 25953
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Building the Hospital at Bazoilles
- Description
- Mixed media sketch on paper. A complex of buildings and temporary structures make up the hospital at Bazoilles, which was one of the largest hospitals in France during World War I. An inscription beneath the drawing reads, "Showing an extension of the hospital; workmen shown here are Chinese. The hospital will eventually provide 10,000 beds. The ward buildings are built on both sides of the river."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1917-1918
- associated person
- War Department
- artist
- Smith, J. Andre
- ID Number
- AF.25959
- catalog number
- 25959
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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A Major's Dugout in Belleau Wood
- Description
- Charcoal sketch on paper showing a dugout in Belleau wood. Three sides of rectangular cell are depicted; a pallet appears on the right with other objects on the floor. A label attached to the cardboard mount reads: "A MAJOR'S DUGOUT IN BELLEAU WOOD/June, 1918/BY E. PEIXOTTO/TRANSFERRED FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT/2954."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1918-06
- associated date
- 1918-06
- associated person
- War Department
- maker
- Peixotto, Ernest Clifford
- ID Number
- AF.25796
- catalog number
- 25796
- accession number
- 64592
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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