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The Spanish-American War By John Schoenborn (E715 .S34 1945), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"The Spanish-American War" by John Schoenborn is available by clicking of the Download button. F175 .S34 1945

Souvenir Book: Twenty-Ninth Annual Encampment And Twelfth Annual Convention Ladies' Auxiliary, Department Of Kentucky, United Spanish War Veterans, June 5,6,7, 1938, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Ephemera W-30), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Souvenir Book: Twenty-Ninth Annual Encampment and Twelfth Annual Convention Ladies' Auxiliary, Department of Kentucky, United Spanish War Veterans, June 5,6,7, 1938, Bowling Green, Kentucky." (Ephemera W-30)

Official Bulletin, National Committee For The Reception Of United Spanish War Veterans (Ephemera W-72), Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Official Bulletin for the Reception of the United Spanish War Veterans, Number 2, Thirtieth National Encampment, U.S.W.V., Oct. 7-12, 1928. Cover titled: Official Bulletin Cuban National Committee. Includes program, tourist sites for Spanish-American War veterans to visit such as battlefields, casinos, hotels and restaurants, map, photos program dignitaries. Ephemera W-72.

Report Of The War Historical Work Of The Kentucky Council Of Defense, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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No abstract provided.

Blue Bell: March Song And Chorus By Edward Madden And Theodore F. Morse (Sm03156), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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Sheet music: "Blue Bell: March Song and Chorus," words by Edward Madden and music by Theodore F. Morse. SM03156

Souvenir Sketch And Roster Of The Third Kentucky U.S.V.I. (E726 .K37 R8), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Souvenir Sketch and Roster of the Third Kentucky U.S.V.I." (Savannah, Ga.: The Morning News Print, 1899) edited by J. M. Russell and E. J. Hobdy.

Novelty War Primer, Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Novelty War Primer," (Philadelphia, Pa.: Abram Cox Stove Co., 1898) a small pamphlet summarizing the Spanish-American War by using a short verse for each letter of the alphabet and illustrations.

My Father Was A Sailor On The Maine By Hattie Nevada (Sm00641), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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Piece of sheet music titled "My Father was a Sailor on the Maine" with words and music by Hattie Nevada (Kansas City, Mo.: Kansas City Talking Machine Co., 1898) A full-text scan of the piece can be accessed by clicking on the Download button.

Admiral Dewey's Grand Triumphal March By P. Marcel (Sm00575), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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Sheet music titled "Admiral Dewey's Grand Triumphal March" by P. Marcel (Boston, Ma.: F. Trifet Publisher, 1898) The cover features an image of Admiral George Dewey and a decorative border.

Break The News To Mother (Sm04397), Kentucky Library Research Collection

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"Break the News to Mother" by Charles K. Harris, sheet music. Originally published in 1897 and was popular during the Spanish-American War; this edition published unchanged except for title page, during World War I. SM04397

Thrilling Narrative Of The Escape Of Gen. John H. Morgan From The Ohio Penitentiary, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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History of the escape of Gen. John H. Morgan from the Ohio Penitentiary by Capt. Thomas H. Hines. With an introductory glimpse of the interior arrangement of the prison

Morgan, John Hunt, -- 1825-1864. Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio) Prisoners of war -- Confederate States of America

The Great Panic: Being Incidents Connected With Two Weeks Of The War In Tennessee, 1862, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Account of the aftermath of the capture of Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee, the first significant Union victory of the Civil War. The abandonment of Nashville by Confederate authorities, and the opening of the Cumberland River as a pathway to invasion of the South. The booklet opens with dispatches received in Nashville from Fort Donelson on February 12, 1862 and the ensuing "great panic" as soldiers fled from Nashville. This episode brought to prominence Ulysses S. Grant. He wrote, "Sir: Yours of this date, proposing an armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. …