Popular Footnote Pages, 121-140

• Pickett's Charge, Gettysburg

  Pickett's Charge was one of the major events of the Battle of Gettysburg. It occurred on July 3, the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Three…

  by Edward1026 and others can contribute.

  Updated 22 Nov 2009 - 127 views this week (1,636 total)

  Contributions 40 images, 11 stories

• Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835

  This publication, NARA M208, includes the records of the agent of Indian Affairs in Tennessee whose duties included preserving or restoring peace, and…

  by footnote_catalog

  Updated 10 Apr 2009 - 127 views this week (3,733 total)

  Contributions 3 images, 4 stories

• World War II

  World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The United States tried to remain neutral until a crushing blow at Pearl Harbor…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 22 Oct 2009 - 126 views this week (4,895 total)

  Contributions 89 images, 2 comments, 1 story

• Nazi Germany

  After World War I, Germany faced a time of depression and political upheaval that created a favorable environment for Hitler and the Nazi Party to take…

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  Updated 02 Dec 2008 - 126 views this week (3,866 total)

  Contributions 60 images, 1 story

• Historical Photographs on Footnote

  A number of historically-significant images can be found in these collections

  by footnote_catalog

  Updated 20 Nov 2008 - 126 views this week (10,966 total)

  Contributions 6 images, 7 stories

• The Chippewa Indians

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 23 Nov 2009 - 124 views this week (124 total)

  Contributions 3 images

• American Revolution: Second Battle of Saratoga

  Read about Timothy Murphy, sharpshooter.

  by dbreckenridge

  Updated 28 Apr 2007 - 122 views this week (3,073 total)

  Contributions 1 image, 1 story

• Salem Witch Trials: Rebecca Town Nurse's death warrant

  Rebecca Towne Nurse (baptized February 21, 1621 - July 19, 1692) was an important figure in the trials who was accused of, convicted of and executed for…

  by chris

  Updated 24 Feb 2007 - 121 views this week (7,344 total)

  Contributions 2 images, 2 stories

• Battle of Chancellorsville

  Also known as the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, this battle emboldened the Confederate troops to make a decisive strike into the heart of Union…

  by Whistler

  Updated 06 May 2009 - 120 views this week (3,619 total)

  Contributions 19 images, 7 stories

• Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909

  This publication contains applications submitted for shares of the money that was appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by Congress on 30 June…

  by footnote_catalog

  Updated 04 Jun 2009 - 118 views this week (7,927 total)

  Contributions 6 images, 4 stories

• Millie-Christine McKoy Siamese Twins

  by markgilchrist and others can contribute.

  Updated 28 Oct 2009 - 118 views this week (7,315 total)

  Contributions 14 images, 2 comments, 3 stories

• The Great Chicago Fire of October 1871

  The Great Chicago fire started on 8 October 1871 on the west side of town. By the evening of 10 October, much of the city had burned to the ground.

  by ldrew and others can contribute.

  Updated 02 Jan 2009 - 117 views this week (3,672 total)

  Contributions 3 images, 1 comment, 2 stories

• The Lindbergh Kidnapping

  Known famously as the “crime of the century,” the Lindbergh kidnapping was a tragic event surrounded by conspiracy theories. On the night of March 1,…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 30 Mar 2009 - 115 views this week (2,560 total)

  Contributions 22 images, 1 story

• Watergate Scandal & Investigation

  Watergate became the scandal that overshadowed the early seventies and resulted in the first-ever Presidential resignation. Resulting from the…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 10 Dec 2008 - 114 views this week (4,001 total)

  Contributions 14 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Ira Hayes

  Iwo Jima Flag Raiser

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Created 24 Nov 2008 - 114 views this week (2,233 total)

  Contributions 9 images, 1 story

• Revolutionary War Service Records

  Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, M881

  by footnote_catalog

  Updated 29 Apr 2009 - 113 views this week (13,225 total)

  Contributions 8 images, 2 comments, 6 stories

• "The Fall of the Alamo."

  We publish the following account of the "Fall of the Alamo" from the Texas Almanac for 1860. It is beyond a doubt the most authentic account extant.

  by bgill

  Updated 23 Jun 2007 - 113 views this week (12,645 total)

  Contributions 14 images, 1 comment, 26 stories

• Underground Railroad

  Page Two~The American slave trade was an international business. It began in Western Africa, where prisoners were taken for sale to European and American…

  by bgill

  Updated 30 Jul 2007 - 113 views this week (8,253 total)

  Contributions 14 images, 37 stories

• The Navajo Indians

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Created 18 Nov 2009 - 112 views this week (112 total)

  Contributions 4 images

• Japan in World War II

  During the 1930s and through World War II, the Japanese military controlled the government of Japan. Unlike Germany and Italy, Japan did not have a…

  by Clio and others can contribute.

  Updated 25 Feb 2009 - 111 views this week (5,094 total)

  Contributions 55 images, 1 story