Faces of Valor: American Soldiers from the Spanish American War and the War in the Phillippines
Faces of Valor: American Soldiers from the Spanish American War and the War in the Philippines included 20 portraits newly printed from original glass plate negatives made between 1895 and 1920.
Also on display were maps of the combat areas in a multimedia presentation, authentic service medals from the campaigns, military and historical literature from the era, and an antique Folmer Graflex studio portrait camera.
Taken with great care in professional studios, each portrait is a glimpse of its subject's personality. They were given to family & friends back home, and also to comrades in arms. The most popular size was known as the carte de vista, a small photograph on cardstock. Like collectible cards today, these likenesses were traded and treasured.
The USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor igniting the Spanish American War.
The Navy played an important role in the Spanish American War.
Jerry Nussbaum was waiting at Camp Alger, Virginia to deploy when the Spanish American War ended.
Winfield McClellan served with the 16th Infantry in the Philippines.
Soon after this photograph of George Sr, Mary, Mary Ann, and George Jr. was taken, George Jr. began a career as an Army Aviation pioneer.
John J. Jennings served as a Private and died while fighting in the Philippines.
Arnold Hoffman fought as a Staff Sargent in Cuba and the Philippines.
Charles D. Herron was Commander of the Army Hawaii Department and reired as a a Lieutenant General.
Henry A. Greene served as a Brigadier General in the Spanish American War. He would go on to retire a Major Gneral after World War I.
Arthur Medworth Ferguson is one of only a handful of servicemen to receive both of this country’s two highest military citations: the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross.
This is the earliest known photograph of Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Davis would go on the be the first African American Army General.
