BGuthrie Photos: NY -- NYC -- New-York Historical Society -- Exhibit: Gilder Lehrman documents

NY -- NYC -- New-York Historical Society -- Exhibit: Gilder Lehrman documents:

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Description of Pictures: They had some cases with miscellaneous documents. These concerned Ulysses Grant as well as the Tuskegee Airmen.

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[1] NYHSGL_161221_01.JPG	[2] NYHSGL_161221_04.JPG	[3] NYHSGL_161221_05.JPG
[4] NYHSGL_161221_06.JPG	[5] NYHSGL_161221_08.JPG	[6] NYHSGL_161221_13.JPG
[7] NYHSGL_161221_17.JPG	[8] NYHSGL_161221_18.JPG	[9] NYHSGL_161221_20.JPG
[10] NYHSGL_161221_22.JPG	[11] NYHSGL_161221_23.JPG	[12] NYHSGL_161221_24.JPG
[13] NYHSGL_161221_28.JPG	[14] NYHSGL_161221_30.JPG	[15] NYHSGL_161221_33.JPG

Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NYHSGL_161221_01.JPG: In 1839, seventeen-year-old Hiram Ulysses Grant received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. It changed the course of his life -- and his name. Grant always disliked his first name and was commonly known by his middle name. Grant wanted to swap his first and middle names when he entered the Academy. However Congressman Thomas Hamer had submitted Grant's application to West Point under the name "Ulysses S. Grant." Hamer knew the boy as Ulysses and, at a lost fo rhis middle name, chose "S" because Grant's mother's maiden name was Simpson. While Grant signed both the painting and the letter "U.H. Grant," army bureaucracy prevailed. He learned to accept his now famous initials, U.S. Grant.
2. NYHSGL_161221_05.JPG: Shortly after arriving at West Point in 1839, Cadet Grant wrote this letter to his cousin McKinstry Griffith. In it, Grant reveals his sense of humor, and a bit of midwestern drawl. Here, Grant discusses getting "black marks," or demerits. During his time at the Academy Grant earned a total of 290 demerits and graduated 21st in a class of 39. This is the earliest known letter written by Grant. I came near forgetting to tell you about our demerit or "black marks" they give a man one of these "black marks" for almost nothing and if he gets 200 a year they dismiss him. To show how easy one can get these, a man by the name of Grant of tis state got eight of these "marks" for not going to Church. We are not only obliged to go to church but must march there by companys, this is not exactly republican.
3. NYHSGL_161221_08.JPG: In the days when maps, battle plans, and engineering plans were drawn by hand, painting was taught at the United States Military Academy. The painting featured here is one of only two known existing works created by Grant while he was a cadet at West Point. Grant reportedly gave it to a girlfriend, Kate Lowe, during a summer break in 1842.
4. NYHSGL_161221_17.JPG: After graduation, Grant remained in military service until 1854. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant reenlisted and achieved success that could not have been anticipated based upon his time at West Point. Over the coarse of the war, he forced the surrender of three Confederate armies and rose to the rank of lieutenant general, a position that had not been achieved since George Washington. On April 10, 1865, Grant wrote this short missive to Elihu B. Washburne announcing the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the crowning achievement in Grant's military career.
5. NYHSGL_161221_18.JPG: LeRoi Williams of Roanoke, Virginia, attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1943. After his graduation on July 28, 1943, he was assigned to the 332nd fighter group in the 100th Fighter Squadron. While training in Oscada, Michigan, he was milled in a mid-air collision with Lieutenant William Walker on October 14, 1943. He was only 24. Although his time in the army was short, Lieutenant Williams was among the first African Americans to serve as an airman in the United States.
6. NYHSGL_161221_23.JPG: In this letter written during his time at the Tuskeegee Army Flying School, Williams discusses the rigorous training pilots received. Shown here are diagrams and an explanation of flying the close formations, which were essential for mutual defense and concentration of firepower.
7. NYHSGL_161221_24.JPG: Graduation photograph of LeRoi S. Williams, c 1943.
8. NYHSGL_161221_28.JPG: Otis E. Finley Jr., Planes in a field, no date.
9. NYHSGL_161221_30.JPG: On October 14, 1943, 2nd Lieutenant LeRoi Williams's plane collided with Lieutenant William Walker's plane near Selfridge, Michigan. Like many Americans, LeRoi's mother, Cordelia Williams, received a telegram informing her of her son's death. LeRoi's death hit the family and the community hard. Condolence letters and telegrams make up over 10 percent of the Williams Family Archive. Telegram from Colonel William L. Boyd to Cordelia Williams informing her of her son's death, October 14, 1943.
10. NYHSGL_161221_33.JPG: Condolence telegram from the Lucy Addison High School Class of 1936 to Cordelia Williams, October 17, 1943.
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