Articles

Articles submitted by Professor Nancy Roberts.
These articles were written by students in Dr. Roberts' Mass Media & War in U.S. History class at the University at Albany during the Spring 2009 Semester.
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Other Articles

Victory...Impossible Without Schuyler’s Direction by Abigail and Paul Stambach

Black Americans in the US Military from the American Revolution to the Korean War by David Omahen. David was an intern here in the Spring of 2004. He has since graduated from Skidmore College.

New York's Citizen Soldiers by William F. Howard New York Archives. 3:3 (Winter 2004) 8-12.
This article first appeared in the Winter 2004 issue of New York Archives magazine. It is reprinted here with permission from the Archives Partnership Trust.
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Honored Through the Ordeal: Crailo and the Colonial Wars
By Paul Stambach

Presidential Militiamen:    American Chief Executives from the Militia

Bateaux and 'Battoe Men':    An American Colonial Response to the Problem of Logistics in Mountain Warfare, 1689-1815, by: Dr. Joseph F. Meany, Jr.

Frigid Fury:    The Battle on Snowshoes, March 1758, by: Dr. Joseph F. Meany, Jr.

Timothy Murphy:    Frontier Rifleman, American Revolution 1780.

The 7th New York and the Naming of the National Guard, 1825

New York's Defenders of the Alamo, Texas Independence, 1836

Overview of NY in the Spanish-American War; 25 April 1898 - 12 August 1898, plus 10th NY in Hawaii 1898

Frederick Humphreys: First Military Pilot, 1907

Ideals Before Glory: The New York Civil War Centennial Commission, by Michael Murtagh, Siena College, 12/18/07

Union Blue and Militia Gray: The Role of the New York State Militia in the Civil War
Master's Thesis by Gustav Person

Answering The Call: The New York State Militia Responds to the Crises of 1861
By Gustav Person
This article appeared in the May/June 2008 issue of Civil War History. It is reprinted here with permission from the publisher.
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