VIRGINIA’S MILITARY PARTICIPATION SERIES VIRGINIA’S PARTICIPATION IN WORLD WAR I SELECTED RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA Archival and Information Services Division Reference Section • 804/692-3777 • www.lva.lib.va.us Cover Illustration: U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, courtesy of the Library of Virginia. INTRODUCTION This bibliography is one of a series intended to be companions to the Virginia Military Dead database available via The Library of Virginia home page on the worldwide web. It should come in handy when the database user needs to fill in gaps in informa- tion or understanding regarding information found in the database. Unless otherwise noted, all items listed below are located in the stacks. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . 1 Table of Contents . 1 Reference . 2 Registers . 3 Rosters . 3 County/City Microfilm Records of Induction and Discharge Papers . 5 Registers of War Dead . 7 Local Histories . .8 Unit Histories . 9 Aero . .9 Artillery . 9 Engineers . 10 Infantry . 10 Medical . 12 Naval . 12 Periodicals . .13 Contemporary Titles . 13 Magazine Articles . 13 Virginians Write About the War . 14 General . 14 Personal Narratives . 15 Women . 16 General Histories . 16 Archival Resources Collection . 17 Personal Papers . 17 Organization Records . 19 Government Records . 19 Map Collection . 20 Special Collections . 20 Picture Collection . 20 Broadside Collection . 20 Artifacts Collection . 21 Electronic Collections . 21 Digital Collections . 21 Worldwide Web . 21 Virginia’s Participation in World War I REFERENCE These materials provide easy access to authoritative information or facts about World War I and related military organizations. Items are arranged alphabetically by author and/or title. American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1992. D 114.2:AR 5/4 American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in Europe: A History, Guide, and Reference Book. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1938. Y 3. Am 3: B 32 1938 The Americans in the Great War. Michelin Illustrated Guides to the Battlefields (1914–1918). Milltown, N.J.: Michelin Tire Co., 1920. D528 A7 Davis, Arthur Kyle. Virginia Military Organizations in the World War. With Supplement of Distinguished Service. Richmond, Va.: Virginia War History Commission, 1927. D570.85 V8 A4 v. 5 Dornbusch, Charles Emil, comp. Histories of American Army Units, World Wars I and II and Korean Conflict, With Some Earlier Histories. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Army, Office of the Adjutant General, Special Services Division, Library and Service Club Branch, 1956. D 102.2:Ar 5 Dornbusch, Charles Emil. Unit Histories of the United States Air Forces, Including Privately Printed Personal Narratives. Hampton Bays, N.Y.: Hampton Books, 1958. Z6724 A3 D66 George C. Marshall Research Foundation. Posters of World War I and World War II in the George C. Marshall Research Foundation. Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, 1979. Picture Collection Reference D522.25 G46 Johnson, Richard S. How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in The Military: Armed Forces Locator Guide. Spartanburg, S.C.: MIE Pub., 1999. Ref UA23 J58 1999 A List of Neutral Ships Sunk by the Germans from August 8, 1914, to April 26, 1917. London: n.p., 1917. D591 L5 Many of the ships listed herein were American and/or were sailing to or from Virginia ports. McKenney, Janice E. Field Artillery: Regular Army and Army Reserve. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1992. D 114.11:Ar 7/2 Neagles, James C. U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1994. Ref E181 N43 1994 Newman, John J. Uncle, We Are Ready! Registering America’s Men, 1917–1918: A Guide to Researching World War I Draft Registration Cards. North Salt Lake, Utah: Heritage Quest, 2001. D570.8 R4 N48 2001 The Official Record of the United States’ Part in the Great War . N. p., 1923. D570 O4 Includes specific and detailed references to many Virginians. Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, 1988. D114.2:B32 Register of the Commission and Warrant Officers of the Navy of the United States, Including Officers of the Marine Corps. Washington, D.C.: Secretary of the Navy, 1814–. N 1.10: page 3 Sassé, Fred A. Rookie Days of a Soldier. St. Paul, Minn.: W. G. Greene, 1924. D570.9 S3 A veritable almanac of facts and figures, glossaries, insignia, organizational and historical information, etc., this book con- tains a wealth of information every new soldier needed to know about how things were done in the Army. The amount of useful information that is packed into this little book is simply amazing. Schaefer, Christina K. The Great War, A Guide to the Service Records of All the World’s Fighting Men and Volunteers. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1998. D609 A2 S29 1998 Skillman, Willis Rowland. The A.E.F.; Who They Were, What They Did, How They Did It. Philadelphia, Pa.: G. W. Jacobs, 1920. D570 S6 An almanac of statistical, organizational and historical information regarding each of the divisions that made up the American Expeditionary Force. Thayer, Lucien H. America’s First Eagles: The Official History of the U.S. Air Service, A.E.F. (1917–1918). San Jose, Cal.: R. J. Bender Publishing; Mesa, Ariz.: Champlin Fighter Museum Press, 1983. D606 T37 United States Army in the World War, 1917–1919. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1988–1992. D 114.8: v.1–17 U. S. Bureau of Navigation, Navy Dept. Navy Directory; Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Also Including Officers of the United States Naval Reserve, Active, Marine Corps Reserve, Active, and Foreign Officers Serving with the Navy. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Printing Office, 1918–. N 1.24: Virginia War History Commission. Publications of the Virginia War History Commission. Source Volume . Richmond, Va.: The Commission, 1923–27. D570.85 V8 A4 Virginia War Service Bureau. Information Relating to Veterans Relief Under Economy Act of March 20, 1933. Richmond, Va.: The Bureau, 1933. UB374 V8 A55 1933 Virginia War Service Bureau. Service Plan of the War Service Bureau. Richmond, Va.: Division of Purchase and Print., 1932. UB374 V8 A55 1932 Wilson, John B. Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, U.S. Army, 1999. D 114.11:Ar 5/2/999 Wyllie, Robert E. Orders, Decorations and Insignia, Military and Civil; with the History and Romance of Their Origin and a Full Description of Each. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. CR4509 W9 REGISTERS These items contain lists of personnel who participated in the war from various localities or organizations and include information on at least one Virginian. ROSTERS American Legion. Dept. of Virginia. Richmond. The American Legion Directory, Richmond District . Richmond Post, no. 1, North Richmond Post, no. 38, South Richmond Post, no. 137, American Legion Auxiliary (to Richmond Post, no. 1). Richmond, Va.: 1922–. D570 A13 R5 Aston, Andrew C. Roster, 3rd Battalion, 317th Infantry. Richmond, Va.: Dietz Printing Co., 1919. D570.33 317th A85 Virginia’s Participation in World War I Brown, Douglas Summers, ed. Historical and Biographical Sketches of Greensville County, Virginia, 1650–1967. Emporia, Va.: Riparian Woman’s Club, 1968. F232 G8 B8 Campbell, Judith A. Veterans of World War I, Page County, Virginia. Rileyville, Va.: J. A. Campbell, 1995. F232 P1 C3 1991 Cobb, Walter Westray. The Final Roster, A Roster of the Soldiers Who Saw Service in the Great War from Nottoway County, Va. Lynchburg, Va.: Printed by J. P. Bell, 1920. D570.85 V81 N6 Featherston, Nathaniel Ragland. The History of Appomattox, Virginia, also World War II-I and Spanish American War Service Record. Appomattox, Va.: American Legion Post 104, 1948. F232 A65 F3 Fooks, Herbert Clarence. Prisoners of War. Federalsburg, Md.: J. W. Stowell Printing Co., 1924. JX5141 F6 Gaffrey, Jeremy B. Searching for Fishburne Alumni among the Casualties of the Great War. Waynesboro, Va.: J. B. Gaffrey and M. W. Leece, 1991. LD7501 W32 F52 1991 The Hatchet of the United States Ship “George Washington,” Compiled by Captain Edwin T. Pollock and Lieut. (j.g.) Paul F. Bloomhardt. [v. l-9; Feb. 21-Dec. l2, 1918]. New York: J. J. Little & Ives, 1919. D501 H4 v.1-9 Includes a history of the George Washington, lists of officers and enlisted men attached to the ship, and passenger lists. Mead, Frederick Sumner, ed. Harvard’s Military Record in the World War. Boston, Mass.: Harvard Alumni Association, 1921. D639 E4 H55 Morton, Oren F. A Centennial History of Alleghany County, Virginia. Bridgewater, Va.: C. J. Carrier, 1970. F232 A5 M8 1970 ———. A Handbook of Highland County and a Supplement to Pendleton and Highland History. Monterey, Va.: The Highland Recorder, 1922. F232 H8 M8 Patton, John Shelton. The University of Virginia in the World War. Charlottesville, Va.: n.p., 1921. D639 E4 V8 1921 Smith’s Volunteers of the World’s War. History and Souvenir Program of the Second Annual Reunion of Smith’s Volunteers of the Worlds [sic] War, Suffolk, Va., August 16th, 1930. Suffolk, Va.: Piland Print., 1930. D570 A15 S6 Stringer, Harry R. Heroes All! A Compendium of the Names and Official Citations of the Soldiers and Citizens of the United States and of Her Allies Who Were Decorated by the American Government for Exceptional Heroism and Conspicuous Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in the War with Germany, 1917–1919. Washington, D.C.: Fassett Publishing Co., 1919. D609 U6 S8 ———. The Navy Book of Distinguished Service; an Official Compendium of the Names and Citations of the Men of the United States Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Foreign Governments Who Were Decorated by the Navy Department for Extraordinary Gallantry and Conspicuous Service Above and Beyond the Call of Duty in the World War.