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Title: General George H. Thomas
Description: George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Union general during the American Civil War, one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Burnside
Description: Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881) was commander of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War.
Date: 1860~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Soldiers, Orphans, and Widows Home and Hospital
Description: At the bottom left in a box, "Soldiers Orphans and Widows/Home--and Hospital,/St. Joseph Missouri." On the righthand side at the bottom in the same type of box, "J. A. Storm and W. Angelo Powell/Architects and Superintendents/St. Joseph Missouri." Printed on the reverse is "From the/New York Gallery,/North Side Market Square,/St. Joseph, MO./L. A. Furlong & Co." A handwritten line is drawn through the Furlong name and handwritten below is "Crowther Bros." According to "The History of Buchanan County, Missouri," (1881) J. A. Storm, architect, was a long-time partner in "contracting and building with John C. Evans," but "in 1865, he sold out to DeClue & Shivel, and for one season, in company with W. Angelo Powell, conducted a real estate and architect's office" (p. 908).
Date: 1866~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James J. Akard, Wife, and Daughters
Description: James J. Akard was born July 7, 1838, in Polk County, Missouri. He was captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the state legislature and held other important Polk County positions including sheriff, collector and clerk of the county court. He died in 1919. Akard's wife's name was Keziah Adeline (September 11, 1847-November 2, 1925). His daughters were Ella May, the eldest, and Della E. On the reverse is written in faded ink, "....& Mrs. J. J. Akard, Fair Play, Mo."
Date: 1890~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: James J. Akard
Description: Handwritten in ink on the back of what appears to be a postcard, "Capt. James J. Akard, about 1917."
Date: 1917~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: SC15-1 James J. Akard Papers Finding Aid
Description: James J. Akard was born July 7, 1838, in Polk County, Missouri. He was captain of Company A, Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry during the Civil War. After the war he was elected to the state legislature and held other important Polk County positions including sheriff, collector and clerk of the county court. He died in 1919.The collection includes official reports, general orders, court martial proceedings, photographs, correspondence, pension claims, and miscellaneous items. Much of the material in the collection relates to Company A, 8th Cavalry Regiment, Missouri State Militia.
Date: 1861/1917
Object Type: Finding Aid

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