Northfield Telegraph, December 25, 1861. Recruiting advertisement placed by Captain William Russell for Colonel Berdan’s Corps of US Sharpshooters. Used with the permission of St. Olaf College Archives.

Recruiting advertisement for sharpshooters

Northfield Telegraph, December 25, 1861. Recruiting advertisement placed by Captain William Russell for Colonel Berdan’s Corps of US Sharpshooters. Used with the permission of St. Olaf College Archives.

Black and white photograph of a recruiting office for the 1st Minnesota Infantry Brigade, 1917 Minnesota State Fair.

Recruiting tent for the First Minnesota Infantry Brigade at the Minnesota State Fair

Recruiting office for the 1st Minnesota Infantry Brigade, 1917 Minnesota State Fair.

Color image of a red and white felt service flag with one blue star, used by the family of Harvey Mears, who served in World War I and World War II, ca. 1915–1943.

Red and white felt service flag

Red and white felt service flag with one blue star, used by the family of Harvey Mears, who served in World War I and World War II, ca. 1915–1943.

Color image of a Red Bull firing squad, 2006.

Red Bull firing squad

A Red Bull firing squad honors one of its own at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, December 2006. The Minnesota Thirty-fourth Division soldier was killed by an IED (improvised explosive device) in Fallujah, Iraq. Photograph by Joe Roos of the Minnesota National Guard.

Color image of a Red Bull Shoulder Patch.

Red Bull Shoulder Patch

A red steer skull on a black Mexican water jar (“olla"), created in 1917 while the new division trained at Camp Cody, NM, not far from the Mexican border. During World War II, German soldiers in Italy referred to the Americans who wore the patch as "Red Devils" or "Red Bulls." The latter name stuck, and the division adopted it officially, replacing its World War I nickname of "Sandstorm Division."

Black and white photograph of a Red Cross booth ("Let the Spirit of America Equal the Spirit of Belgium") at the 1917 Minnesota State Fair.

Red Cross booth at 1917 Minnesota State Fair

Red Cross booth ("Let the Spirit of America Equal the Spirit of Belgium") at the 1917 Minnesota State Fair.

Color image of a Red Cross Flag carried by Theresa Ericksen to the Philippines during the Spanish–American War and to France during World War I.

Red Cross Flag carried by Theresa Ericksen

Red Cross Flag carried by Theresa Ericksen to the Philippines during the Spanish–American War and to France during World War I.

Black and white photograph of Red Cross Motor Service car providing relief efforts after the October fires of 1918.

Red Cross Motor at Moose Lake

Red Cross Motor Service car providing relief efforts after the October fires of 1918.

Black and white photograph of Red Cross Auxiliary providing transportation to soldiers, c.1918.

Red Cross Motor Auxiliary providing transportation

Red Cross Auxiliary providing transportation to soldiers, c.1918.

Black and white photograph of Red Cross Motor Corps truck, St. Paul, 1918.

Red Cross Motor Corps truck

Red Cross Motor Corps truck, St. Paul, 1918.

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