
Claggett Wilson's niece, Helen W. Eckel, 1918

Lieutenant Claggett Wilson, Verdun, France 1918

Lieutenant Claggett Wilson, Verdun, France 1918

Lieutenant Claggett Wilson, Verdun, France 1918
(
The Battle of Verdun)

Lieutenant Claggett Wilson, Verdun, France 1918

Claggett Wilson with his brother, Lieutenant Col. Harry C. Wilson

Lieutenant Claggett Wilson, right, during the occupation of Germany

Just home from the Front, 1919.

Home from the Front with his niece, Helen, 1919.

Home from the Front with his nieces, Charlotte & Elizabeth, 1919.

The Navy CrossAwarded September & October 1918

The French Cross of Lorraine

"Marine Scout on the Lucy-Torey Road, Château-Thierry Sector,"
by Claggett Wilson
(
Battle of Chateau-Thierry, 1918)

"Encounter in the Darkness" by Claggett Wilson

"Flower of Death, Not as it Looks, But as it Feels, Sounds and Smells"
by Claggett Wilson

"Saviors of France, Jeanne D'Arc, St Louis, Clovis" by Claggett Wilson

"Dance of Death" by Claggett Wilson

"Shell-hole Stuff, Chemin Des Dames" by Claggett Wilson

"Salad, A Cleaned-up Machine-Gun Nest, Bois De Belleau" by Claggett Wilson
(
Bois de Belleau, Chateau-Thierry Sector)

"Rosalie, Rosalie! Rosalie is the Nickname of the French Bayonet"
by Claggett Wilson

"Raid on Our Trench" by Claggett Wilson

"Boudoir of Madame La Comtesse H... Black Death Lay Heavy..."
by Claggett Wilson

"Marine Brigade Moving Up for the St. Mihiel Attack" by Claggett Wilson
(
The St. Mihiel Offensive)

"Underground Dressing Station, The Flesh is the Thing Crucified, Pale..." by Claggett Wilson

"Bacchus Survivor, In a Ruined Château in Champagne Country"
by Claggett Wilson

"The Billet at Bouy"
Self portrait of Claggett Wilson.

"Runner Through the Barrage, Bois De Belleau, Château-Thierry Sector"
by Claggett Wilson
(
Bois de Belleau, Chateau-Thierry Sector)

"Stragglers, French Wounded in the Retreat of Château-Thierry"
by Claggett Wilson
(
Battle of Chateau-Thierry, 1918) | (
The Battle of Verdun)

"Front Line Stuff" by Claggett Wilson

"Symphony of Terror" by Claggett Wilson

"Hospital. On the Stretcher I Lay... Great Shadows Quivered..."
by Claggett Wilson

"Early Morning - Bois De Belleau, Sniper Who had been Potted that Night"
by Claggett Wilson
(
Bois de Belleau, Chateau-Thierry Sector)

"Grenadier Cut Off in the Flaming Woods..." by Claggett Wilson

"Attack Developing in the Champagne, Blanc Mont Sector" by Claggett Wilson

"First Attack on the Bois De Belleau, Marines Advancing, June 6, 1918"
by Claggett Wilson
(
Bois de Belleau, Chateau-Thierry Sector)

VISION
In the trenches before Rheims, Easter morning
by Claggett Wilson

Sketches from the Front, France 1918

Sketches from the Front, France 1918
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Sketches from the Front, France 1918

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Essen Hook, the pill box"
Blanc Mont

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Mr. Boche wrapped around his machine gun"

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
Col. E. bawlin' 'em out.
(
Lieutenant Colonel Earl H. Ellis, USMC. Adjutant - bio)

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Prostitutes of Thiaucourt" (on left)
"Refugiees aux enfants" (on right)

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Dragging it to safety, one leg off" (center image)
"Last of Charlie" (right image)

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Bleeding to death, we couldn't find the wound"

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Belleau Woods"

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Rocks at Belleau Woods"

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Ravine and Belleau Woods"

Sketches from the Front, France, 1918
"Near Lucy-le-Bocage"

Personal Letter to Claggett Wilson from his friend, Major General Neville

Personal Letter to Claggett Wilson from his friend, Major General Neville
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(
Brigadier General Wendell C. Neville - bio)

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Letter follows from a combat buddy

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Written by Claggett Wilson
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Letter follows from Claggett Wilson to a friend and fellow teacher at Columbia University, Robert Paul Gray

Letter from Claggett Wilson to Robert Paul Gray
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Letter follows from the Imperial War Museum

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An Appreciation of The War Paintings of Claggett Wilson by
Henry McBrideFrom, "The Book of War Paintings of Claggett Wilson"
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An Appreciation of The War Paintings of Claggett Wilson by
Alexander WoollcottFrom, "The Book of War Paintings of Claggett Wilson"
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Ville s/ Tourbe

Prisonniers de St. Mihiel
(
The St. Mihiel Offensive)

Moulin de Caffant

Verdun, La voie sacrée
(
The Battle of Verdun)

Chaumont blessés Boches

Alerte avec le klaxon

Le zeppelin abattu à Compiègne

Lancement de grenades

Guetteur en Champagne

À l'assaut

Poste avancé dans les Vosges

Devant Fleury, Officier tué au créneau

L'Yser

Boches portant leurs blessés

Verdun, Cadavre et barrage

Verdun, Ravin de la mort

Fleury, Cadavres

Avion Boche abattu à Verdun

Batterie de V.B.

Cimetière de Solente

Verdun, Cadavres et barrage

Observatoire devant Vaux

Champagne, Alerte avec gaz

Cadavres rassembles après une attaque

Cadavres à Perthes
(
Blanc Mont Sector)

Ossuaire région de Verdun
(
The Battle of Verdun)

Verdun, Messe avant l'attaque
(
The Battle of Verdun)

Cadavres au Mt. Haut

Vaguemestre tué près de son convoi

Observatoire au Bois Le Prêtre

Prisonniers de La Côte

Un poste d'écoute

Escadrille bombardée deux pilotes sont tués

Avion français abattu

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