These Confederate bonds belonged to Amelia Hord, the wife of Tom E. Hord, of Elmwood in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The sum of $1,000 was to have been payed on July 1, 1876, with 8% interest payable semi-annually.
Currency bill, illustrated with the new Tennessee State Capitol, promises to pay bearer "Two Years After the Ratification of a Treaty of Peace between the Confederate States and the United States of America."
Two $5 Confederate notes with image of Jefferson Davis in lower left corner. Promises to pay bearer five dollars "two years after ratification of a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States."
$500 Confederate bond: "Two years after the Ratification of a Treaty between the Confederate States & United States the C.S.A. will pay to the bearer on demand $500." Handed down in the family from Sherman Blair.
These Confederate bonds belonged to Amelia Hord, the wife of Tom E. Hord, of Elmwood in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The sum of $500 was to have been payed on July 1, 1875, with 8% interest payable semi-annually.
Muzzle loading, back action percussion lock, .36 caliber rifle. The rifle is approximately 40" long with an octagon barrel, full stock with brass covered joint just behind the lower ramrod pipe. The wood has an unusual finish (probably refinished)....
A .40 caliber rifle that belonged to Pvt. William A. Dycus, Co. D, 28th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Dycus was 16 years old when he enlisted in November 1862.
.58 caliber, cap-and-ball muzzle loader made by gunsmith around 1849 in Townsend, Tennessee. Used by Adam Wilson (1841-1919). He carried it throughout the Civil War. The brass trigger guard possibly made out of brass candle stick. Wilson was a...
Possibly 1842 model Springfield rifle that belonged to Lt. Thomas Bond, Co. B, 33rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Bond was from the Leighton community in Madison County, Tenn.
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Members of the 105th Regiment Engineers seek shelter from enemy shell fire under the protection of a high bank. This party came under range of German guns while proceeding into St. Martin-Reviere & were forced to seek protection.
This page in Mitchener's diary shows three more men being added to his POW camp quarters in room five, even though there is not enough space. Mitchener lists their names, which are John R. Hanzlik [Pennsylvania], John F. Hodges (Tennessee) and...
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Composite of fifteen photographs showing the daily life of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1466.
This Spanish coin was found north of Nashville, Tennessee. Such Spanish silver coins were legal tender until the 1830s and circulated widely in early middle Tennesse. It has the image of Charles IV and says "Carolus IIII - Dei Gratia - 1792" on...
.69 caliber converted smoothbore converted flintlock, Model 1842, even though dated "1852" on lockplate. Provenance uncertain, could have been used by either side. Found in Crisp home in Raleigh, Shelby County, Tenn.
