.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.
The "City of Memphis" is moored at the shore while cargo is loaded on board via a boom gangplank. Several well dressed men and women seem to be waiting to board. The tall stacks are belching black smoke in preparation for moving. Individuals are...
Pamphlet describing the proceedings of a mass meeting of the 7th Tenn. Cav., Rucker's Brigade, Jackson's Division, CSA. The resolutions expressed by this meeting of officers and enlisted men, despite the short time remaining for hostilities, are...
State of Alabama, Selma, Marion, Memphis Railroad Company bonds. Issued September 1, 1869. Reverse side includes original signature of Nathan Bedford Forrest, President. Bond is numbered 67, amount $1,000. Payable in "gold coin of the United...
State of Alabama, Selma, Marion, Memphis Railroad Company bonds. Issued September 1, 1869. Reverse side includes original signature of Nathan Bedford Forrest, President. Bond is numbered 67, amount $1,000. Payable in "gold coin of the United...
Cased quarter-plate ambrotype of five unidentified women. Three are seated and two are standing. The ambrotype was found by David Preston Sherfy on an unnamed street in Memphis during the Civil War.
Oath of allegiance taken and signed by James Dillahunty, a native of Tipton County, Tenn. During the war, Dillahunty served as a private in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. A US five-cent George Washington stamp is affixed to the certificate.
Cartoon depicting Andrew Johnson as the deceitful Iago who betrayed Othello, portrayed here as an African American Civil War veteran. Includes scenes of a slave auction, whites attacking African Americans in Memphis and New Orleans, and...
Application for the Association of Confederate Soldiers for John W. Hods (born Havins County, Georgia) who was a private in Co. D, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Army of Tennessee. Bivouac No. 18.
Articles of agreement between Assistant Quartermaster E. B. Whitman and John M. Palmer for coffins for national cemeteries located at or near Natchez, Vicksburg, Corinth, Memphis, Pittsburg Landing, Fort Donelson, Nashville, and Marietta. Document...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
This military map was hand-drawn on linen by Albert Martin around 1861 and stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps, bluffs, plantations,...
Maps; Forts & fortifications; Batteries (Weaponry); Artillery (Weaponry); Cities & towns; Islands; Wetlands; Plantations; Rivers; Bodies of water; Military camps
Military map, hand-drawn on linen, by Albert Martin (possibly a Confederate cartographer). It stretches along the Mississippi River from Ashport in the north to Memphis in the south. Though detailed in its presentation of waterways, swamps,...
Cabinet card of Civil War veteran, Andrew Baxter, 21st Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. The following is inscribed on the back of the image: "Andrew Baxter my uncle lost his arm in Civil War he is the father of Miss Ethel Baxter a head nurse at the Baptist...
Ceremonial flag of the Barrow Guards, Gordon's Bn., later known as Co. C, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt. (Col. James T. Wheeler's), CSA. The flag is hand-sewn with eleven stenciled stars, hand-drawn pen and ink lettering and scroll. The flag belonged to...
