Elaborate (but broken) mother-of-pearl case with daguerreotype of the Davis family (two women, one older, one younger). The Davis family was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The side of the case is designed to imitate the spine of a book.
Pencil sketch of William E. Maury. Maury was a member of Company C, 49th Tennessee Infantry, and was killed at the Battle of Franklin. His diary is in the Carter House Museum. Originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Maury had brothers who fought...
On the back, it states that the photograph is presented to Amelia S. Jacobs on October 9, 1862, by (name illegible). Seller indicated that the unit pictured is the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, but this cannot be confirmed.
Letter from George Franklin Robinson to his wife, Elvira Jane Griffin, following the Battle of Gettysburg, July 18, 1863. Robinson draws a map of his unit's march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In the letter, he says:...
Map of G. F. Robinson unit's (and the Army of Northern Virginia's) march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and back to Virginia. See TSLA Mf. 1969 for all G. F. Robinson letters.
Discharge certificate for James C. Mates, Company A, 101st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA. Mates survived Andersonville prison. James C. Mates' diary is available on microfilm as TSLA Mf. 1972.
Discharge certificate for James C. Mates, Private, Company A, 101st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, USA. Mates enlisted on August 25, 1862 for a period of three years. He was captured and survived Andersonville prison. James C. Mates'...
This engraving entitled "Decisive Charge Upon Byrne's Confederate Battery, By The Seventy-Eight Pennsylvania and Twenty-First Ohio Volunteers, at the Battle of Murfreesboro, January 2d 1863" was published in an 1892 edition of Harper's Weekly.
Similar to Pennsylvania German fraktur, beautifully drawn red & brown ink doves, flag, and cannon embellish the marriage record of Robert Irick and Sarah M. Selvidge. Children's birth and death dates are also recorded. Includes "R. R. Irick,...
Saber belonged to Capt. Samuel Rankin Latta (1827-1910). Latta was of Irish descent. He was reared in Pennsylvania and moved to Dyersburg, Tenn., where he was a lawyer, teacher, Presbyterian elder, Sunday school superintendent, and Mason. Latta...
Commission for Capt. Samuel Rankin Latta (1827-1910). Latta was of Irish descent. He was reared in Pennsylvania and moved to Dyersburg, Tenn., where he was a lawyer, teacher, Presbyterian elder, Sunday school superintendent, and Mason. Latta...
Samuel Wellington Cocke in military school uniform in Nashville. He was a good swimmer and went to Pennsylvania during the war and served. The photograph was taken by C. C. Giers.
Eight-piece drafting set used to create maps during the Mexican War and possibly the Civil War and manufactured by the Technical Supply Company of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
