John R. G. Rives saluting in a Confederate uniform. "CSA" is emblazoned on his belt buckle and hat, and a medal and ribbon are pinned on his left breast.
Lithograph of Jefferson Davis and his cabinet with General Robert E. Lee in the council chamber at Richmond, Va. The name of each cabinet member appears under their seat. Published by Thomas Kelly in New York.
Letter from Pvt. William Joshua Thomas, Hale's Battery, Va. Lt. Arty., CSA, to his sister (name unknown) while Thomas was a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio. Thomas writes of his capture along with some four hundred other men. He reports on his good...
Letter from B. J. Semmes, Office Chief of the Depot Commissary, Army of Tennessee Headquarters near Chattanooga, reporting to Colonel L. B. Northrop, Commissary General, in Richmond, Virginia, on returns and abstracts of provisions, accounts,...
Etching features side and front views of the Bell Tavern that was located in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the time of Andrew Jackson. The original inspiration image is credited to the Collection of Jones Memorial Library.
Correspondence from a soldier to his wife. He writes of the need for news from home. In the upper left hand corner is a depiction entitled "Capitol at Washington" printed by Reagles & Co. of New York. There is mention of Gen. Landers, a Col. Tyler...
Letter from King detailing his health and time in a camp near Wanesborough, Augusta County, Virginia. King may have been from near Holstein, East Tennessee.
Photograph in frame of Richard Henry Horner. The Horner family was from Warrenton, Virginia. He was in the cavalry and married Virginia Smith Cary on 1/11/1872. See also, "History of the Blair, Bannister and Braxton Families before and after the...
Letter from Mary Hull, a lady assisting wounded at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, to the Rev. Asa Routh, a Baptist minister and father-in-law of Wiley Bartlett, announcing Bartlett's death the day before (October 14, 1864)
Three troop movement notes, commonly called "spy notes." They were sealed with candle wax and folded to a small triangle. These belonged to General Albert Sydney Johnston and were to be destroyed after they were read.
