Displays routes and distances of major cities from the departure point of the stage from Abingdon, Virginia. Smaller towns and communities near those cities are also listed with the additional mileage that would be required to reach them. These...
After his brother Cpl. John Abernathy, Co. K, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was injured at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va., Alfred traveled to find him and bring him home. Writing from Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson's headquarters, he asked Bettie to tell...
Letter from Major D. B. Brewer of the Confederate Subsistence Bureau in Richmond, Virginia, to Captain B. J. Semmes in Chattanooga, Tennessee, certifying that returns for the second and third quarters of 1863 have been received.
Streets; Buildings; Automobiles; Business districts; Stores and shops; Shopping
View of State Street in Bristol, Tennessee. Shows multi-story buildings, automobiles, and pedestrians. The Tennessee-Virginia state line runs down the center of the street. Card no. B-30.
A letter from Frederick M. Williamson to Alice O. McBee. Williamson wrote from General Hospital No. 2, 3rd Division Ward in Lynchburg, Va. He describes his illness and only having a blanket and a bed of straw to rest on. He discusses wanting to...
A court summons from the Commonwealth of Virginia to James Dickson regarding his debt of ten dollars and thirty-nine cents, signed by George B. Stephenson, the judge. The summons requires he be in court on the first Saturday in November 1848 in...
Letter from Private F. M. Goodlett, Company K 6th Piquet (Picket) South Carolina, to his father, Wm. H. Goodlett. Private Goodlett describes his life in camp in Virginia as well as the health of various acquaintances. At one point, he tells his...
This Confederate twenty-dollar note, printed Richmond, Va., has a center image of the Tennessee State Capitol and Vice President Alexander Stephens in the lower right corner. It was found in the Morrell family Bible in Jonesborough, Tenn.
This Confederate ten-dollar note, issued in Richmond, Va., has an artillery unit as its central image. The lower right image is R. M. T. Hunter, former Confederate Secretary of State. It bears the words "This is not valid until two years after the...
This sword likely belonged to Col. Alfred Harris Abernathy, 53rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Harris joined the Confederate Army on Dec. 6, 1861, after his brother John died of wounds sustained at the Battle of Cheat Mt., W. Va. Col. Harris surrendered...
Oath signed by C. S. Ferguson stating he has "permission to visit Fredericksburg upon his honor that he will not communicate in writing or verbally for publication any fact ascertained by him." Signed and issued by LeRoy Pope Walker, Confederate...
Cross dressing; Escapes; Firearms; Tents; Horses; Soldiers; Women; Sheet music covers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate President Jeff Davis is pictured fleeing (in a crinoline dress) from an army camp, holding a dagger as a bonnet flies off his head. A soldier aims at gun at him and a woman in a dress appears to be in distress. Words by George Cooper....
