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)....
Downtown aerial view of Clarksville, Tennessee showing rooftops of buildings, including churches and businesses. The streets are shown with cars travelling on a beautiful sunlit day with plenty of foliage visible.
Washington County, New York General Affidavit in the matter of a pension claim of Amos P. Ingrohaus stating that his son, John H. Ingrohaus, was not killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks. John Ingrohaus was a member of Company l, 96th Regiment N. Y....
Quilt that was buried in the side of Clinch Mountatin during the Civil War. It is hand-quilted and hand-appliqued, by appliqueing pieces on a solid piece of fabric.
Beechland in Cages Bend, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The white-sided home is partially obscured by trees. A white fence runs the length of the photograph. Polly Shute, the nurse, stands with her hands on her hips. Two young girls, Janie and Emma,...
Image of Claiborn Dotson, on left, seated with his unnamed brother. Both men have their arms crossed. Dotson served with Company H, 26th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, CSA.
Oval photograph of Claiborn Hicks Dotson and his wife, Laura, seated next to one another. Dotson's legs and arms are crossed and he has a full beard and mustache. Laura is wearing a dark dress and a scarf. Dotson served in Company H, 26th Tennessee...
Communication from J. S. Johnson in North Carolina containing Special Order No. 5 from General J. E. Johnston, C. S. A., commanding the officers and soldiers of the Confederate Army and Navy not to take up arms against the United States, and...
Composite photographs; Portrait photographs; Memorial works
Surviving staff of Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry unit are featured in composite form; oval images of Charles Anderson, J. B. Cowan, George Dashiel, Samuel Donelson, W. M. Forrest, and John W. Morton surround the central photo...
Letter from Robert Rutledge to G. R. Rutledge describing the state of his current encampment near his Uncle Sam and Aunt Elzira's property. He explains that due to pillaging by the army the local population now despises the Confederate army almost...
Letter from Thomas Crutchfield Jr. to James R. Hood. Crutchfield makes an effort to prove his loyalty to the Union by recounting his opposition to secession, his informing the Federals of troop movements, his supplying of the Union army with...
