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.
"Star of Liberty" sheet music to Gov. I. G. Harris. Words written by Randel Weber. Music written by Dr. O. Becker. Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D.1861, by J. A. McClure, in the Clerks office of the District Court of Middle Tenn. C.S.A....
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Songs; Ballads; Minstrel shows
Sheet music, consisting of six pages, with an etching of an "African-American" representing the "Old Contraband." The composers are listed on the front cover.
Letter by Jacob J. Burnett on Federal stationery with the following quote: "Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto -'In god is our trust,' " taken from fourth stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner. Above the quote is a...
Circular tin containing brass pistol caps that belonged to David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill. on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on...
Tintype of Russell Lasetor Brown of Co. H, 16th Inf., CSA. He is holding his musket and Colt revolver. Brown was born in Warren County, Tennessee, on October 24, 1842. He enlisted in the Confederate Army on May 18, 1861.
Full-plate tintype, approximately 5" x 7", hand-colored head and shoulders portrait of Zina Bradley Chatfield (1828-1923). Photograph probably taken after the war. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He was...
Issued by the Memphis postmaster, M. C. Gallaway, these two-cent stamps were printed early in the Civil War and used for local delivery or printed circulars. They were improvised postage used before the Confederate government began printing stamps.
Map, in two parts, detailing the Battle of Nashville. First map details the actions of the Federal line attacking a small brigade of Confederate infantry near Charlotte and Harding Pikes and the line of Confederate retreat. Second map details...
Muster roll for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield's Co. F, 58th Inf. Regt., United States Colored Troops. These troops were recruited in the vicinity of Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He...
W. M. Canada's application to a Confederate Veteran's Home from January 4, 1901. Canada presents proof of his service and wounds obtained during combat in the U. S. Civil War in service of the Confederacy. The application was rejected without...
Shadowbox containing a carte-de-visite of William Churchill Kirkland (January 10, 1839 - January 6, 1926). It also contains a 1914 reunion ribbon for a joint Confederate and Federal reunion. Kirkland enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, on June 2,...
Ambrotype of William Henry Palmer as a sergeant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Photograph of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the summer of...
Ruby ambrotype of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the...
