Veterans; Military standards; Reunions; Group portraits
Lawrence County Confederate veterans gathered for a reunion. They are flanked by a flag and two unidentified women. John Booker Kennedy (first row, second from left) is included in the photograph.
"City of Savannah," a stern wheeler steamboat, plowing through the water belching smoke through the tall stacks. Some individuals are shown on the decks. One lifeboat is visible on one of the decks.
Broadside that reads, "The Horse You Read About! Beautiful Jim Key - valued at $100,000 - The Celebrated Arabian-Hambletonian Educated Horse - First Appearance in Rochester - See His Marvelous Performance at Fitzhugh Hall." This benefit was for...
Broadside lithograph features photographs of a company of American soldiers, with the men photographed in threes and set into a large blue horseshoe design ornamented with gold stars and topped by an eagle. A central photograph shows an...
Broadsides; Announcements; Handbills; Fliers (printed matter); Flags; Military standards
Announcement of fund-raising fiddling and banjo picking contest to raise money for the Leonidas Polk Bivouac No. 3, and William Henry Trousdale Camp No. 495 of Confederate Veterans and for "indigent and decrepit Confederate Soldiers." There is...
Born November 23, 1839, and died March 2, 1902, James Castor Fuqua lived his entire life in Macon County, Tennessee. He was in the 24th Tennessee Infantry Regiment and fought at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. He was wounded twice at the Battle...
Portrait of David Preston Sherfy, Isabell Krouse Sherfy, and their son, John A. Sherfy, taken outside their home in Knob Creek, Tenn. (near Jonesborough). Krouse was Sherfy's second wife.
Portrait of David Preston Sherfy and Isabell Krouse Sherfy taken outside of their home in Knob Creek, Tenn. (near Jonesborough). Krouse was Sherfy's second wife.
Sgt. T. J. Doss served in Co. F, 32nd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. He received the Southern Cross of Honor from the Giles Co. 257 UDC and applied for a Confederate pension. At his request, he was buried with his body aligned north-south at New Zion...
