Summary of 1912 health report for Gallatin written by the City Health Officer, Dr. W. N. Lackey. The report statistically addresses mortality rates and births and provides a partial breakdown by sex, race, and age. It examines causes of death,...
"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.
Confederate monument in Murfreesboro. The monument consists of a large limestone base with bronze inscription topped with a statue of a Confederate soldier with a rifle.
The "monument erected and dedicated by the people of Michigan in memory of her soldiers who fought and fell in the Battle of Shiloh." Features soldier standing with his rifle.
Heraldic history of the service of William H. Oliver, U.S. Vols., 12th New York, Militia Infantry. Large framed heraldic design in color. The history is available in New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (1912), 3rd edition, page 1816.
Photograph of William Henry Edwards, Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry CSA. Pictured with his wife, Mary Rebecca Roach, who he married in October 1865. She helped prepare meals for prisoners at Rock Hill, where she met Edwards. Photographer...
Refracting telescope captured by Federal troops during the Civil War. The Federal troops thought the telescope was the barrel of a brass cannon. It was originally purchased by C. J. Bradley in 1852 for Bethel College. The telescope cost almost...
United States Bureau of Pensions form No. 529,859 issued to William Waldrup, Pvt., Co. F, 6th Tennessee Cavalry Regt., USA. The form states that William will receive $12 per month, payable quarterly beginning in February 1913. Waldrup was a farmer...
Copyprint of Civil War Veteran John Patterson Allison with his wife and daughter. Patterson was born on October 22, 1844, in Saltville, Virginia and died August 2, 1912, in Saltville. He was buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery. He enlisted on May 6,...
Cover depicts a car with a running board. The driver sits on the right side of the coupe and the lady to his left with scarf blowing in the breeze as the top is down. Inset photograph of Ray Montgomery and the Healey Sisters (song performers).
Monument to Federal heroes of the Civil War. The Andrews Raiders monument is pictured in foreground in a view of the national cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
