Pen and ink drawing of antebellum home on Old Salem Road in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brown owned this home. It was built by Thomas Blanks Turner and was surrounded by a Federal encampment during the Civil War.
A note written in blue by General Leonidas Polk telling James P. Wood to not let the cotton through the railways without his permission so that it would not fall in the hands of the Federal Army. Wood was in charge of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad...
Cooper was the son of artist Washington Cooper. He belonged to the 20th Tennessee Infantry and enlisted as a private. He mustered out as a captain. We have James Litton Cooper's diary at TSLA.
Lead crystal bottles that were buried when the Federal forces arrived near Early Grove, Mississippi, located on the Tennessee - Mississippi border below Moscow, Tennessee.
Polly Shute standing outside in front of her home. Shute was the family help at Beechland in Cage's Bend near Gallatin, Tennessee. She was the family servant for the Andersons beginning in 1874.
William Henry Olds Hodge was a member of Company I, Kansas Cavalry. He was born Willliam Henry Olds on November 5, 1843, in Ravenna, Ohio, and he took the name of his stepfather, Jonah J. Hodge, when he enlisted in the Union Army. He was married to...
William Henry Olds Hodge was a member of Company I, Kansas Cavalry. He was born Willliam Henry Olds on November 5, 1843, in Ravenna, Ohio, and he took the name of his stepfather, Jonah J. Hodge, when he enlisted in the Union Army. He was married to...
William Henry Olds Hodge was a member of Company I, Kansas Cavalry. He was born Willliam Henry Olds on November 5, 1843, in Ravenna, Ohio, and he took the name of his stepfather, Jonah J. Hodge, when he enlisted in the Union Army. He was married to...
