Two $100 CSA notes from Richmond, Va. and one $5 State of Ga. note from The City Bank of Augusta, GA. The $100 bills are authorized by the Confederate States of America and promise to pay the bearer "six months after the ratification of a treaty of...
This twenty-dollar Confederate bank note, No. 32632 was, printed in Richmond, Virginia. The front shows the Tennessee State Capitol, with an image of CSA Vice President Alexander Stephens in the lower right corner.
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...
Planter's Bank of Georgia five-dollar note signed by the future Confederate General Hugh Mercer. There are also two Western and Atlantic Railroad notes and a Georgia five-dollar bill.
Men's four-fold brown leather wallet with compartments inside. Written in ink on interior is, "This pocket book was made by me in 1863. H. Clagett." Horatio Clagget was donor's great great grandfather, and in 1886, he founded the First National...
Letter from Titus Rodgers to his mother. He tells her that he is well and his company has been twelve days on the march. Titus enlisted in Chicago with his brother Oliver. Family lore states that he was on Gen. Grant's staff. He is said to have...
This 3-page typed list of soldiers in "Company E, Forest's Cavalry" is on stationery from the Farmers Bank of Beech Grove, Tennessee. The men from Coffee, Bedford, and Rutherford counties served in Co. E, 4th (Starnes') Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA.
Several men are loading hogs from a chute or gangplank onto a riverboat. A pulley hoists the chute off of the bank. A corral is pictured in the background. A woman and two children, each wearing wide-brimmed hats, watch the scene from the side.
View of Market and Main Street in Jackson, Tennessee. Shows the north side business area, multi-storied buildings (including the First National Bank in foreground), automobiles, and pedestrians.
Plant's Company front-loading revolver, manufactured during the 1850s in New Haven, Conn. It was recovered from the bank of the Tennessee River, opposite Pittsburg Landing, by two fishermen in 1997. The pistol was a civilian sidearm. Given the...
Civil Wars; War; Slaves; Agriculture; Political issues; Cities & towns
Excerpts from the Robert H. Cartmell Diaries. They contain full commentaries on the nature of his farm operation, the weather, and the fluctuations of the cotton market. They contain thoughtful comments on politics and candidates for office and...
World War, 1914-1918; War; Soldiers; Artillery (Weaponry); Campaigns & battles
Sixty-pound guns in action at Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, October 17, 1918. This British long-range gun will send its projectiles 15,000 yards. Vaux-Andigny, Aisne, France. October 17, 1918. See "Catalogue of Official A. E. F. Photographs Taken by the...
