Copy of a model 1860 light cavalry saber and scabbard, found in the vicinity of Thompson Creek and Shipman Creek, southeast Bedford Co., while quail hunting.
Copyprint of tintype of Peggy Jane Brinkley (far right) and an unidentified woman sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. Marion Houston Brinkley, Peggy Jane's son, sits on her lap. An unidentified man stands to the side with his arm resting on the buggy....
Cpl. Matthew Lacy Roberts served in Newman's Battalion, Co. C, 23rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, from fall 1862 to May 1, 1865. He was paroled in Greensboro, N. C., and later ran a lumber mill in Thompson Creek, Bedford County, Tenn. Photographed by C....
Crayon print of James Washington Smith, Dover resident credited with showing Nathan Bedford Forrest and his Confederate troops an escape route from Grant's encirclement at Fort Donelson, February 1862.
Discharge certificate for Pvt. James Lafayette Pierson (spelled here 'Pierson'), Co. F, 5th Tenn. Cav. Regt., of Shelbyville, Bedford Co. Pierson, originally from Marion County, was 20 years old and is described as 5-foot-10, with fair complexion,...
Dr. John Gannaway served as private in Co. A, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The Union quartermaster in Murfreesboro gave the claims to his brother, R. B. Gannaway, who remained loyal to the Union, for forage at the family homestead in Rutherford...
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Edward Dudley Tarpley worked as a miller in Texas and Mexico and served several months with the state militia. He arrived in Memphis, Tenn., two days after the Sultana disaster, and described the Mississippi River as being "gorged with dead...
Equestrian statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest in Forrest Park, Memphis, Tennessee. Four unidentified individuals also appear in the image, as do the surrounding landscaping and hardscaping.
Framed crayon portrait of a soldier wearing the uniform of the 14th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. Also called Bradford's Battalion, it was virtually annihilated at Ft. Pillow, Tenn., in April 1864. Confederate forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathan...
Front page account of the military operations in Tennessee with a map showing "Situation of the Rebel Forces Under Generals Bragg, Breckinridge, Cheatham, Buckner, Forrest, and Their Guerrila Allies�"
Front page of New York Herald with an account of the siege of Nashville with a map showing the "Scene of Operations of General Thomas and General Hood."
Hand-drawn map of the Battle of Franklin, December 17, 1864, showing major roads, towns, and waterways. Features include the positioning of the infantry line on a hill on the northwest side of the Harpeth, the site of the rally at Harpeth Creek,...
Hand-drawn map of the battle of Nashville featuring the positions of Rucker's Brigade, the Federal pickets, Hood's line, General Hatch's Cavalry, and the lines of probable retreat. The map also shows the Cumberland River and Charlotte, Harding,...
Hand-drawn map of the town of Denmark, Tennessee, in the 1850s displaying the locations of homes, farms, roads, railroads, the town store, post office, and cemetery. The map also displays the location of hills, Big Black Creek, and other...
Hand-drawn plan of the city of Tullahoma, commissioned by former mayor, James G. Aydelott, and drawn by J. B. S. The map indicates locations of lots, homes, and businesses.
