Railroads; Railroad construction & maintenance; Construction; Embankments
A pen and ink sketch of a transverse view of an embankment on the Great Western Railway. The sketch shows Strickland's descriptions of the details used in the erection of railroad embankments.
Author of letter is describing his experiences in the field (while "on picket," for example) during the Civil War. He appears to be writing from Camp 4, Tennessee Cavalry, near Tunnel Hill, Georgia.
Black and white etching that pictures a wounded soldier being tended to. Etched by Hamilton, N.A., and painted by Thomas Hoverden, N.A. Copyright, Fishel Adler of Schwartz, N.Y., 1889.
Bolton was from the Kingsport, Tennessee, area and served in the Co. E, 61st Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A. The donor also provided Bolton's narrative report and memoirs.
Cabinet card of Harlan family. The reverse reads: "Cornlis Neal Harlan and Aunt Nan McClellan Harlan, Mother and Father to Maggie B. Harlan, Rogersville, Tenn. Nancy Jane McClellan Harlan born 5/27/1845, died 12/16/1917. Maggie Bell Harlan (baby)...
Caltrop or calthrop. Large numbers of them would be scattered on a road or trail to slow down pursuit by cavalry. When a horse stepped on one, it would bruise or puncture the sole of the hoof and make the horse go instantly lame.
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 of scrapbook created by Charles N. Barstow. The front page reads, "All, Look! And Remember!" This large scrapbook contains images of the Civil War and 19th century America clipped from Leslie's and other mass-distributed 19th century papers....
Document is signed by an unidentified Odell from Sullivan County, Tennessee. The document is from the 1st Congressional Tax District, the State of Tennessee.
Elaborate (but broken) mother-of-pearl case with daguerreotype of the Davis family (two women, one older, one younger). The Davis family was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The side of the case is designed to imitate the spine of a book.
