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...
New Testament found on the Shiloh battlefield the day after the battle ended. Note the water stains as well as the autograph page. It belonged to 1st Sgt. Martin L. Calhoun of Peoria, Ill., of Co. E., 11th Ill. Vol. Cav. Regt., USA, commanded by...
John Sanford Barker was born July 8, 1827, in Monroe County, Tennessee, the son of Burrell and Elizabeth Barker. He was a veteran of the Union Army, serving from September 1864 through June 1865 under Capt. Charles A. Pickens in Co. A, 5th Regt....
