Grave of Andrew Jackson, Sr., in the old Waxhaw Cemetery, Lancaster County, South Carolina. The inscription of the monument reads: "Here lies buried Andrew Jackson Sr., Father of the President of the United States. Born in Ireland; Died February...
Gravesite of Alvin C. York and his wife Gracie L. York. The site is decorated with a stone cross and stone angel and two tombstones. There is a flagpole immediately behind the site. 35mm slide labeled "York Memorial 4."
Hand-drawn map of the Battle of Stones River displays the positions of Federal and Confederate divisions and the names of their commanders. The map also features the locations of vegetation, rivers, roads, and railroads, and the layout of...
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...
Headstone of S. K. P. House, 1st Lt., Co. B and Co. F, 12th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. His grave is in the House Cemetery in Gibson County, Tenn. See dyer010, dyer011, and dyer013 for related materials.
In the foreground of the monument is a sculpture of a soldier leaning on his rifle at parade rest, with the inscription "In Memory of Our Confederate Dead" clearly visible. The background features tombstones and a trailer. The base is granite,...
Inventory of the effects of Enos Thompson, Private, Co. D, 4th US Cavalry. Died March 15, 1863 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, following the Battle of Stones River. Includes physical description of soldier. Thompson is buried at the Stone River...
John H. and Granville Grogan images. The two images are framed together in a single frame. John H. and Granville Grogan were brothers who served in the 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt, USA. They were home on furlough in West Tennessee when they were...
Letter from John Wesley Teague to his father. Teague discusses whether or not he should purchase land. He states that if his father wants to buy the land he will furnish him sixty dollars. Teague served as a messenger with the 9th Tenn. Vol. Cav....
Letter from John Wesley Teague to his wife Sarah. Teague discusses other "boyes" from home that he has seen and how they are doing. He states that Martin Brock, with the 3rd Tenn. Regt., came as a prisoner and the other soldiers convinced him to...
Letter written at Carnton Plantation, Franklin, Tennessee, from Dr. Alexander Jackson to his wife, Unis Jackson, in Jackson, Tenessee, describing Colonel McGavock's Confederate cemetery from the Battle of Franklin.
Military personnel; Presidents; Presidential appointments
Military commission of Lewis T. (aka Louis Thompson) Morris, Brevet Major, U. S. Army, December 16, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee," signed by President Andrew Johnson, cosigned by Edwin M. Stanton,...
Miss Susie Gentry posing in front of a matte painting of stairs. She wears a bustle dress, has a feathered hair accessory, and holds a fan possibly made of lace. One of her shoes is visible below her dress.
Model 1860 U.S. staff and field officer's sword manufactured by Springfield Armory and Southern Cross belonging to William Fairchild Dennis Jr. (October 17, 1845 - June 9, 1927). Dennis served with the Raymond Minute Men of Hinds County,...
Monument to Federal heroes of the Civil War. The Andrews Raiders monument is pictured in foreground in a view of the national cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Monument with sculpture of soldier atop marble base at funeral parade rest. He is leaning on his rifle, which is pointed down. Image features sculpture surrounded by tombstones and trees within the cemetery.
Notification from War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, that paperwork is not complete for Private J. H. Athens, who died July 26, 1864.
