Pages 15 through 24 of a pamphlet containing diary entries from Mrs. S. A. Martha Canfield with regard to the Memphis Colored Orphan Asylum that she founded. Mrs. Canfield observed the efforts of Rev. I. J. Hoile with the colored schools of the...
Broadsides; Death & burial; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Graves; Mothers
Nashville Banner print giving details of the death and burial of Andrew Jackson's mother. The broadside refutes the rumor that Mrs. Jackson was buried on the roadside.
Silk memorial ribbon picturing General Beauregard. Ribbon is white with crossed flags. One is the Confederate battleflag and the other is the Palmetto flag of South Carolina. A likeness of Beauregard is printed on the ribbon. Written on it is "In...
Letter from Jackson, Mississippi, June 10, 1863, describing cavalry action around LaGrange, Tennessee, and Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Letter written by [Will D. Somers].
The letter describes life in the field during the Civil War. Odell notes that rations are limited, he has the best mule in the regiment, his fellow soldiers are getting tired of the war, and the Yankees have commenced their march for Charleston....
A note written in blue by General Leonidas Polk telling James P. Wood to not let the cotton through the railways without his permission so that it would not fall in the hands of the Federal Army. Wood was in charge of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad...
Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Hughes, Co. E, 61st N. C. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was wounded in the arm. Hughes is in a Confederate uniform with his hand Napoleon-style in coat. Background consists of a vase with flowers and a small table with books.
Print of Charleston citizens with their children, pets, livestock, and possessions fleeing the city. A description of the event is featured below the image.
