State of Alabama, Selma, Marion, Memphis Railroad Company bonds. Issued September 1, 1869. Reverse side includes original signature of Nathan Bedford Forrest, President. Bond is numbered 67, amount $1,000. Payable in "gold coin of the United...
Parole record issued May 10, 1865 at Gainesville, Alabama. Signed by Brig. Gen. Dennis for Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Camby, USA. Issued to W. S. Fisher of Co. C, 10th & 11th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment CSA, residing in Marshall County, Tennessee.
1853 letter written by Jefferson Davis, while he was the acting Secretary of the Navy. The letter authorizes the discharge of ship's cook Robert Johnson on board the USS Union. Letter is addressed to George Read, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy...
General Phil Sheridan and his assistant, Crosby. Family lore states that these men were Federals who were looking for food and were not allowed in the house. "E. E. Henry, Photographic Artist, 42 Delaware Street, Leavenworth, Kansas" is printed...
Painting of Jefferson Davis giving Joseph Patton a silver dollar on retreat from Richmond. The scene is fictional. Mr. Patton was a resident of Hamsphire, Tennessee, and is buried at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Artist was Mildred Hartsfield.
Photograph of Merritt Booker Tomlinson, who enlisted in Co. F, Brown's (later Clack's) 3rd Tennessee Infantry and was captured at Fort Donelson. Tomlinson is wearing his veteran's uniform and regalia. He died in 1939.
Belonging to Captain John J. Fly, Co. E, 41st Infantry. He captured the sword from a U. S. cavalryman. It was manufactured by N. P. Ames in 1848, called the "Wristbreaker." Capt. Fly was from the Fly community.
Program of the Scott-Dickson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, No. 197. 1929-1930 reunion in McKinney, Texas. Lists members, officers, and the program schedule.
Medal, actually a name tag rather than medal, that was ordered after the war for use during Confederate reunions. Served as W. H. Edwards, Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, CSA.
Crayon print of William Humphrey Hardison (1841-1870), Co. H., 1st Tennessee Infantry CSA. Son of Asa and Mary Ann Hardison. Having survived the war and just before his 30th birthday, Hardison was ambushed and killed by a neighbor over a property...