Letter from Isaac C. & David D. Huddleston, who were prisoners of war at Fort Delaware. The letter is to their father, dated October 10, 1864. The letter states they are well and in good health and hoping to receive news and clothing from home.
A young man in a suit holding 2 pistols. Huddleston served in Co. C, 13th (Dibrell's) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, which was organized on August 2, 1862, in Cookeville. He was 19 years old. David was born on December 22, 1842, and he died on October...
Army shoe of David M. Dotson, Co. K, 37th Tennessee Regiment, CSA, who lost his foot in the Battle of Franklin. The shoe was specifically designed to accommodate him.
Letter from Milo B. Stevens & Company attorney asking Lavina Bird, widow of David Bird, for additional support for her widow's pension application. Mrs. Bird's application was rejected by the War Department because she could not substantiate his...
Union veterans, some of whom were members of the 8th Tennessee Infantry. They enlisted from Washington County, Tennessee, but their communities were later absorbed by Unicoi County. Additional persons pictured: David McInturff and David Ervin. See...
Trust deed for two town lots in Athens, Tennessee, on which the bank is currently located. It was executed July 3, 1865. Document constitutes mortgage on lots being conveyed to David Cleage. Affixed is $3.00 Federal Internal Revenue stamp.
Pocket wooden inkwell that belonged to David Preston Sherfy (alias George W. Garber) at the time of his enlistment in the US cavalry. The date, "1861," and "Byrds Point, MO" are scratched on the wood.
Cased quarter-plate ambrotype of five unidentified women. Three are seated and two are standing. The ambrotype was found by David Preston Sherfy on an unnamed street in Memphis during the Civil War.
Photograph of elderly Magdalene Garst Sherfy, herbalist and midwife. During the Civil War, Sherfy's home was used as a hospital (both Union and Confederate). Sherfy and her two daughters were nurses at the hospital during the war. Abraham Sherfy,...
Carte de visite of Mary C. Miller, first wife of David Preston Sherfy (alias George W. Garber). Miller died in 1888 at the age of 40 after suffering from an epileptic seizure and drowning in Knob Creek.
Co. E, 11th Ill. Cav. Regt. pin that belonged to David Preston Sherfy (alias George W. Garber). The pin is composed of crossed carbines with "11" above the rifles and "E" below.
Carte de visite of David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill., on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on July 5, 1862. He enlisted in Co. C,...
Hand-colored carte de visite of African American Sgt. Dick Johnson, 3rd US Colored Cavalry (USCC), detailed to David Preston Sherfy. On February 18, 1865, at Hamburg, Ark., Sherfy fell from his horse and severely injured his leg. Sgt. Johnson cared...
Portrait of David Preston Sherfy, Isabell Krouse Sherfy, and their son, John A. Sherfy, taken outside their home in Knob Creek, Tenn. (near Jonesborough). Krouse was Sherfy's second wife.
Circular tin containing brass pistol caps that belonged to David Preston Sherfy. Sherfy, using the alias George W. Garber, enlisted in Co. H, 1st Ill. Cav. Regt. at Cairo, Ill. on July 17, 1861. He was promoted to full corporal and mustered out on...
Portrait of David Preston Sherfy and Isabell Krouse Sherfy taken outside of their home in Knob Creek, Tenn. (near Jonesborough). Krouse was Sherfy's second wife.
The 1st Ill. Cav. Regt., according to the poster, "bushwhacked and jayhawked" across southeast Missouri. Poster shows regiment's encampment at Memphis, Tenn. One of unit's corporals was G. W. Garber, an alias of David P. Sherfy of Jonesborough,...
Partial roster for Co. C, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA, under command of Capt. David C. Dossett. This is a tally of men present and absent as well as accounts for enlisted men on "extra or daily duty."
