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  • Pistol
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    Pocket pistol, .36 cal., manufactured by Cooper Firearms, serial number 5344, patent date January 7, 1851; April 25, 1854; September 4, 1860; September 1, 1863; September 22, 1863
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Colt pocket pistol
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    Pre-war Colt pocket pistol of northern manufacture. Such firearms were popular for self-defense use in the antebellum period.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Eli Whitney .36 caliber Navy revolver
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    Six-shot, .36 caliber Navy revolver made by the Eli Whitney Firearms Company of New Haven, Connecticut.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • 2nd Battalion/2nd Infantry bayonet drill
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    Armories; Military facilities; Bayonets; Military maneuvers; Rifles; Militias; Military training; Firearms
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    A member of the Tennessee State Guard practices using his bayonet while another guardsman watches during maneuvers at the Clarksville Armory.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • 2nd Battalion/2nd Infantry gas mask drill
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    Armories; Military facilities; Gas Masks; Military maneuvers; Rifles; Machine guns; Militias; Military training; Firearms; Gas warfare; Tear gas; Chemicals
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    Members of the Tennessee State Guard practice a military exercise using gas masks, rifles and machine guns during maneuvers at the Clarksville Armory.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Weapons and display at the Clarksville Armory manuevers
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    Armories; Military facilities; Military depots; Military training; Military inspections; Military officers; Militias; Grenades; Firearms; Rifles; Bayonets; Gas warfare; Tear gas; Chemicals
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    Outside the Clarksville Armory a crowd is pictured gathered around Tennessee State Guard soldiers who are giving a talk on weaponry. Displayed on a blanket on the ground in front of them are a variety of rifles and gas canisters. One Guard member...
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Tennessee State Guard soldiers charging across field with rifles at Clarksville Armory maneuvers
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    Armories; Military facilities; Military maneuvers; Firearms; Militias; Military training; Rifles
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    Members of the 2nd Battalion/ 2nd Infantry of the Tennessee State Guard perform maneuvers at the Armory in Clarksville.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • Tennessee State Guard lying on stomachs, firing rifles during Clarksville Armory maneuvers
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    Armories; Military facilities; Military maneuvers; Rifles; Firearms; Military training; Militias
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    Members of the 2nd Battalion/ 2nd Infantry of the Tennessee State Guard perform maneuvers at the Armory in Clarksville. The men are lying on their stomachs, shooting rifles. A wooden frame house is seen in the background.
  • Tennessee State Guard
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  • C'est le Guerre
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    Barbed wire; Prisoners; Military personnel; War; Fighting; Firearms
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    This page in Mitchener's diary shows the prisoners and guards seeking cover in a trench; several German guards are pictured shooting guns. Mitchener writes, "Near Priebus, second nite out ---C'est le guerre [It's war] - Down the road, rattled a...
  • Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal
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  • The Ride for Life
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    Chasing; Running; Shooting; Violence; Firearms; Horses; Horseback riding; Race relations: Terrorists; Vigilance committees
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    Violent moonlit pursuit on horseback involving a hooded Ku Klux Klan member and a caped young woman firing a gun.
  • Reconstruction and the African-American Legacy in Tennessee
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  • Jeff in petticoats: a song for the times
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    Cross dressing; Escapes; Firearms; Tents; Horses; Soldiers; Women; Sheet music covers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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    Confederate President Jeff Davis is pictured fleeing (in a crinoline dress) from an army camp, holding a dagger as a bonnet flies off his head. A soldier aims at gun at him and a woman in a dress appears to be in distress. Words by George Cooper....
  • Rose Music Collection
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  • Boy shooting rifle in contest
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    Festivals; Contests; Sharpshooting; Rifles; Firearms; Shooting; Men
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    Hog rifle shooting at Old Timer's Day, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. A crowd of onlookers watch as a boy laying on blanket takes aim with his rifle.
  • Arts, Crafts & Folklife Photos
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  • Chieu Hoi leaflet offering a reward for a machine gun and serving as a surrender pass
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    Firearms; Artillery (Weaponry); Machine guns
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    Black & white two-sided document that functions as a reward leaflet, offering 7.500$ for an RPD machine gun, but also serving as a surrender pass. Ammons has written in ink at the top of the front side "picked up in 'Iron Triangle' Jan. 5, 1968."...
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • PFC Christopher Ammons searching canal for Viet Cong weapons
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    Firearms; Men; Soldiers
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    PFC Christopher Ammons searching canal for Viet Cong weapons in the Iron Triangle. He is carrying an M79 grenade launcher.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Soldiers preparing for patrol near Vung Chua Mountain
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    Firearms; Military uniforms; Rifles; Military personnel; Soldiers; Men; Women
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    Two soldiers carrying M-60 machine guns and ammunition belts. A small Vietnamese woman in profile stands between the two soldiers. She is dressed in pale blue and wears earrings, bracelets, and sandals.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Mr. Hickey, a veteran trapper
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    Frontier & pioneer life; Trappers; Rifles; Hunting; Fur trade; Firearms; Fur; Animal traps; Men
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    Mr. Hickey, a veteran trapper, is standing holding a rifle in one hand and an animal trap in the other. He is wearing a fur hat.
  • Arts, Crafts & Folklife Photos
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  • Soldiers at firing range test firing M-60 machine gun
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    Machine guns; Firearms; Ammunition; Shooting; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Arms & armament
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    Nine soldiers appear in this image of the M-60 machine gun being test-fired at a firing range. The soldiers work in pairs; one man lies on the ground firing, while his partner is positioned to the left of the gun, feeding ammunition.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • Alvin C. York as Chairman of Fentress County Draft Board showing weapon to local registrant
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    Men; Soldiers; Heroes; Rifles; Military training; Firearms
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    Sergeant Alvin C. York shows a Selective Service registrant Wilba Reid how to handle a rifle.
  • Alvin C. York
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  • SGT Christopher Ammons posing with his M-16
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    Men; Soldiers; Rifles; Firearms; Helmets; Military uniforms; Military personnel
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    SGT Christopher Ammons posing with his M-16 rifle. The photograph is from Ammons's first tour in 1968.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons
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  • SGT Chris Ammons with a captured Thompson submachine gun
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    Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Arms & armament; Military facilities; Machine guns; Firearms
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    Sgt. Ammons poses with a Thompson submachine gun captured from a 1968 encounter with the Viet Cong around Vung Chua Mountain. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
  • Chistopher D. Ammons

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