Tintype of Rube and Martha Wallace, parents of Madison Monroe Wallace, who served with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and was captured twice, once at Fort Donelson and again at the Battle of Nashville. The Wallaces are buried at Lee's Cemetery in...
Carte-de-visite of John Ward Gates. He was a newspaper man from Jackson, Tennessee. Gates was a member of Henderson's Scouts in Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry. He was captured near Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1864 and sent to Alton,...
Small booklet with a Civil War period dedication: "Presented by --- Wright of the 8th Texas Cavalry CSA and captured by him from the knapsack of a Yankee prisoner at the Battle of Murfreesboro when that town was taken by General Forrest." R. M....
CSA cavalry sword and scabard that belonged to Jacob Cruse of Lincoln County, Tennessee. Cruse enlisted at George's Store on April 29, 1861. He served until April 27, 1862, and was discharged. Cruse re-enlisted on April 29, 1863, as a private in...
Letter from John A. Crutchfield to Mrs. L. M. Crutchfield. In the letter, Crutchfield discusses "one of the hardest fought battles" and "one of the most complete victories that Forrest has ever gained." The town of Rienzi is spelled "Rianza" in...
Photograph of Gen. John Williamson Harris, veteran of the 20th Tenn. Cav., Bell's Brigade, Buford's Div., CSA, which was commanded by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Letter written on United States Sanitary Commission stationery. Misemer states that he has been absent 6 months from the Federal lines while he was in Cahaba Prison in Alabama. He compares it to Purgatory. He goes on to state that all the boys from...
.36 caliber Colt Navy revolver, serial number 103239. Inscription on the backstrap reads, "Presented to Colonel George G. Dibrell, 8th Tenn. Cav. by friends and citizens of Sparta, Tenn." The top flat of the barrel is marked, "ADDRESS COL. SAML...
Pair of leather pommel holsters with brass tips. The holsters belonged to Gen. George Dibrell, 8th (also 13th) Tenn. Cav. Regt. The unit, referred to as the "Independent Partisan Rangers," was composed of 921 men primarily from White, Putnam, and...
Framed crayon portrait of a soldier wearing the uniform of the 14th Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA. Also called Bradford's Battalion, it was virtually annihilated at Ft. Pillow, Tenn., in April 1864. Confederate forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathan...
Front page account of the military operations in Tennessee with a map showing "Situation of the Rebel Forces Under Generals Bragg, Breckinridge, Cheatham, Buckner, Forrest, and Their Guerrila Allies�"
Panorama photograph of Confederate veterans and their families taken at a reunion at the Murfreesboro, Tenn., fairgrounds. Robert Cannon Garrett, former private with Jackson's Cav. Co., is seated to the right of the middle, a blue arrow above his...
Bayonet found near the site of Fort Pillow in the 1950s. In April 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest led an assault on Fort Pillow, at that time a Union outpost. The assault killed nearly half of the 600-man garrison, composed largely of African...
Letter from David Harts Jr., to J. A. Coble providing an account of the death of James Coble (J. A.'s father), during the Civil War. James Coble, 10th Tenn. Cav. (Forrest's) Regt., CSA, was the sole casualty in a skirmish near Jackson, Tenn., in...
Pvt. Sneed was from Rutherford County, Tenn., and enlisted on Nov. 26, 1861, in Nashville. He served in Co. F, 4th (Starnes'-McClemore's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., also known as "The Williamson County Cavalry." In 1862, they reported to Gen. Nathan Bedford...
