Photograph of William Henry Edwards with reunion medal attached to lapel. Edwards served in Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry CSA, December 1861 to May 1865. He was wounded outside Atlanta at New Hope Church, Georgia, captured and imprisioned...
This framed tribute honors James Monroe Brady, who served in the 1st Ark. Inf. Regt., CSA. It includes a photograph and articles published about his actions during the Civil War. He fought at Shiloh and was severely wounded at Franklin. His unit...
Letter to "friend" D. Odell from unknown writer regarding the death of Odell's son Philip A. Odell of Co. B., 4 Tenn. Reg., The letter was written from near Waynesborough, South Georgia, the Fairfield District. The letter includes a transcription.
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
"Jimmy Criddle P-10 mechanic & Negro C. C. C. boys working on Chev. truck; Automotive Instruction - J. M. Criddle, Otto Haslbauer with Negro CCC boys." is written on the back of the photograph.
Letter from Gamble Rutledge to his father, G. R. Rutledge, concerning his brother Robert's regiment, his parents' desire to move to Georgia, his brigade's activities, his desire to change his position in the regiment, and the status of his wounded...
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
Group of unidentified individuals scattering straw on a hillside. Written in ink on the back of the photograph, it says: "Scattering straw on hillside to improve land. Retards wash."
Cross dressing; Escapes; Firearms; Tents; Horses; Soldiers; Women; Sheet music covers; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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....
Front cover of the pamphlet, "A, B, C of the Invisble Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan." It features a central image of a hooded Klan member above the words, "Faultless, Fearless, and Forever Faithful," and the dates, "1866 - Founded" and "1915...
The map is a reproduction from unknown origin. It indicates railroads completed, in construction, and proposed; topographical features; cities and towns; rivers, creeks and streams; the border states of Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, and North...
Color engraving of Union soldiers being greeted at a plantation home. An African Amreican family can be seen on the right, a group of women and children stand at the top of the stairs of the house.
Pamphlet from the Shiloh Burial Association announcing the formation of a group soliciting donations to purchase 200 acres of the ground at Shiloh for the purpose of building memorials and planting an Osage orange hedge.; The pamphlet features a...
