Map of the Southeastern United States featuring the states of Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Chronicles the marches of General...
Description of the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America from pages 58-61 of the 1862 "Confederate States Almanac." Describes the amount of postage needed for various items, distances, and locations. Features images of 58...
Sheet music covers; Music title pages; Music publishing industry; Songs; Ballads
This is a folio-sized song, original Civil War period ballad by J. W. Turner about Jefferson Davis. The cover features a cartoon depicting Davis wearing a dress.
Cyrus Clark (Indiana, regiment unknown), to his parents in Clinton County, Indiana. Clark details movements through Ringgold, Resaca, and Dalton, Georgia.
Silver spoon that belonged to the Thornton family of Barnesville, Georgia. According to family legend, the spoon was part of a set that was buried to prevent Gen. Sherman and his troops from taking it. The silver was distributed among family...
Author of letter is describing his experiences in the field (while "on picket," for example) during the Civil War. He appears to be writing from Camp 4, Tennessee Cavalry, near Tunnel Hill, Georgia.
Form No. 23 details the items issued from the Confederate Quartermaster's Office in the field at Chickamauga and Dalton, Georgia. It itemizes those received by purchase, from officers, fabricated, issued, expended, remaining on hand, and their...
