A broadside advertisement for the services of John T. Gordon’s carding machine and grain mill. An engraving of the carding machine is shown at the top of the broadside.
Battle of Franklin map featuring movements of the forces and diagrams of the city of Franklin and of the Strickland Reilly Casement and other fortifications. The map also features engraved images of Carnton Gallery Confederate Mortuary and Carter...
Ceremonial flag of the Barrow Guards, Gordon's Bn., later known as Co. C, 1st Tenn. Cav. Regt. (Col. James T. Wheeler's), CSA. The flag is hand-sewn with eleven stenciled stars, hand-drawn pen and ink lettering and scroll. The flag belonged to...
Commission for Richard Cross Gordon, signed by Governor Isham Harris. Gordon was born on February 25, 1837, and died on April 18, 1903. He was a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Tennessee Infantry and was from Hickman County, Tennessee.
General George W. Gordon and Staff at a Confederate Reunion in Franklin. The individuals in the photograph are identified as Dr. Powell (Union City), Dr. Deering J. Roberts (Nashville), Col. Jno. P. Hickman (Nashville), Gen. J. H. McDowell (Union...
Governors Gordon Browning (1889-1976) and Prentice Cooper (1895-1969) standing with two elderly Civil War veterans in their uniforms and another unidentified individual.
Head and shoulders of Mary Camp Webster, wife of Richard Cross Gordon, a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Tennessee Infantry. She was born on November 16, 1840, and died on May 16, 1935. She married Richard Cross Gordon on August 20, 1863. She lived...
Letter from J. L. Swann to "Gordon's Followers." The letter was found in the Manning/McClanahan family smokehouse. The location is referred to as "Rural Retreat." He writes very clearly about his reasons for fighting for the South, noting that he...
Mary Camp Webster, wife of Richard Cross Gordon, standing with a parasol in hand. She was born on November 16, 1840, and died on May 16, 1935. She married Richard Cross Gordon on August 20, 1863. She lived in Cross Bridges and Columbia area, Maury...
Small document serving as a military pass allowing Mrs. Priest and Mrs. Moran to pass beyond the pickets on the Lewisburg Pike and to return. The pass was authorized by Major General Gordon Granger of the Army of Kentucky stationed at Franklin,...
Small handwritten document permitting Hannah Morey to purchase goods for her family. The permit is signed by Union General Gordon Granger of the Army of Kentucky. Hannah Herrick Morey was the wife of the Rev. Ira Morey and the mother of James...
Tintype of Andrew Joseph Bonds, Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav., USA. He died at Grand Junction, Tennessee. The Gordon Browning Museum in McKenzie, Tennessee, has letters he wrote to his wife, Elizabeth, while he was in the war.
