Horse blanket made from woven fibers of Spanish moss. The blanket was dug from the Trinity Lane, Bicentennial Mall area (Nashville, Tennessee) in 1996-1997. The site was part of the city dump during the Civil War.
De Molay stirrup from the equipage of a Knights Templar (KT). Includes image of horse's head. Cadre #4 of the KT was formed in 1814 and sided with the Confederacy.
Letter from John Wesley Teague to his father. Teague discusses whether or not he should purchase land. He states that if his father wants to buy the land he will furnish him sixty dollars. Teague served as a messenger with the 9th Tenn. Vol. Cav....
Letter from John Wesley Teague to his wife Sarah. Teague discusses other "boyes" from home that he has seen and how they are doing. He states that Martin Brock, with the 3rd Tenn. Regt., came as a prisoner and the other soldiers convinced him to...
Non-military bag that could have been used during the Civil War and hooked onto a horse's saddle. The item was carried by Jackson Green from Luther, Hancock County, Tennessee. He was in Co. B, 1st Regt., Tenn. Vol. Cav., USA. Some of the bag is...
Hand-colored carte de visite of African American Sgt. Dick Johnson, 3rd US Colored Cavalry (USCC), detailed to David Preston Sherfy. On February 18, 1865, at Hamburg, Ark., Sherfy fell from his horse and severely injured his leg. Sgt. Johnson cared...
Reparation claim number 83/156 in the amount of $250 for one horse, paid to James Dillahanty by the Quartermaster General's Office. Dillahanty served in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA.
"Address Samuel Colt New York City" inscribed on top of the revolver's barrel. The item has a silver-plated backstrap, and is a heavier piece than the Army or Navy model Colts. It was probably custom-ordered and designed for a horse holster.
Hand-drawn ink & watercolor of Rock Island Prison by J. M. Breeding. Possibly created for Christian Buhler, who was in the prison for 17 months and 12 days in Barracks #5. Drawing shows barracks, stockade & parapets, horses, guards, a burial...
Copyprint of tintype of Peggy Jane Brinkley (far right) and an unidentified woman sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. Marion Houston Brinkley, Peggy Jane's son, sits on her lap. An unidentified man stands to the side with his arm resting on the buggy....
Gold pocket watch, serial no. 6047, manufactured by Francois Dubois & Co. The face is engraved with a town landscape. A harbor scene and a dog are engraved on the back and inside cover, respectively. According to family legend, Nathaniel Scott,...
Author relates that his US Army regiment arrived at Ft. Donelson one day after the (second) Battle of Ft. Donelson (also called the Battle of Dover). "I was on the Battle Ground and saw four dead men and dead Horse[s] without number--it was a...
Loom-woven red, white, and black wool coverlet, thought to be a wedding gift for Algie Clifton Moore and Alice Epperson or William Wesley Conrad Moore and Susan Elizabeth Murfree. All were from Humphreys Co., Tenn. "Billy Moore was a trooper in the...
Caltrop or calthrop. Large numbers of them would be scattered on a road or trail to slow down pursuit by cavalry. When a horse stepped on one, it would bruise or puncture the sole of the hoof and make the horse go instantly lame.
Broadside that reads, "The Horse You Read About! Beautiful Jim Key - valued at $100,000 - The Celebrated Arabian-Hambletonian Educated Horse - First Appearance in Rochester - See His Marvelous Performance at Fitzhugh Hall." This benefit was for...
