Mounted black and white photograph of an arbor at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. In the background is a view of the Westside Clubhouse for visitors.
Red and white Whig's Defeat quilt. The quilt was found in a house built by Daniel Cleage. A label on the back of the quilt reads "Mrs. C. A. Beard, Athens, Tennessee." A single letter E is stitched on the quilt top in black thread. C. A....
Pencil sketch of William E. Maury. Maury was a member of Company C, 49th Tennessee Infantry, and was killed at the Battle of Franklin. His diary is in the Carter House Museum. Originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Maury had brothers who fought...
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Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
William Summerfield Sawrie, Acting Adjutant General in Goran's Brigade, with hands clasped. Image is set in a frame. Uniform and spurs of Sawrie are in the Carter House in Franklin, Tennessee.
Women wearing bonnets are lined up getting ready to take a cup of water from a bucket. They have their hands resting on the person's shoulders in front of them. The house in the background has a covered, attached structure sheltering a cistern. A...
A group of five African-American girls are gathered together near a wooden fence and wooden house. Several of the girls are smiling. A white woman in a long dress can be seen in the background walking the other way.
