Carte-de-visite portrait of a US Army soldier in Battery F, 1st Mich. Arty. Irvin, of St. Joseph County, Mich., enlisted in 1861 for three years. He joined the army at Coldwater, Mich., and was discharged in Nashville on Jan. 14, 1865. In the...
Copy engraving depicts "Forrest's Raiders Attacking Irvin[g] Prison" on August 22, 1864. Taken from a September 10, 1864, Harper's Weekly, sketched by George H. Ellsbury. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's cavalry carried out a daring daytime raid on...
Statement makes reference to arms and ammunition damaged by wet weather during the battle with Hood at Nashville on December 15 - 18, 1864. From Company F, 7th Regiment of Quartermaster's Forces, Nashville, for the second quarter ending June 30,...