Black and white profile photograph of Joseph Baldwin Taft, Lt. Col., 143 New York. Born August 9, 1838. Died on November 25, 1863 at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Battle of Chattanooga. Buried at Chattanooga's National Cemetery. Photogropher was...
Photocopy of the tombstone of Lt. Col. Joseph B. Taft at the National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Taft was killed at the Battle of Missionary Ridge.
Middle-aged man in a civilian coat and vest. Joseph B. Miller was a member of Co. F, 34th Tennessee Infantry. Morse & Peaslee Photography, Nashville, Tennessee.
Letter from Maj. Gen. Breckinridge (through his adjutant Lt. Col. John A. Buckner) to Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in LaVergne requesting that a cavalry unit under Capt. Atkinson report to Columbia.
Painting of Jefferson Davis giving Joseph Patton a silver dollar on retreat from Richmond. The scene is fictional. Mr. Patton was a resident of Hamsphire, Tennessee, and is buried at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Artist was Mildred Hartsfield.
Tintype of Joseph Eaton Rushing. The tintype is in its original case. Rushing wears a uniform jacket with brass buttons and a kepi. The image is deteriorated and marked with dark spottings. On reverse, an inscription reads, "Joe Rushing, ever will...
Carte de visite showing Major Joseph J. Cooper, Company F, 39th Regiment Volunteer Massachusetts Militia, USA. Cooper, looking away from the camera, is standing with one hand tucked into the front of his uniform coat. Cooper enlisted in the...
"Regulations for the Army of Confederate States" book published in Richmond, Virginia, in 1863. Wartime edition of official Confederate Army tactics, military protocols, and rules for officers and various departments (Engineers, Ordnance, etc.) of...
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.
Massengill was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. No service record found for this individual in this unit. A service record exists for a Lt. Joseph F. Massengill in Co. B, 4th (Murray's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, parts of which were absorbed into...
German silver (high nickel content) spur with rowell and leather strap. Massengill was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. No service record found for this individual in this unit. A service record exists for a Lt. Joseph F. Massengill in Co. B,...
Massengill was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. No service record found for this individual in this unit. A service record exists for a Lt. Joseph F. Massengill in Co. B, 4th (Murray's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, parts of which were absorbed into...
Carte de visite of Gen. Joseph Horace Lewis. Lewis was commander of Gen. John C. Breckenridge's Orphan Brigade, comprised of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 9th Ky. Inf. Regts. along with two batteries of artillery. After the war, Lewis was elected to...
Small pewter cup with flowers engraved on the body and handle. The owner of the cup, Josiah H. Harper, fought with Confederate cavalry commander Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Harper was born in the Rock City community in Smith County, Tenn. He married Mary...
