White-bearded stout man wearing captain's hat and sitting in a chair on the Texas deck of the steamboat "City of Memphis". The Texas Deck, a long and narrow cabin for officers, was located on a raised section over the skylights of a steamboat....
Two Gardner bullets which were only made by the Confederacy. Unique bullet and specific to the Confederacy. Fairly rare. Used by Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. An attempt was made to stamp "CS" onto the belt plate which is most likely made of tin.
Tintype of Rube and Martha Wallace, parents of Madison Monroe Wallace, who served with Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry and was captured twice, once at Fort Donelson and again at the Battle of Nashville. The Wallaces are buried at Lee's Cemetery in...
Three dead Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade. They fell near the fence along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
This saber belonged to Capt. Leonidas O. Paris, Co. D, 4th Miss. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was killed at the Battle of Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864. The sword was taken as a trophy by Sgt. Elijah Kellogg, Co. C, 74th Ill. Inf. Regt. after the battle, along...
This engraving features African Americans being guided onto a troop train headed for Murfreesboro where their wish to join the Federal Army will be granted. This illustration appeared in Frank Leslie's post-war volume "The Soldier in Our Civil War"...
The photograph includes Asa Stone Lee, Nancy Jacobs Lee, Thomas Jefferson Lee, Mary Jane Lee Nesbit, Robert Lee, John Jacobs Lee, and several others. Most of the men served in the Civil War. Robert Lee was killed and Asa was wounded in the war. The...
The parole of Pvt. Thomas J. Lee, Co. E, 4th Tenn. (Starnes') Cav. Regt., CSA, includes a notation about Dibrill's Brigade. It describes Pvt. Lee as 5-foot-8 with black hair, dark eyes, and a dark complexion. The document includes the official...
The "City of Memphis" is moored at the shore while cargo is loaded on board via a boom gangplank. Several well dressed men and women seem to be waiting to board. The tall stacks are belching black smoke in preparation for moving. Individuals are...
Small four-page pamphlet detailing the program for the "Lee Banquet" to be held at the Maxwell House on January 20, 1913. The menu is listed as well as the music for the evening.
Sheet music honoring the 1901 meeting of the United Confederate Veterans in Memphis. Pictured on the color title page are Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Questionnaire response of Confederate soldier Lee Sadler, completed in 1922 when he was 79. He states the value of his property and his family's property before, during, and after the war and whether they owned slaves; he comments on the social...
Prisoner of war ledger kept by Lt. Col. Lee, 15th Arkansas Regiment at Johnson's Island Prison, Sandusky, Ohio. Ledger shows names, addresses, and unit affiliations of dozens of Confederate prisoners, including several Tennesseans. Lee was from...
Oval-framed portrait of Daniel Fenten Cocke. He was married to Margaret Robertson. Cocke was a supply officer for General Robert E. Lee and a colonel until the end of the war, at which point he was made a general. The Cockes were from Sequatchie...
New Testament found on the Shiloh battlefield the day after the battle ended. Note the water stains as well as the autograph page. It belonged to 1st Sgt. Martin L. Calhoun of Peoria, Ill., of Co. E., 11th Ill. Vol. Cav. Regt., USA, commanded by...
