"The President's Thanks and Certificate of Honorable Service" presented to Pvt. Benjamin S. Miles, Co. C, 141st Regt. Ohio National Guard. "The term of service of their enlistment was short, but distinguished by memorable eventsthe NATIONAL GUARD...
A dozen or more Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker church during the Battle of Antietam.
Authorized by President Lincoln in 1863, two examples of the first "greenback" paper currency backed by the authority of the federal government as legal tender. First U.S. paper money in the form of modern dollar bills.
Broadside addressed to the black population of Lincoln County (Tenn.) by the Democratic Party regarding the presidential election of 1884. The purpose of this broadside was to convince African Americans in Lincoln County that the Democratic Party...
Broadside advertising an NAACP City-Wide Mobilization Meeting at Fisk University, featuring a speech by Thurgood Marshall, Chief Legal Council for the NAACP. Also speaking are members of the J. C. Napier Lawyers Association. The meeting will...
Broadside announcing a balloon ascension at Petersburg, Tennessee, by Juan J. Zamora, the "great Mexican balloonist and gymnast." There is an illustration of a balloon and a gymnast on the poster.
Broadside describing a pleasure excursion via train to Nashville for the benefit of the A.M.E. and M.B. churches. The cost for the round trip was $2.75. The train departed from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, and arrived in Nashville, Davidson...
Broadside promoting the Maury County Colored Fair that was scheduled for November 8, 1883. Participants were urged to take the train from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, or Lewisburg, Marshall County, in order to get to the fair. The cost of the...
Broadside reads, "Ex-President Johnson Has accepted an invitation to address the people of Lincoln County, at Fayetteville, On Tuesday, July 13th 1869. Come hear him! Printed at the Observer Office, Fayetteville, Tenn."
Broadsides; Handbills; Fliers (printed matter); Posters; Public speaking
Broadside with "Speaking!!" written in broad letters. The text states: "Joe E. Williams, the Colored Orator of Nashville, and Capt. Towner, of Marshall County, will speak at Fayetteville Next Saturday Night. All are Invited!"
Cartoon depicting Andrew Johnson as the deceitful Iago who betrayed Othello, portrayed here as an African American Civil War veteran. Includes scenes of a slave auction, whites attacking African Americans in Memphis and New Orleans, and...
Commanders book that belonged to Evin Knudson. The book contains cartes de visite of officers in his chain of command in the Union Army. Cartes de visite of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Vice President Andrew Johnson...
Confederate soldiers of Brigadier General Wililam E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker Church during the Battle of Antietam.
Confederate soldiers of Brigadier William E. Starke's 2nd Louisiana Brigade lay dead along Hagerstown Turnpike in Maryland. They fell near a fence north of the Dunker church during the Battle of Antietam. The lower left corner is torn and stained.
