Tintype of William Henry Palmer as a lieutenant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Ruby ambrotype of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in April 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the...
Photograph of William Henry Palmer. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio Vol. Reg. He saw action in the summer of...
Ambrotype of William Henry Palmer as a sergeant in the 68th Ohio Vol. Reg. Palmer was born Nov. 11, 1842, in Holmes County, Ohio. His family moved to Defiance County, Ohio, around 1850. Palmer enlisted in Apr. 1861 and served in the 14th Ohio...
Shadowbox containing a carte-de-visite of William Churchill Kirkland (January 10, 1839 - January 6, 1926). It also contains a 1914 reunion ribbon for a joint Confederate and Federal reunion. Kirkland enlisted at Corinth, Mississippi, on June 2,...
"When This Cruel War Is Over," a popular Civil War song written by Charles Carroll Sawyer. 1st Lt. John A. Crutchfield wrote down the words to the song in Corinth, Mississippi, on May 22, 1864.
Muster roll for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield's Co. F, 58th Inf. Regt., United States Colored Troops. These troops were recruited in the vicinity of Natchez and Vicksburg, Miss. Chatfield enlisted in Co. A, 4th Minn. Inf. Regt. on September 27, 1861. He...
Account Form No. 12 from the United States Army Quartermaster for the purchase of one iron box for the protection of Quartermaster's funds at a cost of $40.00. Item was received at Eastport, Mississippi, by Captain Simon Perkins Jr., U. S. Army...
Military-issued brass powder flask with stopper. Probably 1830s-1840s, possibly Mexican War era. Continued to be made up to the 1850s. They started using these flasks when Mississippi Rifles came into use around time of the War of 1812. Flask was...
Tintype of Albert Haws Gray and Florinda Bell Gray in a case with an ambrotype of an unidentified soldier (possibly their son?). The Grays migrated from Indiana to Mississippi County, Missouri.
Lead crystal bottles that were buried when the Federal forces arrived near Early Grove, Mississippi, located on the Tennessee - Mississippi border below Moscow, Tennessee.
Reprint of a daguerreotype of two enlisted soldiers and officer, Nicholas Blackwell. All wear tri-corner hats w/ 5-pointed stars, distinctive to Mississippi troops. James Blackwell was an ensign and flag bearer for Co. K, 21st Miss. Inf. Regt....
Large two-story house with columns across the front. There appears to be a man and a dog walking in front. It is part of the collection of Mr. W. H. Braden of Natchez, Mississippi.
Model 1860 U.S. staff and field officer's sword manufactured by Springfield Armory and Southern Cross belonging to William Fairchild Dennis Jr. (October 17, 1845 - June 9, 1927). Dennis served with the Raymond Minute Men of Hinds County,...
This item was used during the Civil War by John B. W. Bond who was a member of Co. A, 35th Tenn. Inf. (5th Tenn. Regt., Prov. Army Mountain Rifle Regt.), CSA. The item is a combination spoon/fork utensil, and may have been used in the Shelton's...
Discharge of service for Capt. Zina B. Chatfield, 6th Miss. Regt., Vols. of African Descent. Issued at Headquarters, Dept. of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, Miss., Oct. 5, 1863. Zina Bradley Chatfield (1828-1923)
