Civil War era gun made before the war. The gun was originally made as a flint lock. The U. S. Army (between 1842 and the 1850s) took on a conversion project to convert flint locks to percussion guns.
Artillery saber that belonged to John T. Herring (October 16, 1847-January 26, 1915) of Co. B, 9th Tennessee Vol. Cav., CSA. There are no markings on the saber but it appears to be Union made.
Ambrotype of Peter Peterson Knudson (1840 - October 13, 1863), 2nd Minn. Army, USA. He enlisted on July 5, 1861, and was mortally wounded while on picket duty on October 12, 1863.
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...
Abstract for articles received from officers, Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, USA, for September 1863. Abstracts were inventory forms listing the equipment of a unit that commanders had to fill out and turn in to army quartermasters. The...
A court summons from the Commonwealth of Virginia to James Dickson regarding his debt of ten dollars and thirty-nine cents, signed by George B. Stephenson, the judge. The summons requires he be in court on the first Saturday in November 1848 in...
Sampler made by Jane E. Penn. The sampler includes Penn's date of birth, October 14, 1816, and an image of the school she attended. Also stitched on the sampler is the verse: "Religion should our thoughts engage, amidst our youthful bloom, it...