Heraldic history of the service of William H. Oliver, U.S. Vols., 12th New York, Militia Infantry. Large framed heraldic design in color. The history is available in New York in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (1912), 3rd edition, page 1816.
Enlisted in Company E, 18th Infantry, May 29, 1861, at Camp Cheatham. He was captured at Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, and sent to Camp Butler prisoner of war camp in Illinois. He was parolled and was killed at New Hope Church on May 16, 1864....
"The Capture of Clarksville, Tennessee" shows a map and is numbered 9297. Other articles include "The Rebel Fort Donelson" and "Additional Details of the Battle." Both are dated Monday, February 17, 1862.
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...
Letter describes witnessing the execution of a man accused of spiking 26 guns at Fort Jackson outside New Orleans and enabling the "Yankeys" to capture New Orleans.
A Bible belonging to Richard Moore Young. Young was born on April 1, 1842, in Putnam County, Tennessee. He served in the 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, C.S.A., of Putnam County. His family gave him the Bible when he left and he carried it...
Lithograph of Jefferson Davis and his cabinet with General Robert E. Lee in the council chamber at Richmond, Va. The name of each cabinet member appears under their seat. Published by Thomas Kelly in New York.
Hand-stitched, U. S. flag made by Charles Myers, commissioned officer of the U. S. Navy. The flag has thirteen stars sewn on both sides and contains wool bunting.
Napoleon Bonaparte Andrews tintype. He was born on January 6, 1844, in Virginia, and died October 14, 1900 in Monterey, Putnam County, Tennessee. The image is from New Middleton, Smith County, Tennessee.
Letter from D. B. Cliffe to Moscow Branch Carter. Carter, from Franklin, Tennessee, served with Company H, 20th Tennessee Infantry, CSA until he was captured at Mill Springs, Kentucky in January 1862. Cliffe, the regimental surgeon, writes, "My...
Photograph of William Henry Edwards with reunion medal attached to lapel. Edwards served in Co. E, 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry CSA, December 1861 to May 1865. He was wounded outside Atlanta at New Hope Church, Georgia, captured and imprisioned...
