Engraving shows the approach of U. S. Gunboats to Fort Henry. Two Confederate ironclads can be seen at the right of the image. An engraving of R. E. A. Kimball and Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant are featured below the image.
Engraving of soldiers, equipment, and supplies being off-loaded from steamboats onto shore as seen from the deck of one of the ships. Columns of soldiers and horses, barrels, and wagons can be seen on the shore. Engravings of Major-General James...
"The Fugitive: A Magazine of Poetry from the South," Published in Nashville, Tenn., was published from April 1922 to December 1925. Contributors to this issue: Witter Bynner, Donald Davidson, William Frierson, Robert Graves, Sidney M. Hirsch,...
Engraving from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" of the interior of Fort Henry showing groups of soldiers, tents, and the rampart walls. A small image of Camp Chase, Ohio, is also shown under the larger image of Fort Henry.
Print shows the explosion of a large caliber gun defending Fort Henry from naval assault. Wounded soldiers and a flotilla of attacking naval ships can also be seen. Reverse of print has articles, poetry, and news columns.
Pages 577 and 578 of a large bound volume containing issues of "The Rural Sun: Decoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton from J. B. Killebrew.
Print showing Federal soldiers assaulting Confederate troops in the forest around Fort Donelson. Reverse of print has articles, poetry, and news columns.
Market results for produce, seeds, wool, cotton, tobacco, flour, grain, hay, and livestock. Also included is a meteorological chart depicting temperature and rainfall.
Pages 419 and 420 of a large bound volume containing issues of "The Rural Sun: Devoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton from J. B. Killebrew.
Articles from the "Orchards and Garden" section of the inaugural, March 10, 1882, issue of the "Rural Record" conveying the emphasis placed on the growth of fruit in the state of Tennessee during this time period. On this page, comparisions are...
Large bound volume containing the various editions of "The Rural Sun." The complete title of the periodical is "The Rural Sun: Devoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton by Joseph...
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"...
Article from the January 10, 1884, issue of the "Rural Record" provided the readership with an improved design for the Southern poultry house. Illustrations of the chicken coop and feeding station along with a blueprint accompany this...
Cover sheet for the January 10, 1884, issue of the "Rural Record." An illustration of the Atlantic Strawberry is centered in the middle of this front page, the masthead for the "Rural Record" is back-grounded by images of the farm, plantation, and...
Masthead of the publication, "The Naturalist - a journal of agriculture, horticulture, education, and literature." This is the first issue: volume 1, number 1, from January 1846.
"The Naturalist" article, page 311, contains an illustration of the various stages of the peach-tree worm. The writing is done under the Agricultural Department section of the serial and emphasizes the fact that entomology was a frequent subject...
