Henry Osborn, Co. F, 8th Tennesee Infantry, CSA. Osborn is pictured holding his pistol. He was wounded in upper chest and shoulder at Stones River in Murfeesboro, Tennessee. He married Armilda Copeland in Overton County, Tennessee. They had six...
Photograph of Thomas Larkin Harris, CSA, seated in uniform, holding a shotgun. Harris is holding his hat and has a pistol tucked into his belt. Harris, born in 1829 in Carroll County, served in Co. F, 12th Con. Tenn. Inf., CSA. He was killed at the...
Hand-colored image of 2nd Lt. Jacob Johnson, Co. E, 2nd (Ashby's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, standing in full uniform with a pistol in his belt, holding a saber.
Shadowbox containing an assortment of bullets and buttons. Included are pistol bullets, rifle balls, buckshot, and buttons from military uniforms. Of particular interest is an 1845 Henry Clay campaign button.
Plant's Company front-loading revolver, manufactured during the 1850s in New Haven, Conn. It was recovered from the bank of the Tennessee River, opposite Pittsburg Landing, by two fishermen in 1997. The pistol was a civilian sidearm. Given the...
One-page printed and handwritten Federal Form No. 9 (a) reflects the type of ammunition consumed and how and where it was used over a particular time period for Company K, 5th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, United States Army. In this case, the...