Unidentified Confederate soldier in uniform and kepi, holding what appears to be an 1851 Colt Navy Sheriff pistol in his right hand and a knife in his left. The ambrotype is set in a decorative oval frame.
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Reward poster issued by A. J. Tipton, Sheriff of Carter County, for the capture of Hiram Brown, wanted for the first degree killing of Wilson Mattox. Brown broke out of the Carter County Jail on July 25, 1848. The poster claims the governor will...
Newspaper article entitled "York Married to Miss Williams" by Robert G. Fields (staff correspondent). "Miss Williams, who is the youngest of thirteen children was attended by three maids of honor, Misses Ida Wright, Maud Brier, and Adella Darwin,...
Letter from A. C. Montgomery to G. R. Rutledge describing status of business in Maryville, local elections resulting in the election of "Union men," the outcomes of battles involving Sterling Price, the death of Benjamin McCulloch, and the status...
Cpl. Henry Marshall Misemer, Co. F, 3rd Tenn. Cav. Regt., USA, describes in his letter to his wife Martha that he wants to be appointed deputy sheriff of Monroe County, Tennessee, so that he can be discharged from the army. He asks her to burn this...
