Collection of minie balls, small arms ammunition, Confederate gardier bullets, carbine bullets, finials and pins from Loudon County and Farragut, Tennesee.
Three troop movement notes, commonly called "spy notes." They were sealed with candle wax and folded to a small triangle. These belonged to General Albert Sydney Johnston and were to be destroyed after they were read.
Small booklet with a Civil War period dedication: "Presented by --- Wright of the 8th Texas Cavalry CSA and captured by him from the knapsack of a Yankee prisoner at the Battle of Murfreesboro when that town was taken by General Forrest." R. M....
Cast iron glue pot. Animal hide glue was melted in the small pot while hot water was poured into the larger pot. The hot water kept the glue in a liquid state. This type of glue was very common during the 19th through the early 20th centuries.
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) items in wooden frame. The most striking is a veteran's medal made with a silk U.S. flag suspended from a spread-eagle pin. A five-pointed star hangs from the flag. Also included are two GAR buttons, a GAR cap...
A small leather-bound Bible picked up on a Georgia battlefield. Within the Bible is a handwritten letter from a mother to her son. Birth and marriage dates are included for William Wiley Dunn and Mary H. E. Vineyard and their children Wiliam,...
Small pewter cup with flowers engraved on the body and handle. The owner of the cup, Josiah H. Harper, fought with Confederate cavalry commander Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Harper was born in the Rock City community in Smith County, Tenn. He married Mary...
Cabinet card portrait of Thomas Hughes, Co. E, 61st N. C. Inf. Regt., CSA. He was wounded in the arm. Hughes is in a Confederate uniform with his hand Napoleon-style in coat. Background consists of a vase with flowers and a small table with books.
Small, leather-bound volume with handwritten will and codicils of Philip Van Horn Weems of Bon Aqua, Tenn. Weems recounts having been wounded at Missionary Ridge and has been mortally wounded on July 22, 1864, outside of Atlanta. He asks in writing...
Small, orange paper "ticket" advertising Republican candidates in the campaign of 1868: Ulysses S. Grant for president, presidential electors (including Dewitt Clinton Senter), and Samuel M. Arnell for Congress. Also listed are electors for...
