General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
Eagle button found at Camp Trousdale in Sumner County, Tennessee. Confederate soldiers used Camp Trousdale for training until Federal troops invaded the area.
One cent coin found at Camp Trousdale in Sumner County, Tennessee. Confederate soldiers used Camp Trousdale for training until Federal troops invaded the area.
Front and side views of the white school at Walnut Grove in Sumner County. Though the building is of simple clapboard construction, fretwork decorates the front porch roof.
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.
This order of protection for Miss Mary Taylor of Sumner County was issued by General E. A. Paint at the Federal Headquarters at Gallatin. It permits her to travel in the daytime to and from all places within the Federal lines in the prosecution of...
Schools; Rural schools; Public schools; Educational facilities
Front and side views of a clapboard building set on rock pillars. The school is set among trees, and part of another structure can be seen in the background.
Cover page of "War Memories" by W. W. Fergusson featuring calligraphied, stylized text for the title and hand-drawn, hand-colored Confederate and Federal flags.
Postcard featuring color image of the memorial statue of Sam Davis. The statue depicts Sam Davis standing with his arms crossed atop a stone monument with a bronze inscription.
Lockplate of a C. Chapman rifle. It was made either at the Nashville Arsenal or the Sumner Armory at Gallatin. Fewer than 100 of these rifles were made.
