Groups of men with horse-drawn carriages are gathered at the town square next to the courthouse. A flock of turkeys are gathered and the men are watching them.
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
Forty or more men and boys are lined up for the rifle shoot. Six women are also present. Only one long rifle is in evidence, along with two dead turkeys.
John Conaster, Woody York, an unidentified boy, and an unidentified man pose in the woods with the prize, a turkey that was evidently shot by Mr. Conaster at this rifle shoot. Mr. Conaster is holding his rifle, and the child is standing behind the...
