On the back, it states that the photograph is presented to Amelia S. Jacobs on October 9, 1862, by (name illegible). Seller indicated that the unit pictured is the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry, but this cannot be confirmed.
Cyrus Clark (bio unknown) of Indiana writing to his parents in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. Clark details his unit's movements in Georgia and Tennessee.
Wooden stick, possibly for measuring powder charges, inscribed with "George Norman Caswell Artillery", a Nashville, Tennessee, unit that served with Gen. Felix Zollicoffer at Mill Springs, Kentucky, and "January 12, 1862"
Abstract for articles received from officers, Battery H, 1st Illinois Light Artillery, USA, for September 1863. Abstracts were inventory forms listing the equipment of a unit that commanders had to fill out and turn in to army quartermasters. The...
Letter written in German from John G. Decker to his parents. He comments on his unit preparing to march and face the enemy rebels. The stationery features an image of Liberty holding a flag and the words "Our Emblem." See also the John G. Decker...
Prisoner of war ledger kept by Lt. Col. Lee, 15th Arkansas Regiment at Johnson's Island Prison, Sandusky, Ohio. Ledger shows names, addresses, and unit affiliations of dozens of Confederate prisoners, including several Tennesseans. Lee was from...
Letter from Maj. Gen. Breckinridge (through his adjutant Lt. Col. John A. Buckner) to Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler in LaVergne requesting that a cavalry unit under Capt. Atkinson report to Columbia.
Letter from George Franklin Robinson to his wife, Elvira Jane Griffin, following the Battle of Gettysburg, July 18, 1863. Robinson draws a map of his unit's march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. In the letter, he says:...
Map of G. F. Robinson unit's (and the Army of Northern Virginia's) march from Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and back to Virginia. See TSLA Mf. 1969 for all G. F. Robinson letters.
Letter from John A. Crutchfield to L. M. Crutchfield. Crutchfield states that his unit has "orders to be ready to march at a minutes warning." He also mentions that "it is reported that the Yankees are coming from Memphis." The letter was written...
Letter from 1st Lt. John A. Crutchfield, Co. F, 20th (Russell's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., part of Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in northern Mississippi describing recent battle (Battle of Harrisburg?) in Mississippi and his unit's losses. Crutchfield...
Letter from 1st Lt. John A. Crutchfield, Co. F, 20th (Russell's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., part of Nathan Bedford Forrest's command in northern Mississippi . Crutchfield expresses confusion over where his unit will go next: Middle Tennessee or Memphis....
This item was used during the Civil War by John B. W. Bond who was a member of Co. A, 35th Tenn. Inf. (5th Tenn. Regt., Prov. Army Mountain Rifle Regt.), CSA. The item is a combination spoon/fork utensil, and may have been used in the Shelton's...
Medal awarded to veterans by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). The item belonged to James Mason Jewell, who was in Co. E, 26th Tenn Inf. Regt., CSA. His future wife, Mary Ann McDonald, worked with Rhea County women during the war. See...
Pair of leather pommel holsters with brass tips. The holsters belonged to Gen. George Dibrell, 8th (also 13th) Tenn. Cav. Regt. The unit, referred to as the "Independent Partisan Rangers," was composed of 921 men primarily from White, Putnam, and...
This Confederate ten-dollar note, issued in Richmond, Va., has an artillery unit as its central image. The lower right image is R. M. T. Hunter, former Confederate Secretary of State. It bears the words "This is not valid until two years after the...
Massengill was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. No service record found for this individual in this unit. A service record exists for a Lt. Joseph F. Massengill in Co. B, 4th (Murray's) Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA, parts of which were absorbed into...
German silver (high nickel content) spur with rowell and leather strap. Massengill was wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga. No service record found for this individual in this unit. A service record exists for a Lt. Joseph F. Massengill in Co. B,...
