This commission certificate was issued to Benjamin Haught by the Virginia governor. Haught was assigned as Captain of the volunteer company attached to the 123rd Regiment of the 23rd Brigade and the 3rd Division of Virginia Militia. Item is a part...
Displays routes and distances of major cities from the departure point of the stage from Abingdon, Virginia. Smaller towns and communities near those cities are also listed with the additional mileage that would be required to reach them. These...
A court summons from the Commonwealth of Virginia to James Dickson regarding his debt of ten dollars and thirty-nine cents, signed by George B. Stephenson, the judge. The summons requires he be in court on the first Saturday in November 1848 in...
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 was written from Island Hospital, Ward 3, in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Letter was written on "U.S. Christian Commission" stationery. Haught was from Tyler County, Virginia/West Virginia, and in the Union Army. Letter is a part of a large...
Communication from the Inspector's Office in Richmond, Virginia, on furnishing a tablular statement of the operations of an office, December 27, 1864. An example of form to be submitted each month is hand-drawn at the bottom of the letter.
Capitol structure of the "State of Franklin," an attempted community of settlers from Virginia and North Carolina who hoped to settle in the area which became East Tennessee.
Crate label advertising "Octoroon" Plug Tobacco manufactured by T.C. Williams Co., Virginia, U.S.A., featuring a colorful image of a woman and flowers.
Subtitle: "Comprehending Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Territory Sth of the Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee Government, South Carolina & Georgia." This map shows the southern states of the United States, and includes rivers, mountains, towns, bays,...
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...
Map of the Southeastern United States featuring the states of Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Chronicles the marches of General...
Photograph in frame of Richard Henry Horner. The Horner family was from Warrenton, Virginia. He was in the cavalry and married Virginia Smith Cary on 1/11/1872. See also, "History of the Blair, Bannister and Braxton Families before and after the...
Letter to wife Katherine from husband Benjamin Haught. He discusses his health and his hopes for a discharge. He was from Tyler County, Virginia/West Virginia. The letter is written from the U.S. General Hospital. Letter is a part of a large...