Wooden spoon hand carved by John Marshall Akin, Co. B, 53rd Ga. Inf. Regt., Simms' Brigade, McClaw's Division, Longstreet's Corps. Akin, a resident of Barnesville, Ga, served one year in the army. He then served three years as a hospital nurse...
William T. Myers paid $422 to Jonathan Eakin, administrator of the estate of Abram Myers, to hire several slaves. The names listed include Paul, George, Elick, Elijah, Lettie, Celia, Emily, Jerry, Lewis, Caroline, and William. He also paid $120 to...
World War, 1914-1918; Sailors; African Americans; Warships; Arms & armament; Naval warfare
Unidentified seamen aboard the U.S.S. Rambler during convoy escort duty. The men are operating the ship's 3"/50 gun. The inscription on the photograph incorrectly identifies the ship as the U.S.S. Rumpler.
Two-story brick structure divided into three sections. The trim along the front of the building appears to be late Art Deco. Over the center doorway is a sign reading "Elementary School." An American flag flies atop the roof and a chimney can be...
Two-page letter to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville, Elisha W. Harris writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of attending a local political meeting. He details the zest the crowd displays for politics and the presidential...
Two-page letter from Elisha W. Harris to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of the war being upon them with bloody consequence. He has abandoned his efforts to cling to the union and...
Two large brick buildings comprise the campus of Grand Junction School. The two-story structure at right appears to be for classrooms, while the one at left appears to be a gymnasium or field house. A line of people, possibly in caps and gowns,...
Transcription of the diary of John Duncan of the University of the South. The diary has been typed on carbon paper. The diary includes only the year 1868.
This note was found inside a bovine horn snuff box. It says that the box was "traided to a Yank for coffee while we ware on Picket at the foot of lookout mountain in the year 1863 or four." [goes with item tsla004]
This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...
This general view of the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition features the Parthenon and the Memphis Pavilion in the foreground of the image. The Commerce Building, the Education Building and the Giant See-Saw are in the background of...
This bovine horn snuff box has the initials C. K. or G. K. carved into it. A note inside the box said that it was "traided to a Yank for coffee while we ware on Picket at the foot of lookout mountain in the year 1863 or four." [Note is item tsla005]
The token has an image of the USS Monitor, the famous ironclad that fought the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, on one side and the year 1863 on the other side. The Monitor sank on Dec. 31, 1862 which may have occasioned this...
Special order transferring from the Pioneer Brigade, Army of the Cumberland, a sufficient number of men with more than a year to serve, to form a regiment of engineers in the Army of the Cumberland, as authorized by an Act of Congress, May 20, 1864.
Special Field Order No. 69 from Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, calling for creation of a commission to investigate damages sustained by Nashville citizens and their property during Federal occupation.
Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
Print signature on frontispiece with engraving of Grant as a young officer. Publication of Gen. Grant's memoirs was arranged by Mark Twain in the last year's of Grant's life.
