This pro-Confederate paper, like many such papers on the run from Federal advance during the war, was published in at least five Southern cities during the Civil War. This issue, printed a month before Appomattox, comes from Montgomery, Ala. x.
This print shows the tomb of Andrew and Rachel Jackson in the gardens of The Hermitage, Jackson's home near Nashville, Tennessee. It is surrounded by trees and a fence.
Letter by Jacob J. Burnett on Federal stationery with the following quote: "Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto -'In god is our trust,' " taken from fourth stanza of the Star-Spangled Banner. Above the quote is a...
Tintype of Dock Monroe Smith (1841-1926). Smith fought for the Confederacy as a sergeant with Co. C, Holman's Battalion, Tenn. Partisan Rangers and then with Co. E, 11th Tenn. Cav. Regt. He served under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, participating in...
Tintype of Thomas Stewart. Stewart was born in Quebec, Canada, and his family later moved to Indiana. Stewart enlisted in Co. A, 12th Indiana Infantry Regiment, USA. He was captured at the Battle of Atlanta. Stewart was a POW at Andersonville,...
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Tower of Attila at the Villa Pamphyla near Rome. Sketch shows a tower in ruins and a forest in the background.
Music; Guitars; Singers; Music halls; Musicians; Concerts
Photograph of two unidentified men with guitars performing on stage. A barn faade is in the background with a partially visible "WSM Grand Ole Opry" sign over the doors. Several men are also visible. One appears to be playing a piano and two more...
Issued by the Memphis postmaster, M. C. Gallaway, these two-cent stamps were printed early in the Civil War and used for local delivery or printed circulars. They were improvised postage used before the Confederate government began printing stamps.
Ticket no. 335 admits the bearer to the Gallery of the United States Senate for the trial of the Impeachment of the President of the United States (President Andrew Johnson). The ticket is signed by George T. Brown, Sergeant-at-Arms for the U.S....
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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...
Guitars; Music; Singers; Pianos; Music halls; Musicians; Concerts
Photograph shows twelve individuals, five of whom appear to be performing. (None are identified in the photograph.) A barn faade is in the background with a sign over the doors reading, "WSM Grand Ole Opry." The back of a audience member's head...
