A small leather-bound Bible picked up on a Georgia battlefield. Within the Bible is a handwritten letter from a mother to her son. Birth and marriage dates are included for William Wiley Dunn and Mary H. E. Vineyard and their children Wiliam,...
Similar to Pennsylvania German fraktur, beautifully drawn red & brown ink doves, flag, and cannon embellish the marriage record of Robert Irick and Sarah M. Selvidge. Children's birth and death dates are also recorded. Includes "R. R. Irick,...
Hand-drawn commemorative fraktur, or illustrated genealogy and Civil War memorial, of Peter Stiner's wartime service as a teamster with the Union "Fisk's Brigade" (he originally was conscripted into the 7th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA). Contains a...
William Henry Olds Hodge was a member of Company I, Kansas Cavalry. He was born Willliam Henry Olds on November 5, 1843, in Ravenna, Ohio, and he took the name of his stepfather, Jonah J. Hodge, when he enlisted in the Union Army. He was married to...
William Henry Olds Hodge was a member of Company I, Kansas Cavalry. He was born Willliam Henry Olds on November 5, 1843, in Ravenna, Ohio, and he took the name of his stepfather, Jonah J. Hodge, when he enlisted in the Union Army. He was married to...
William Henry Olds Hodge was a member of Company I, Kansas Cavalry. He was born Willliam Henry Olds on November 5, 1843, in Ravenna, Ohio, and he took the name of his stepfather, Jonah J. Hodge, when he enlisted in the Union Army. He was married to...
Scott writes after a rainy night, "I am in great surpence [sic] to hear from you I slept standing under a Tree." Scott mentions the "great victory" at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River). He implores his wife to not let the children forget...
To "My Dear Wife and little ones," Scott writes of camp as the "greatest excuse of wickedness which we frigtined [sic] away into that retired, unfrequented corner, nestled down at the feet of Jesus." He has confidence that God will guide her in...
Southern Cross of Honor pin belonging to Wilson Frost, Jr., issued by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Born Nov. 14, 1846; died Jan.21, 1925 in Yalobusha Co., Miss. Buried in Millers Chapel Cemetery in Bonicord, Dyer County, Tenn. He was...
Letter from Sgt. David Mullins, Co. K, 41st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, to his wife Genetia. He discusses their children, e.g. "Non wood be prouder than I to sea the child that I sent the name to."
Beechland in Cages Bend, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The white-sided home is partially obscured by trees. A white fence runs the length of the photograph. Polly Shute, the nurse, stands with her hands on her hips. Two young girls, Janie and Emma,...
Letter from Margaret McClarty Maxwell to her husband, Edwin W. R. Maxwell (May 16, 1805 - August 15, 1873), defending the scarcity and brevity of her previous letters and relaying family news. They had nine children.
Nan Ross standing in front of a Crazy quilt. The quilt was made between February and December 1898 by Nan, Mattie, and Sue Ross and their mother Elizabeth Charles Ross. It has the marriage date of Tom and Elizabeth Ross as well as the initials of...
Unidentified woman assisting a man as he makes a Nine Patch quilt. A pair of needle-nose pliers and a pair of scissors are on the table in front of the man.
U.S. Order for Transportation #67108 for Mary Phinny and child, destitute refugees, to travel from Knoxville to New Market, Tennessee. Phinny was "here on a begging excursion and wishes to get home where she has four little children." The order...
