Informs recipient (likely the father) of the death of William H. Merryman (Merriman) who died on March 5, 1865. The letter discusses the poor conditions at Fort Rice in the Dakota Territory. He also writes that they are frequently fighting Indians....
Framed pictures and supporting documents of Julius Franklin Howell, who was a general in the United Confederate Veterans organization. During the war he was a corporal in Company K, 24th Virginia Cavalry. Two of the documents are dated September 9,...
Stone Mountain .5 dollar coin. Jacob T. Helms's coin from a reunion of Confederate veterans. He was in Company A, 24th Virginia Infantry, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps.
Enlisted in Company E, 18th Infantry, May 29, 1861, at Camp Cheatham. He was captured at Fort Donelson, February 16, 1862, and sent to Camp Butler prisoner of war camp in Illinois. He was parolled and was killed at New Hope Church on May 16, 1864....
Eyeglasses and case belonging to William H. Vaughn, born in Lafayette, Macon County, Tennessee. Style of glasses became popular in the late 1850s. Vaughn was a member of Company A, 8th Tennessee Mounted Infantry.
Ambrotype of John H. Roney, who was a drummer boy from Cherry Mount, Robertson County, Tennessee. He is pictured with his drum and stick in hand. Roney was born in 1845, and later joined Company K, 30th Tennessee Infantry.
Pencil sketch of William E. Maury. Maury was a member of Company C, 49th Tennessee Infantry, and was killed at the Battle of Franklin. His diary is in the Carter House Museum. Originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Maury had brothers who fought...
Tintype of Dr. George W. Gullett, Company H, 25th Tennessee Infantry, who served as assistant surgeon and joined the army prior to the Battle of Franklin.
Lorenzo "Jack" Sanders of Cross Plains kept this diary. He was in Company K, 30th Infantry, Tennessee Volunteers, and was captured at the fall of Fort Donelson. The date span appears to be 1863-1864. Author died on May 27, 1925.
Broken ambrotype of Captain Robert E. Mayes, who was born in Robertson County in 1823, and died in 1862. He was commissioned 1st Lieutenant in the 89th Regiment of the Tennessee State Militia on March 22, 1847. He later enlisted in the Confederate...
Wax drawing of Union veteran, Newton Worth Narramore, Company E, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Narramore was from Bledsoe County and is buried at Chapel Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, Tennessee.
Dishcharge papers for Newton Worth Narramore, Company E, 6th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Narramore enlisted on August 11, 1864. He was wounded (shot in the leg) and discharged on June 13, 1865, in Nashville. Narramore was from...
Violin belonged to Union soldier, William B. Morgan, Company B, 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry. Morgan was from Morgan Springs, Tennessee (Rhea County).
Model 1840 NCO's sword. Manufactured by Collins & Company, Hartford, Connecticut. Collins and Company, started in 1826, was still in operation during World War II. The company was located in Collinsville, Connecticut.
