This 1890 circular, put together by Land and Immigrant Agent W.M. Janes under the auspices of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company Land and Emigrant Department, focuses on iron ore lands along the L& N in Tennessee and Kentucky counties...
Page 23 of the Forest Nursery Company catalog features images of butternuts, pecans, and English and Japanese walnuts. These images appear alongside the descriptions, heights, and prices of the nut trees offered for sale by this wholesale nursery...
Two-page letter from Arthur H. Harris of Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris of Nashville. He writes of his recruiting expedition and his rifle company, of recruits hankering for action, of George's desire for a chaplaincy, and...
Letter from Robert Rutledge describing a Union cavalry raid on his camp in which several men were wounded or captured and also a fight beween Harry Henry and an artilleryman in the camp. He asks about the condition of Mr. Runion, who has small pox;...
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...
Two-page letter from Christopher Ammons concerning the start of his second tour in Vietnam. He describes his new unit, the 194th MP Company, which provides security for military installations. He mentions a visit by President Nixon to the hospital...
Photographs of the olive drab uniform Chris was wearing when he left Vietnam. Patches from the 1st Infantry Division (with whom he served in his first tour) and the 1st Signals Brigade (to whom his MP Company was attached on his second tour) are...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Hats; Arms & armament; Ammunition; Bullets; Mountains
Two soldiers take a break from patrol near Vung Chua Mountain. The soldiers, wearing boonie hats and military-style caps, sit in tall weeds with mountains in the background. A hand grenade can be seen on one soldier's equipment belt. Note: a...
Fifty-five gallon metal drums are painted with the unit designation "61st MP Det. Security" representing the 61st Military Police Detachment attached to the signal station at Vung Chua. The unit was originally designated the 194th MP company....
Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Hats; Arms & armament; Ammunition; Bullets; Mountains
A soldier of the 194th MP Company stands in vegetation with his M-60 Assault Rifle in his hands, ammunition strapped across his chest, and wearing a boonie hat. He is patroling the perimeter around the Vung Chua Mountain watching for Viet Cong...
Two-page handwritten letter by Christopher Ammons to his family describing the casualties his company sustained while on their most recent search-and-destroy mission from Dong Tam Base Camp.
Seven-page letter written by Christopher Ammons recounting a sniper attack on his company the previous day that claimed the lives of four soldiers. While on patrol 6,000 meters southwest of Saigon, Ammons's squad comes under sniper attack, and for...
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.
List of items issued to Company K, 5th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. Army at Tullahoma, Tennessee. It includes the number issued, type of article, cost when new, and condition when delivered. The articles include thirty trousers, twenty-five...
List of quartermaster's stores received by Quartermaster to Captain J. P. Baltzell, Provost Marshall at Augusta, Georgia. List includes two horses, one mule, three saddles, and three bridles taken from R. N. H. Mazer of Company D, 3rd South...
Form No. 47 explaining the history of the command of Company K, 5th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, from March 1, 1863, to March 31, 1865. The company was commanded by Captain E. W. Bass, who was dismissed from service December 31,...
Printed Form No. 14, concerning charges to soldiers, specifies weapons damaged, lost, or destroyed and charged on muster and payrolls, first quarter of 1865; it also lists the names of soldiers and the conditions under which pistols were lost....
Original printed pink wrappers with illustrated front wrap. Rear wrapper has illustrations of the manufacturer's factory, several drills produced by the manufacturer, and medals won at various exhibitions. Black and white illustrations throughout.
A fold-out chart, with illustrations, of threshing and other farm equipment manufactured by Minard Harder of Cobleskill, N.Y. Included is price chart, testimonials of satisfied customers, and illustraions of the awards won by the Minard Harder...
