Thirteen-page paperback booklet detailing the progress made in the creation of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. Also included are maps and photographs of various unit memorials.
Broadside advertising a Lecture on "The Present Physical Condition of the Internal Parts of the Earth" and a recitation of "Collins' Ode on the Passions," for the puropse of raising funds for the purchase of an "apparatus" by the friends of Fayette...
This questionnaire from the Ordnance Department requires every officer commanding a company or regiment of cavalry to answer the questions and return the form to the Ordance Office along with their regular quarterly return of ordnance stores.
Form No. 23 details the items issued from the Confederate Quartermaster's Office in the field at Chickamauga and Dalton, Georgia. It itemizes those received by purchase, from officers, fabricated, issued, expended, remaining on hand, and their...
One-page printed and handwritten Confederate ordnance form conveys the number and condition of articles turned in to the ordnance officer. In this case, Captain S. R. Simpson, an assistant quartermaster for the 30th Tennessee Regiment, obtained...
Hand-drawn and handwritten table names each company commander with a report of ordnance in his unit: carbines, pistols, sabres, horse equipment, and statement of condition.
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Excerpts from the Robert H. Cartmell Diaries. They contain full commentaries on the nature of his farm operation, the weather, and the fluctuations of the cotton market. They contain thoughtful comments on politics and candidates for office and...
Early reproduction pistol stamped on barrel, "Spiller Burr .36 caliber pistol, CSA, 1861-1861." [The dates are written as is.] The pistol is in near-pristine condition and has a leather holster marked "F36." Spiller & Burr, which manufactured more...
Hand-colored tintype of unidentified Southern lady, possibly of the Sutherland family from Owensboro, Kentucky. The tintype is in its original union case and in excellent condition.